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thanks for your help guys.
i decided to bite the bullet last night and downloaded a win7 image with sp1 on it from microsofts website and activated it with my key.
all updates installed and programs/games all back on inc browser settings etc.
and the issue seems to have gone.
personally i think it must have been a driver issue.
if you guys only have win7 disks without sp1 integrated i recomend you go ahead and download it