Sorry Maniac, i have uninstalled Malwares (as I was just getting frustrated) and I think the files have also been removed. I ran a chkdsk - I had 4 bad sectors!! I have also run a sfc /scannow (instructed by Mcafee) and there are some corrupt files Not sure if this is serious or not - here are the lines indicating the problems from that scan.... 2013-01-10 19:19:55, Info CSI 000001db [sR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components 2013-01-10 19:19:55, Info CSI 000001dc [sR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2013-01-10 19:20:01, Info CSI 000001de [sR] Verify complete 2013-01-10 19:20:02, Info CSI 000001df [sR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components 2013-01-10 19:20:02, Info CSI 000001e0 [sR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2013-01-10 19:20:07, Info CSI 000001e2 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Sensors-CPL, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 19:20:11, Info CSI 000001e4 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Sensors-CPL, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 19:20:11, Info CSI 000001e5 [sR] This component was referenced by [l:224{112}]"Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Client-Sensors-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.MobilePC-Client-Sensors" 2013-01-10 19:20:12, Info CSI 000001e8 [sR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\windows\SysWOW64"\[l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted 2013-01-10 19:20:14, Info CSI 000001ed [sR] Verify complete ............... 2013-01-10 19:22:16, Info CSI 00000289 [sR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components 2013-01-10 19:22:16, Info CSI 0000028a [sR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2013-01-10 19:22:23, Info CSI 0000028e [sR] Verify complete 2013-01-10 19:22:23, Info CSI 0000028f [sR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components 2013-01-10 19:22:23, Info CSI 00000290 [sR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2013-01-10 19:22:27, Info CSI 00000292 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MSVBVM60, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 19:22:30, Info CSI 000002a7 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MSVBVM60, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 19:22:30, Info CSI 000002a8 [sR] This component was referenced by [l:202{101}]"Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.WindowsFoundationDelivery" 2013-01-10 19:22:30, Info CSI 000002ab [sR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\windows\SysWOW64"\[l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted ........................... 2013-01-10 19:24:03, Info CSI 000002f5 [sR] Repairing 2 components 2013-01-10 19:24:03, Info CSI 000002f6 [sR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2013-01-10 19:24:03, Info CSI 000002f8 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Sensors-CPL, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 19:24:03, Info CSI 000002fa [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MSVBVM60, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 19:24:03, Info CSI 000002fc [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MSVBVM60, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 19:24:03, Info CSI 000002fd [sR] This component was referenced by [l:202{101}]"Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.WindowsFoundationDelivery" 2013-01-10 19:24:03, Info CSI 00000300 [sR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\windows\SysWOW64"\[l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted 2013-01-10 19:24:03, Info CSI 00000302 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Sensors-CPL, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 19:24:03, Info CSI 00000303 [sR] This component was referenced by [l:224{112}]"Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Client-Sensors-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.MobilePC-Client-Sensors" 2013-01-10 19:24:03, Info CSI 00000306 [sR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\windows\SysWOW64"\[l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted 2013-01-10 19:24:03, Info CSI 00000308 [sR] Repair complete 2013-01-10 19:24:03, Info CSI 00000309 [sR] Committing transaction 2013-01-10 19:24:03, Info CSI 0000030d [sR] Verify and Repair Transaction completed. All files and registry keys listed in this transaction have been successfully repaired 2013-01-10 19:40:43, Info CSI 00000009 [sR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components ..................................... 2013-01-10 19:48:35, Info CSI 000001db [sR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components 2013-01-10 19:48:35, Info CSI 000001dc [sR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2013-01-10 19:48:41, Info CSI 000001de [sR] Verify complete 2013-01-10 19:48:41, Info CSI 000001df [sR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components 2013-01-10 19:48:41, Info CSI 000001e0 [sR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2013-01-10 19:48:46, Info CSI 000001e2 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Sensors-CPL, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 19:48:50, Info CSI 000001e4 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Sensors-CPL, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 19:48:50, Info CSI 000001e5 [sR] This component was referenced by [l:224{112}]"Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Client-Sensors-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.MobilePC-Client-Sensors" 2013-01-10 19:48:50, Info CSI 000001e8 [sR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\windows\SysWOW64"\[l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted 2013-01-10 19:48:53, Info CSI 000001ed [sR] Verify complete ................................................ 2013-01-10 19:50:52, Info CSI 00000290 [sR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2013-01-10 19:50:55, Info CSI 00000292 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MSVBVM60, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 19:50:59, Info CSI 000002a7 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MSVBVM60, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 19:50:59, Info CSI 000002a8 [sR] This component was referenced by [l:202{101}]"Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.WindowsFoundationDelivery" 2013-01-10 19:50:59, Info CSI 000002ab [sR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\windows\SysWOW64"\[l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted ................................................ 