Quote Originally Posted by TripleRLtd
Did you try any of the "fixes" in the mskb article?
Path should also include c:\windows
So:
Path=c:\windows;c:\windows\command
That, however should not have changed on it's own. You can try "scanreg" to restore a previous working system registry, but do as the kb article states step by step.

no the extra c:\windows was not there after i typed the path command.i will do the as the article suggests and get back to you.