programs won't run

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Hello,
No programs in Windows XP Professional will run (except for Windows
Explorer, and then I can enter a web address in the address bar). In
safe mode everything seems to work fine. But fully booted programs show
the little timer for a half second and that's it. I can't even do
Ctrl+Alt+Delete to see what's running. This problem is 2 days old. For
some reason I can't do a system restore in safe mode either. It just
says "Cannot restore system from this date".

I've tried anti-virus, spyware, adware, and clean booting, but nothing
seems to cure it. Any other potential solutions before I reinstall
Windows? Many thanks in advance.

John

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