Somehow my husband has managed to screw up my computer again although I have taken extreme cautioun in protecting it. I have anti-virus, spy-watcher and remover, pop-up and ad-ware watcher as well as remover, and a firewall. Now my problem sounds simple enough and i have tried everything i could think of to fix it with no luck. you kind people are my last hope before i have to format and lose everything. I can not open any files except internet explorer. None of my programs are running at startup. Quick launch icons now look like the icon used for windows when it can not open a file because it can not find the proper extension to run. I tried running regedit and msconfig and i get the window look for the appropriate program on the web. i tried "command.com" in run window it also does not work. i tried reinstalling windows and it won't go to the next window and then cd rom becomes undetectable til reboot again and again. If anyone has a clue on how to fix this please tell me im desperate. Thank you