Ok I have got the scoop. While I don't run Norton Utilities I did accidently click on a selfexecutable file for Norton Ghost but aborted the install. Apparently this was the culprit. It created over 32,000 "0" byte inf files in the C:\Windows\Inf directory. By deleting all of these files all is back to normal. Man you talk about obscure problem this one takes the cake. I only noticed it last night when I ran a complete AV scan with InnoculateIT and noticed all of the INF files it was scanning. Then someone emailed me this morning about the same problem.

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I wish I knew what I was doing.