Hi guys (and girls). Having a bit of an annoying problem here.. Whenever I try to run regedit, wether it be from "run" a command console or from the windows directory, the window will popup for about 1/2 second then close. The same thing happens when trying to run msconfig or when I press ctrl+alt+del to view the processes. I'm running windows XP with service pack 1 (home edition). Problem began occuring about 2 weeks ago, I did not install any software around that time. I've scanned for viruses using three different scanners as well as two trojan scanners. Each scanner has the same result of "no viruses found". I've ran the Swen trojan fix as well but ended with the virus not being found. I've reset the registry back to default and the problem continues. I've set the swap file to automatic as well as disabled all startup applications. I've yet to format, as .. I really dont want to. lol. I also have ZoneAlarm firewall and connected to router (although that last tad of information is a bit pointless, figured i'd toss it in anyway) If anybody has any ideas on how to fix this, or even what would cause it, please let me know. Been working at this for quite some time now. Cheers.
System specs are AMD 3200+ XP, 512DDr, NVidia K7N2 Nforce2 mobo, with maxtor 80GB HD and 12 GB HD.