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Staff, my Windows XP SP2 initiates but he is not shown the icons of the work
area and the bar of tasks is also not shown, what it can be?
 
I am without virus, already I made the verification with the HijackThis and
diverse other programs and nothing, simply happened after to restart Windows
XP, a friend said me that it would have that to verify a KEY of the
Register.
 
Doug said:
Staff, my Windows XP SP2 initiates but he is not shown the icons of the
work area and the bar of tasks is also not shown, what it can be?
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I don't know what you mean by "staff". This isn't Microsoft and there is no
"staff" here. This is a peer-to-peer newsgroup and while some Microsoft
employees occasionally post here, most people are volunteer helpers who do
not work for the company.

As for your question, you haven't provided enough information to get focused
help.

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things
worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus
status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and
versions) did you use to determine this?

Here is a link to show you what details to include in your next post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Here is a link to show you how to check your computer for viruses and
malware:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

In the meantime, see if you can log in with another user account. If you
didn't set up one, see if you can log in to either your user account or the
built-in Administrator account. If you have XP Home, you'll need to go into
Safe Mode to access the Administrator account. Do this by repeatedly
tapping the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to the
right menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse will not work here.
Once in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden Administrator account.
The default password is a blank.

If you can get into another account, include that information in your next
post with the other necessary details and we can take it from there.

Malke
 
Doug said:
I am without virus, already I made the verification with the HijackThis
and diverse other programs and nothing, simply happened after to restart
Windows XP, a friend said me that it would have that to verify a KEY of
the Register.
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Then see what happens when you get into Safe Mode as previously suggested.

Malke
 
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