Hi Alexander,
Hit ctrl+shift+escape to open Task Manager. On the applications tab, click
'new task'. Type regedit and click ok, the continue at the prompt.
Expand the keys in the left pane by clicking the triangles at left to reach
this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Click on this key and locate the 'shell' string in the right pane. Double
click it, replace the contents with just
explorer.exe
Click ok, then close the registry editor and reboot the machine.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"Alexander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>i have very recently purchased a proper, certified copy of windows vista 32
>
> not long ago i encountered a problem in which when i start up the
> computer, the desktop, including icons and task bars are black. The only
> thing that shows when i start up windows is a random my documents folder.
> I can access everything from here, including an application named
> 'explorer'- located in the windows directory which makes all the desktop
> based items visible once again.
> this is the second time i've had this problem, for the first time, when i
> was not able to find a solution i had to do basically a full system wipe,
> and reinstall windows. i haven't been able to diagnose what exactly brings
> the problem yet. any advice on how to stop windows from rendering the
> desktop black would be greatly appreciated.
> just one other thing, i have heard that windows has a security measure to
> stop non activated copies of windows from working by using the black
> desktop method, but i can ensure you that my copy is absolutely legitimate
> and bought from a fully commercial and legitimate computer store.
>
> thanks
>
> alexander
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