Programs just stopped working

One day my pc was working fine, the next day it wouldn't let me open programs. I make my living off the coast of design and photoshop, but whenever I have try open no matter what program I get the following message: "C:\windows\etc... dll is not designed to run on windows or it contains an error. Try to reinstall the program again, or contact your software vendor or admin system support. »

Then I try to run a system restore and get the following message: "an unspecified error occurred during system restore.
Now can someone please help me because I can't lose all the settings on my photoshop and need to run as soon as POSSIBLE.
Thank you
Greg

Hello off,

Thanks for posting on the Microsoft answers Forum.  Sorry, there is a delay to reply to your message.

Have you scanned your machine for any virus or malware?

You can try to download Microsoft Security Essentials. It provides protection for your PC in real time at home that protects against software viruses, spyware and other malicious software. It can be used with Windows XP 32 - bit, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit).

You can download at the following address:
http://www.Microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/

I hope this helps.

Sincerely, Marilyn
Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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