customizing desktop

[Darlene]

Please help I have somehow managed to customize my
desktop so it is completely useless. My desktop and
icons appear normal other than the fact that my taskbar
is cmpletely black. When I click on any icon on the
desktop I just get a black square where I should be
getting a box with options. If i click onto outlook
express i can tell that I am into the programme becos I
can see icons across the top of the page but everything
else is black. What do I do???

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

Please help I have somehow managed to customize my
desktop so it is completely useless. My desktop and
icons appear normal other than the fact that my taskbar
is cmpletely black. When I click on any icon on the
desktop I just get a black square where I should be
getting a box with options. If i click onto outlook
express i can tell that I am into the programme becos I
can see icons across the top of the page but everything
else is black. What do I do???

See "How to Restore the Operating System to a Previous State in
Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306084).