Windows 7 Command Prompt Message Errors (cmd.exe)

Opening a command prompt in Windows 7 and running any command results in error messages such as the ones below (in this case a dir command):

01/28/2010  09:06 AM    The system cannot find message text for message number 0x2373 in the message file for Application.
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      The system cannot find message text for message number 0x2378 in the message file for Application.
      The system cannot find message text for message number 0x2379 in the message file for Application.

For other commands it references "System" rather than "Application" in the error message.  I've seen other posts online describing the same behavior linked to the copies of Win7 distributed at the Gartner Symposium in October as part of the general availability announcement (this is where I got my copy). 

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.