Desktop will not come up any more after signing into a user accoun

[Guest]

All of a sudden I am having this strange problem. After selecting a user
account, the window start loading personal settings. When it is done only the
wall paper is displayed but no other deskop icons or task bar comes up. I do
not even get the Start button. Right clicking does not produces any menu.
When I press CTL-ALT-DEL, No task is shown to be running. I have tried all
user accounts on my computer with no luck. How do I get the desktop back on
my PC??? Please help.

 

[Jose Gallardo]

Are you able to run "System Restore" and perform a system restoration prior
to the event should appear?

 

[Guest]

A friend of mine is also having this problem. When the computer boots up,
the login screen appears and he can select from any of 3 accounts that are
available. All three are adminisrator accounts, each one exhibits the same
symptoms. Once the profile is selected, the desktop may or may not appear.
On the profiles for his two daughters, no desktop icons will appear at all,
no task bar, no right clicking to attempt any of the normal restore features
you would expect to find.

On his account, the desktop icons will come up, I see the McAfee graphic
appear once the application starts, then the icons will disappear, may
reappear, then disappear again. No task bar, no right clicking, zip.

On all three profiles you can access the task manager and run applications.
You can attempt to run explore again but it will show in the processes tab,
then disappear (icons will briefly appear then go away, this may happen
twice, or it may cycle through several times before stopping).

Have deleted all temp file, internet temp file, checked for unusual files,
etc... You can run iexplore and navigate through the HDD to do this.

Have searched the web and find information indicating that it could be
related to the video drivers, have deleted the display device, rebooted, same
issue remains. Changed video devices by installing pci video card, no change
in symptoms.

Have also see information indicating that it could be related to the user
accounts being corrupted but cannot access control panel to create new
account to see if problem continues. Some have indicated that after creating
new account, problem is not with new account and have been able to restore by
copying files over.

I believe that it is a problem with a corrupted explore.exe file but haven't
found a copy I can replace it with. I can also not access the restore
functions as I do not know the command line program to run for that.

Any thoughts/help would be appreciated.

Ron...

 

[Angel]

I am having the exact same problem. Driving me absolutely crazy. I have
discovered that I can force open programs using the task manager. Programs
like Outlook Express and my internet browser. First of all this has to be
fixed, but I am wondering what damage is being done to my computer using it
the way it is.
It has been suggested to me that I need to re-install windows XP because I
have corrupted Registry files. I have tried to do windows restore and that
won't work either. My concern is what will happen to my existing files by
re-installing windows. I remember years ago, that a person could re-install
windows (3.11) over top and not losing documents and other programs. I am
not sure if that is the case with Windows XP. Can anyone advise on this?

Can anyone tell us how and why this is happening?? Does Windows Automatic
Update have anything to do with this? Meaning it could have downloaded and
installed a program that is and has screwed up computers?

Thanks a bunch!
Angel

 

[Guest]

I encountered similar problem. Iused the "restore" feature and ever since
,Windows boots up to the screensaver display-but no icons, Start,or task bar-
just the mouse arrow. Ctrl+alt+delete produces Task Manager. I select New
Task and insert MSN to get on the internet. Dell support seems stumped. ???
Anyone know how to resolve this issue-help!

 

[Guest]

Spoke w/friend who's knwledgeable. He said we need a Repair Reinstall. I
don't know what that isbut he will research this and help when he gets back
to Florida in2 days. He suggested contacting Windows support or PC mfgr. and
mentioning this process. Supposedly it does not destroy all files.

 

[Guest]

I have exactly the same problem. I opened Task Manager after connecting a
remote hard drive with my latest backup, and tried to restore that backup,
with no success.

I can get to the contents of my C and D drives, but don't know how to access
Control Panel that way.

This problem just started for me. Somethin reset in the Register?

pieniaszek

 

[Guest]

I have exactly the same problem. I opened Task Manager after connecting a
remote hard drive with my latest backup, and tried to restore that backup,
with no success.

I can get to the contents of my C and D drives, but don't know how to access
Control Panel that way.

This problem just started for me. Somethin reset in the Register?

pieniaszek

 

[Guest]

Spoke w/friend who's knwledgeable. He said we need a Repair Reinstall. I
don't know what that isbut he will research this and help when he gets back
to Florida in2 days. He suggested contacting Windows support or PC mfgr. and
mentioning this process. Supposedly it does not destroy all files.

 

[Guest]

The "fix" is:Contact your software supplier for instructions on how to use
an operating system Reinstallation CD as a " repair reinstallation". This
involvesusing certain options & skipping others. Result: Windows restored w/o
losing files, etc.

 

[Guest]

I am relieved to know that I was not the only one with that problem. Anyhow I
got my problem solved.
I copied the 'explorer' application file from my working PC on a floppy and
pasted into Windows folder on the corrupt PC. After rebooting the PC it asked
for XP SP2 intallation CD which I did not have. I had Windows XP SP1 CD which
it did not like but after warning that
Explorer is of unkwon version, it did let me update anyhow. When I rebooted
again, everything worked fine.

Thank you all for your comments and suggestions.