After reboot no start menu or icons are present

[Maurice]

After I rebooted my PC and logged back in I do not have
any icons and my start menu is not present. Even if I
right click on the desktop nothing happens. The odd
thing is that when my PC was coming backup it displayed
the XP window and then ask me to login to my computer but
once in I have nothing. Is there a fix for this? Is
this some kind of virus anyone knows of? Any help would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Maurice

 

[Guest]

Hi I am having the same problem, no of my desktop icons
or start menu is showing when i boot my pc up. At the
moment i am running the IE trough the Task Manger, can
any 1 help please?
Thanks, Mark

 

[Guest]

Hi I am having the same problem, no of my desktop icons
or start menu is showing when i boot my pc up. At the
moment i am running the IE trough the Task Manger, can
any 1 help please?
Thanks, Mark

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Try this, start the computer, start tapping F8, ultimately, this should
bring you to a menu, select Safe Mode from the menu, Safe Mode should offer
the option of going to System Restore, if it does, use it to take you back
to a time prior to when this began. If it does not, in Safe Mode, go to
Start\All Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Restore.

If that does not resolve it, it might be best to treat this as a corrupted
user profile, check the following Knowledge Base Article for instructions:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q318011

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Try this, start the computer, start tapping F8, ultimately, this should
bring you to a menu, select Safe Mode from the menu, Safe Mode should offer
the option of going to System Restore, if it does, use it to take you back
to a time prior to when this began. If it does not, in Safe Mode, go to
Start\All Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Restore.

If that does not resolve it, it might be best to treat this as a corrupted
user profile, check the following Knowledge Base Article for instructions:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q318011

 

[keisler]

Maurice,

Hi! Weird i am having the same problem and it occured
today too. i tried all solutions to no avail.if you get
some solutions on this please post it. thanks.

 

[keisler]

michael,

im afraid none of these worked.
i did not save any restore point prior to this error so i
cant restore my pc to a previous date. when i did treat it
as a corrupted file, i still got the same results as when
i first opened my PC with the errors. is there anything
else that i can do?

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Assuming you have an actual XP CD as opposed to a recovery CD, try a Repair
install as follows:
NOTE, while a repair install should leave your data files intact, if
something goes wrong during the repair install, you may be forced to start
over and do a clean install of XP. If you don't have your data backed up,
you would lose your data should that eventuality occur.

Boot from the CD. If your system is set to be able to boot from the CD, it
should detect the disk and give a brief message, during the boot up, if you
wish to boot from the CD press any key.

Once you have pressed a key, setup should begin. You will see a reference
asking if you need to load special drivers and another notice that if you
wish to begin the ASR (Automatic Recovery Console) depress F2. Just let
setup run past all of that. It will continue to load files and drivers.

Then it will bring you to a screen. Eventually, you will come to a screen
with the option to (1) setup Windows or (2) Repair Windows Installation
using the Recovery console.

The first option, to setup Windows is the one you want and requires you to
press enter. When asked, press F8 to accept the end user agreement. Setup
will then search for previous versions of Windows. Upon finding your
version, it will ask if you wish to Repair your current installation or
install fresh. Press R, that will run a repair installation. From there
on, follow the screens.

If you only have a recovery CD, your options are quite limited. You can
either purchase a retail version of XP will allow you to perform the above
among other tools and options it has or you can run your system recovery
routine with the Recovery CD which will likely wipe your drive, deleting all
files but will restore your setup to factory fresh condition.