Desktop not displaying

[Guest]

My PC boots up, but the desktop will not display. I am not sure what I need
to do. can anyone Help??

 

[Malvern]

My PC boots up, but the desktop will not display. I am not sure what I need
to do. can anyone Help??

Right-click the Desktop. In menu it brings up, be e sure "Show Desktop
Icons" is checkmarked; if not click on that to mark. No luck, re-post;
others may have answer.

Malv

 

[Rich Barry]

Michele, on next Startup tap F8 and see if you get a Menu. If yes choose
Safe Mode. If the computer boots into Safe Mode then select Start>All
Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore.

 

[Guest]

Rich-

I tried booting up in safe mode, but nothing will dsiplay on the desktop
(just a black screen). Is there any way to run the system restore without
being in windows?

 

[Sorghum]

begin Malvern, in his normal, useless way, spewed:

Right-click the Desktop. In menu it brings up, be e sure "Show Desktop
Icons" is checkmarked; if not click on that to mark. No luck, re-post;
others may have answer.

What part of "but the desktop will not display" confused you the most, you
waste of air and bandwidth?

 

[Guest]

I'm in this dilemma

was there a conclusion to this

all i'm getting whether I start in safe mode or otherwise is a black screen
with the cursor which moves and thats it ?????

 

[Guest]

I am having a similar problem. After carrying out a 'system restore' as I
had done recently, the computer has rebooted, has appeared to go through all
the usual load up screens - including the windows xp load up - and then
produces a blank screen. The mouse is functional but there is no task bar or
any icons - nothing. I carried out the system restore as usual and I have
not installed any new software since my last restore. Can anyone help?

 

[Guest]

MDL- spoke to Dell after posting on here who ran a diagnostic check and found
a fault with the hard drive

Luckily its still under warranty and will replace on wednesday )

Dunno if this helps you tho?