Since yesterday, my computer won't open any pictures. It does not upload pictures to an attachment either. When I try to open a file under "my pictures" folder, the windows picture and fax viewer opens and it hangs on "generating preview". Once ina while I am able to open pictures on my desktop which takes about 8 seconds, following that, no picture opens.

I doenloaded a softwares called snapfish and fujifilm prior to this problem but I have removed them both. PLease help me . please!!!!

I cant do system restore because it was off

Thank God! I fixed it. I went to task manager and clicked on "Processes". I did print screen, and pasted it on MS doc. I then restarted my computer and tried opening a picture file, then went back to task manager , to processes and compared which .exe file was not on the previous list.
I found out it was msiexec.exe, which I understood was a window installer program. So i went to Microsoft support site and downloaded windows installer for XP. That did the trick!

Although I didnt get any responses, I appreciate all those who stop to read what I had to say.

I spoke too soon. I can view the pictures using infraview software but not the "windoes picture and fax viewer". Also i cannot select any picture under "my document" folder or "my pictures" folder. When I am selecting a file to attach to an email or to display on a website, the computer freezes. Please help!!!!

Here are some threads to keep you amused while waiting for the answer - http://ask-leo.com/what_if_i_want_windows_picture_and_fax_viewer.html - http://kb.iu.edu/data/ateb.html