I no longer have a " run as slidewhow " option on my vista folders.

I can't be sure. I have a SON I am frequently getting request to upgrade Java. I have made a screen shot of my system from the control panel if you need to view it by the way. slide show was working fine before 5:00 PM yesterday is there away to see what was installed after that.

I just went to C:/programs and sorted the folders by date modified and the last date showing is 8-16-12

I have put a folder on my computer batch_rename. It is a version that requires only that you put the folder containg the app in you computer. You can run it from that folder. I ran it yesterday to rename a group of files. Could that have done someting. My scteen refreshed and so I think it maght have done something to my settings. This is the program:

BatchRename v1.6 (freeware version)
Copyright (C) 2002 William L Hunt
Batch rename all files or all image files in a folder.
Use Autonumbering or other renaming options.
Batch change file extensions.
Convert filenames to be unix compatible.
This program is freeware. This program may be freely
distributed without modification.
Win9x Me 2000 XP or NT4.

I have had this program forever, and had no problems with previous versions of windows.

I have Norton 360 I am not sure what you mean my a system restore image.

I have a backup and restore center option in control panel of windows vista

8-21-12 11:40:09 is the restore point I think I need to go back before that. that was only a couple of hours ago.