start menu bar freezes at boot up

[Justin Jeffries]

I am having a severe problem which occurs every time I restart my computer.
If I restart the computer and log on, the start menu bar has no function or
access and every time I put my cursor over it there is just a an hour glass
that never becomes a pointer. I can't click anything on the start menu bar
including tray icons, quick launch icons, or the start button. I have to go
into safe mode and restore the system everytime. Once I restore it,
everything is fine, but as soon as I restart the computer again, I have the
same problem occuring. Please help.
Thanks, Justin

 

[Guest]

I had the same problem... you wont like my solution, I hope you find a better one

I completely removed and reinstalled XP from scratch. It worked

I am certain that the problem arose from a trojan/virus/something that is still in my system and is corrupting windows. I am still working on it

 

[Guest]

I had the same problem and is the second time that I reinstall everything.
Keep in touch please, me too I had just to working on it and i don't want reinstall again the whole sysstem
- I sospected that the problems started as i installed Norton system works2004, but i can't be sure