Ok, evryone, I figured out what my problem was, I had used a few activation cracks/patches as I had forgot to write down my product (later, I wnet back and got a new one).. So I googled around and found some ways to remove the patches. Finally I got them all removed but when I went to activate Windows, It Said "Invalid product key, verify you have entered your product key correctly" (or something like that, I don't exactly remember). So I just said screw it, and reinstalled Windows 7, using my genuine product key right from the start, everything works fine again. Perhaps this is your issue also? lol