Anyone would have any idea what is causing my system to deny me access to almost everything in my pc. I can login but can't execute any icon on my desktop. Says 'windows can't access the specified device,path,file. You may not have the appropriate permission to access the item.' I tried system restore but dont have any good restore points. I can access to my msconfig and regedit but dont know what to look for. In my msconfig , i can see that a bunch of services are not running, what do i do to start those services ?? Hope someone can help me on this , i dont want to have to reformat and reinstall everything in that pc .... I can use some system in my pc if i dont pass by the desktop. ... I ran virus checks and my pc is clean ...