Look, I'm going to start from the top.
1. Create a "new folder" in C:\temp
2. Moved it to Desktop
3. "new folder" becomes "access is denied" can't open/delete it
1. extract a .exe from a rar/zip archive
2. the .exe looks fine with its logo
3. I move it to replace another .exe of the same name or just move it anywhere and the .exe becomes like a DOS file with all those DOS properties and the file no longer opens/deletes. (whether its a crack or not, this still happens!)
IN fact, ANY file i put on the desktop whether its a movie or an extracted file from somewhere else, they all become "access is denied" and I can't delete them. The files runs from their original locations though?!
Safe mode: no difference, can't delete these odd files/folders on the desktop i created.
Security settings: no encrpytion at all used on drives, indexing disabled, logged on as an account with admin permissions by default.
Services: all at default, unchanged - however, some of them are
missing such as 'Alerter', 'Workstation' and 'Computer Browser' and I haven't intentionally deleted 'cause i wouldn't know how to anyway.
Unique problem? No...because one of my friends has the same problem where a file is created and can't be deleted ever.
I can't be more clear about this problem then what i've said above. WinXP has simply decided that some files/folders i've created are now unaccessible. All drives use NTFS.