Windows Boots - nothing shows

[Jeff Mort]

Interesting ... Windows XP Pro boots up, you can log in with no problems,
however, nothing shows up on the screen, no icons, no bar on the bottom,
nothing. If you CTRL-ALT-DEL and open task manager you can run programs all
day long. Mouse and keyboard work fine. I'm at a loss, I've used System
Mechanic to see if there were any problems that could be solved, and I've
turned off all startup items.

Any help would be great.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Interesting ... Windows XP Pro boots up, you can log in with no problems,
however, nothing shows up on the screen, no icons, no bar on the bottom,
nothing. If you CTRL-ALT-DEL and open task manager you can run programs
all
day long. Mouse and keyboard work fine. I'm at a loss, I've used System
Mechanic to see if there were any problems that could be solved, and I've
turned off all startup items.

Any help would be great.

Try running explorer.exe via the Task Manager. If this does not solve the
problem permanently, use System Restore to fix it.

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Interesting ... Windows XP Pro boots up, you can log in with no problems,
however, nothing shows up on the screen, no icons, no bar on the bottom,
nothing. If you CTRL-ALT-DEL and open task manager you can run programs
all
day long. Mouse and keyboard work fine. I'm at a loss, I've used System
Mechanic to see if there were any problems that could be solved, and I've
turned off all startup items.

Any help would be great.

Did you run System Mechanic just before this happened?

 

[Gerry]

Jeff

Dump System Mechanic. Registry Cleaners are not a good way to maintain
your computer.

http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/646752.htm


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Jeff Mort]

Frank,

No, I installed it afterwards, I am able to access the network, so I
downloaded it and installed it from a network drive.

Most programs will run from the Task Manager, I am now going to look into
the possibility it is a virus.

Thanks!

 

[Jeff Mort]

How do you use System Restore to fix the problem. I've installed SP3 and it
was suppose to write a new explorer.exe to the Windows folder, it still
doesn't work.

I'm about ready to scrap the fix and start with a fresh drive and go from
there.

 

[Jeff Mort]

Thanks Gerry, it gave me a lot to look at, unfortunately none of them worked.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

How do you use System Restore to fix the problem. I've installed SP3 and
it
was suppose to write a new explorer.exe to the Windows folder, it still
doesn't work.

I'm about ready to scrap the fix and start with a fresh drive and go from
there.

In your original post you told us nothing about the recent history of your
machine. Installing SP3 is essential information! Good luck with the
re-installation.