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bill - 8:47 am on May 15, 2006 (gmt 0)
A corrupt user profile could indeed be the problem. If you can create a new user profile and the problem goes away then you might want to try to migrate your settings to the new profile from the damaged one. MS has an article about how to do this: How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile [support.microsoft.com]
From How to check user profiles on a Windows XP-based computer [support.microsoft.com]
To locate the list of local user profiles, right-click My Computer, click Properties, and then click Settings on the Advanced tab under User Profile.