slaps head

I had totally forgotten about "System Restore"!

Corvas did you try doing a "system restore"?

Start / Programs / Accessories / System Tools / System Restore

Pick  "Restore my computer to an earlier point"  and then click NEXT

You will be shown a calandar with some days outlined in BLUE.  Pick the last known day  point that was working for you.  There should be a couple options to pick from each day a restore point was made.

You won't lose any files or folders doing this.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi