Photoshop CS3 can't save .PSD files

I have Windows XP, Adobe Flash 10.2 ..
I can save all file types two weeks ago, and then one day I just can't. I didn't install/delete anything on my computer before that, it just happened all of a sudden. Scanned for viruses/malware, none found.
PROBLEMS:
1) When I save for web images, I get: "Some of the specified files already exists in the target location. The files marked below will be replaced:", though it IS a new & different file/filename. So I click "replace" and I get this: "Adobe Save for Web Error: Could not write the file. The file was not found". Then I click OK, and Cancel. I checked and nothing was saved except TMP54ee.tmp which is 0bytes.
2) When I save as... .psd, I get: "Could not save as C:\Name\filename.psd because the filename was not valid". I checked, just some gibberish that is TMP54ee.tmp AND ~ps8455.tmp (both 0bytes) are saved.
So I looked online for answers. Trashed settings, uninstalled/reinstalled PS CS3. Nothing worked, so I looked for more. Finally got one solution that worked: Edit > Preferences > File Handling > Uncheck Enable Version Cue. It kinda solved just Problem 1, for web images: KINDA because I get the same error messages on problem 1, but when I check the folder, PNG file IS saved (though filename.png.tmp and TMP34ee.tmp are still saved along that).
*** When I close PS CS3 and open it, sometimes Enable Version Cue is ~magically~ checked again and I have to uncheck it, sometimes it's good. So I can live with that as long as my PNG & JPGs can be saved.
PROBLEM #2 is still unsolved, & I'm still desperate for answers. Can anyone help me? Like I said, I've tried trashing the settings, uninstall/reinstall, updated Flash, nothing worked. And I can save PSDs until two weeks ago.
Help me please...

That sounds like something outside of Photoshop is interfereing with file saving.
None of what you describe should be possible with a clean copy of Photoshop.
But bad anti-virus, disk compression utilities, etc. could cause behaviors like that.

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