I fixed the problem by booting into safe mode (F8 at boot time) and the control panel apps worked there. I uninstalled SP1 and now I'm back working again. BTW SP1 seemed to install fine, then I changed some hardware, it is after I changed hardware (motherboard) that I lost the control panel. I saw another person reference loosing the control panel shortcuts after a hardware installation after SP1. I don't think it is the shortcuts, but controle.exe won't execute properly.