Can't boot XP pro

[Zorro]

Having trouble getting XP to boot. Boot process stops with wallpaper
but no icons or taskbar. Not frozen; mouse will move around and task
manager will come up and let me restart with a cntrl-alt-delete, but
boot always stops at the same spot.
Ideas?

 

[Zorro]

Having trouble getting XP to boot. Boot process stops with wallpaper
but no icons or taskbar. Not frozen; mouse will move around and task
manager will come up and let me restart with a cntrl-alt-delete, but
boot always stops at the same spot.
Ideas?

BTW, safe mode stops in the same basic place, although black screen
rather than wallpaper.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Sounds like you may have a corrupted/damaged user profile, either
the one you're using to login, or the Default Users. Try logging in
with a different account. If you get the same results, try replacing
the Default Users profile with a known good copy from a
similarly-configured machine, or from backup.

Alternatively, this may contain some useful information:

No Desktop or Blank Desktop After Logging On to Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q256194


Bruce Chambers

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