Windows Vista does not work for all programs requiring administrator rights

I have Windows Vista Business SP1 on a Dell XPS laptop. He worked from 3-4 years. It seems that after a recent update (in the last week), I rebooted the laptop and after that Vista can not run programs that require administrator privileges. This includes most of the items in the Panel, the observer of events, computer management, elevated command prompt and so on.

After logging in, I get a notification of the task bar that says "Windows cannot connect to the customer service group policy."

When I try to any program requiring administrative privileges (for example, msconfig), I get an error "Windows cannot find C:\Windows\system32\msconfig.exe. Make sure you typed the name correctly and try again"

I restored the system (from safe mode) for a day where it seems to be ok, but the problem remains.

The sound in the system tray icon is a trademark of the Red Cross on it, but sounds work ok.

Analyses of virus through McAfee (all installed updates and latest virus definitions) showed no signs of the virus.

As already mentioned in the original post, System Restore does not resolve the problem. I got to the new vista installation to fix the problem. Some windows updates and reboot after applying the update seems to be the cause.

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