2013-01-10 19:52:18, Info CSI 000002f1 [sR] Verifying 29 (0x000000000000001d) components 2013-01-10 19:52:18, Info CSI 000002f2 [sR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2013-01-10 19:52:19, Info CSI 000002f4 [sR] Verify complete 2013-01-10 19:52:19, Info CSI 000002f5 [sR] Repairing 2 components 2013-01-10 19:52:19, Info CSI 000002f6 [sR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2013-01-10 19:52:19, Info CSI 000002f8 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Sensors-CPL, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 19:52:19, Info CSI 000002fa [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MSVBVM60, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 19:52:19, Info CSI 000002fc [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MSVBVM60, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 19:52:19, Info CSI 000002fd [sR] This component was referenced by [l:202{101}]"Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.WindowsFoundationDelivery" 2013-01-10 19:52:19, Info CSI 00000300 [sR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\windows\SysWOW64"\[l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted 2013-01-10 19:52:19, Info CSI 00000302 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Sensors-CPL, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 19:52:19, Info CSI 00000303 [sR] This component was referenced by [l:224{112}]"Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Client-Sensors-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.MobilePC-Client-Sensors" 2013-01-10 19:52:19, Info CSI 00000306 [sR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\windows\SysWOW64"\[l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted 2013-01-10 19:52:19, Info CSI 00000308 [sR] Repair complete 2013-01-10 19:52:19, Info CSI 00000309 [sR] Committing transaction 2013-01-10 19:52:19, Info CSI 0000030d [sR] Verify and Repair Transaction completed. All files and registry keys listed in this transaction have been successfully repaired 2013-01-10 20:04:57, Info CSI 00000009 [sR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components 2013-01-10 20:04:57, Info CSI 0000000a [sR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction .................................... 2013-01-10 20:13:41, Info CSI 000001df [sR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components 2013-01-10 20:13:41, Info CSI 000001e0 [sR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2013-01-10 20:13:45, Info CSI 000001e2 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Sensors-CPL, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 20:13:49, Info CSI 000001e4 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Sensors-CPL, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 20:13:49, Info CSI 000001e5 [sR] This component was referenced by [l:224{112}]"Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Client-Sensors-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.MobilePC-Client-Sensors" 2013-01-10 20:13:49, Info CSI 000001e8 [sR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\windows\SysWOW64"\[l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted ......................................... 2013-01-10 20:15:45, Info CSI 0000028f [sR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components 2013-01-10 20:15:45, Info CSI 00000290 [sR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2013-01-10 20:15:48, Info CSI 00000292 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MSVBVM60, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 20:15:51, Info CSI 000002a7 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MSVBVM60, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 20:15:51, Info CSI 000002a8 [sR] This component was referenced by [l:202{101}]"Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.WindowsFoundationDelivery" 2013-01-10 20:15:51, Info CSI 000002ab [sR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\windows\SysWOW64"\[l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted .................................................................. 2013-01-10 20:17:11, Info CSI 000002f2 [sR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2013-01-10 20:17:12, Info CSI 000002f4 [sR] Verify complete 2013-01-10 20:17:12, Info CSI 000002f5 [sR] Repairing 2 components 2013-01-10 20:17:12, Info CSI 000002f6 [sR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2013-01-10 20:17:12, Info CSI 000002f8 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Sensors-CPL, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 20:17:12, Info CSI 000002fa [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MSVBVM60, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 20:17:12, Info CSI 000002fc [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MSVBVM60, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 20:17:12, Info CSI 000002fd [sR] This component was referenced by [l:202{101}]"Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.WindowsFoundationDelivery" 2013-01-10 20:17:12, Info CSI 00000300 [sR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\windows\SysWOW64"\[l:24{12}]"msvbvm60.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted 2013-01-10 20:17:12, Info CSI 00000302 [sR] Cannot repair member file [l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Sensors-CPL, Version = 6.1.7601.17514, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch 2013-01-10 20:17:12, Info CSI 00000303 [sR] This component was referenced by [l:224{112}]"Microsoft-Windows-MobilePC-Client-Sensors-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.MobilePC-Client-Sensors" 2013-01-10 20:17:12, Info CSI 00000306 [sR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\windows\SysWOW64"\[l:28{14}]"SensorsCpl.dll"; source file in store is also corrupted 2013-01-10 20:17:12, Info CSI 00000308 [sR] Repair complete 2013-01-10 20:17:12, Info CSI 00000309 [sR] Committing transaction 2013-01-10 20:17:12, Info CSI 0000030d [sR] Verify and Repair Transaction completed. All files and registry keys listed in this transaction have been successfully repaired What are your thoughts? Hope my laptop isn't dying Just so you know - remember how the scan programs were all hanging - these are the file names they would all stick on! So that means something - doesnt it? Deb