sleep awake does not show icons, only background

[Hugh N. Ross]

This is WinXP pro, with all updates applied. When the system display has
gone to sleep and a key is pressed, the background appears but no icons. The
only keys that work are ctl/alt/del. It then shows the icons and the task
manager window. After canceling the task manager window the system seems to
work properly. The system is protected by PCCilian and router firewall.
When I tried to do a repair install using the XP CD, it said the system was
a later version than the CD and did not want to run.
I hope someone has some idea how to eliminate the problem.
Hugh

 

[Galen]

In Hugh N. Ross had this to say:

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This is WinXP pro, with all updates applied. When the system display
has gone to sleep and a key is pressed, the background appears but no
icons. The only keys that work are ctl/alt/del. It then shows the
icons and the task manager window. After canceling the task manager
window the system seems to work properly. The system is protected by
PCCilian and router firewall. When I tried to do a repair install
using the XP CD, it said the system was a later version than the CD
and did not want to run. I hope someone has some idea how to eliminate the
problem.
Hugh

Missing Icons and Taskbar:
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/missing_desktop-icons_taskbar.html

Though you might also have something so simple as a corrupt profile.

Corrupt Profile:
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/corrupt_profile.html

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