[JrsyJack]

Boot up in safe mode, rerun the virus scan and registry cleaner. Sounds like a trojan or other malware has corrupted the registry.

If all else fails try a system restore to a safe point before the problem surfaced.

One other note, some Dell produced last year had similar issues that required a return to the store. Studio models I believe.

[Ethrane]

Running Windows 2000, I doubt Dell produced it last year...LOL