Serious Problems with Vista, Please Help

[nickrock]

Here are my symptoms, first of all I'm writing this in safe mode with
networking and running a Malwarbytes scan while I do so. My problems
are:
My startbar and icons aren't showing up, but my sidebar is there with
all its gadgets and my background is there too. Also, when I right
click I can go to Personalize, but basically other than the control
panel and when I literally click on "explorer.exe" no programs will
open. When I click explorer, it lets me look through my files, but
still no taskbar or start bar. When I "CTRL ALT DEL", the task manager
screen or w/e is completely black, but I can press ESC to get out of
that and back to the blank background. Any more questions? I need some
real help.

 

[gregg]

Here are my symptoms, first of all I'm writing this in safe mode with
networking and running a Malwarbytes scan while I do so. My problems
are:
My startbar and icons aren't showing up, but my sidebar is there with
all its gadgets and my background is there too. Also, when I right
click I can go to Personalize, but basically other than the control
panel and when I literally click on "explorer.exe" no programs will
open. When I click explorer, it lets me look through my files, but
still no taskbar or start bar. When I "CTRL ALT DEL", the task manager
screen or w/e is completely black, but I can press ESC to get out of
that and back to the blank background. Any more questions? I need some
real help.

Have you installed any new software or hardware just prior to this behavior?

Have you tried to restart your machine? (may seem like a dumb question, but
users often persist with a problem without trying this)

If the answer to the second is that you have and you haven't installed any
new hardware of software you may first try a system restore and see if that
helps (if you can do this)

 

[nomore]

First if you can back up all your valuable files while in safe mode.
In safe mode look at msconfig and see what programs and processes are
checked to load at start-up.
If your system is not hopelessly corrupted you may be able to reconstruct a
basic start-up package using only Microsoft items related to the OS, not
programs, only. Do not include things like system audio programs, antivirus
and the like.
Also, in safe mode, uninstall your video drivers so that if the system boots
it will use only VGA drivers as corrupt video drivers could account for your
problem.
If you can boot to the desktop then you can add back items one by one,
starting with a new install of newly downloaded Video drivers.
If you cannot boot after that then it is easier just to reinstall the OS.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Have you selected "Hide Taskbar" option. Did you try and grab the bottom of the
screen and pull it up. What happened from the last time it was showing to the time
it disappeared.

Check the following

Start\Settings\Taskbar and Start Menu and see if there is a checkmark to Autohide
Task Bar

 

[Daddy Tadpole]

First if you can back up all your valuable files while in safe mode.
In safe mode look at msconfig and see what programs and processes are
checked to load at start-up.
If your system is not hopelessly corrupted you may be able to reconstruct
a basic start-up package using only Microsoft items related to the OS, not
programs, only. Do not include things like system audio programs,
antivirus and the like.
Also, in safe mode, uninstall your video drivers so that if the system
boots it will use only VGA drivers as corrupt video drivers could account
for your problem.
If you can boot to the desktop then you can add back items one by one,
starting with a new install of newly downloaded Video drivers.
If you cannot boot after that then it is easier just to reinstall the OS.

Normal people can't cope with this geek stuff. They need an OS that works,
does what it's told and is comprehensible.

V*sta doesn't work for normal people.

V*sta can't even install Office 2007 (error message 1907 concerning
authorisations and fonts, for which M$ has *no* solution).

As many other have said, V*sta, like other M$ products, was *designed* to
drive you mad. There is, therefore, no reason to suppose that 7 was designed
with any other intention in mind.

 

[Karen Jayne Panzke]

Normal people can't cope with this geek stuff. They need an OS that works,
does what it's told and is comprehensible.

V*sta doesn't work for normal people.

V*sta can't even install Office 2007 (error message 1907 concerning
authorisations and fonts, for which M$ has *no* solution).

Funny. When I installed Office 2007 on Vista, it worked. It worked for
quite a few people. Maybe you don't understand how to set up a computer.

As many other have said, V*sta, like other M$ products, was *designed* to
drive you mad. There is, therefore, no reason to suppose that 7 was
designed with any other intention in mind.

I've been using Windows 7 RTM since the beginning of August. It's rock
solid, runs fast, and hasn't crashed. Maybe you don't understand how a
computer works.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

V*sta doesn't work for normal people.

I have Vista installed on two computers here. Both run without
problems. My wife, who is anything but a computer expert, uses one of
them without a problem.

I know *many* other people who run Vista without problems.

V*sta can't even install Office 2007 (error message 1907 concerning
authorisations and fonts, for which M$ has *no* solution).

Both of the computers running Vista here have Office 2007 installed,
and both installed without a problem.

I know many other people who run Office 2007 under Vista and it also
installed for them without a problem.

As many other have said, V*sta, like other M$ products, was *designed* to
drive you mad. There is, therefore, no reason to suppose that 7 was designed
with any other intention in mind.

I have Windows 7 RTM installed on my main computer here. It too runs
without a problem.