David,

>Yes this is all after all the patches that came out a couple of weeks ago, this box went through a major update on 8/29.

>It's not just my exe that's misbehaving it's even things as simple as notepad.exe and calc.exe.

I wonder if its time to "Freemanize" the server? I know that sounds drastic, but I think we've all come across servers that are so hopelessly discombobulated that there's little hope of untangling the mess except rebuilding the OS from scratch.

Malcolm