Just re installed Baldursgate 1 and 2 standard again after screwing up modding. Now after re installing everything both games launch to a black screen that crashes with a standard application not responding windows error. Any help?

Check the usual suspects:
-Try explicitly running the game with Administrator privileges. Right-click the game's shortcut and select "Run as Administrator"
- Don't install the game into Windows' Program Files folder, but into a custom location like C:\GOG Games\
- (Re-)install the June 2010 DirectX runtime package. Extract it to a separate folder and run dxsetup. Then use the DirectX web installer to make sure all the newest components are present as well.
- Update your graphics drivers
- Also compatibility mode (especially for Windows XP) might help; Right-click the game's shortcut, select Properties and go to the Compatibility tab.

Ignore this post. Fixed by restarting computer as it always does.

;-) Thanks for letting us know.

It is, therefore I feel silly suggesting it most of the time.

Well, so is "Run as Administrator" ;)