"System call failed" error when trying to open "My Computer" etc. under the Start menu! What is happening?

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Published on 2011-11-20T17:26:44Z Indexed on 2011/11/20 18:02 UTC
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When I go to the start menu I can load program icons but if I click on Documents, My Pictures, My Computer, Default Programs...all the options on the right part--I get "System call failed". How do I solve ths? Is my HD failing?

Also, I don't know if it's connected but yesterday my uTorrent stopped working in a way it has never done before. I'm not able to download torrent files. In the program I get "socket unreacheable..."

Also, for the last 2 days my internet has been super-slow.

I checked Kaspersky for viruses. It says: "No active threats".

Windows 7 64-bit.

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