Vista not fully loading (no taskbar, no desktop icons)

[Guest]

Hi there! I was burning some photo cd's last night using Roxio and I decided
to restart my computer once I was done. Upon restarting now Vista will not
load all the way. Here is a list of problems:
1. I cannot click anything on the taskbar. When I move my mouse to the
taskbar it gives me the "busy" circle.
2. It is only loading 2 of about 10 taskbar icons by the clock.
3. It is not showing any icons for the shortcuts on the desktop. It will
show the name of the short cut (i.e. Recycle Bin) but no icon.
4. The mouse always has the pointer and the small "busy" circle.

Everything I've tried tells me that the system is operating normally.
HELP!!!

 

[Cal Bear '66]

Have you tried pressing F8 repeatedly at reboot before Vista loads and selecting
"Last known good configuration"?


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[Guest]

Yes I did, in fact. Unfortunatly it didn't work. UGH!! It restarted and did
the same problem.

 

[Cal Bear '66]

System Restore?


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[Michael Solomon]

Hi there! I was burning some photo cd's last night using Roxio and I
decided
to restart my computer once I was done. Upon restarting now Vista will not
load all the way. Here is a list of problems:
1. I cannot click anything on the taskbar. When I move my mouse to the
taskbar it gives me the "busy" circle.
2. It is only loading 2 of about 10 taskbar icons by the clock.
3. It is not showing any icons for the shortcuts on the desktop. It will
show the name of the short cut (i.e. Recycle Bin) but no icon.
4. The mouse always has the pointer and the small "busy" circle.

Everything I've tried tells me that the system is operating normally.
HELP!!!

You might try booting to Safe Mode and running System Restore. Boot the
system, start tapping F8, at the menu, choose Safe Mode. Once at the
desktop, go to the Start Men\All Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System
Restore.

While System Restore is meant to only restore the registry and system
setting to a specific point in time, as a precaution, your data should be
well backed up.

 

[Guest]

Unfortunatly my only restore point is back in Feb.
I have a ? about system restore though. Does it do anything to the programs
I've installed since Feb (I.E. I've installed quickbook and quicken) and any
documents I've created since then?

Anyways, I've not done system restore because the restore point is so old.
Any ideas?!?!
I hate how one day it's working just fine and dandy and then all of the
sudden it doesn't.

 

[dean-dean]

Try this: when Vista will not load all the way and the Taskbar gives you the
"busy" circle, press Ctrl+Alt+Del on your keyboard, and open Task Manager.
On the Processes tab of Task Manager, if explorer.exe is running,
right-click on it and choose End Process. If it doesn't restart
automatically, from the File menu, choose New Task. Type explorer.exe in
the Run box, and press Enter on your keyboard.

If explorer.exe is not running on the Processes tab, from the File menu,
choose New Task. Type
explorer.exe in the Run box, and press Enter on your keyboard.

What is the latest driver or application installation that you've done? You
may have an Explorer shell extension conflict.

 

[Michael Solomon]

Unfortunatly my only restore point is back in Feb.
I have a ? about system restore though. Does it do anything to the
programs
I've installed since Feb (I.E. I've installed quickbook and quicken) and
any
documents I've created since then?

Anyways, I've not done system restore because the restore point is so old.
Any ideas?!?!
I hate how one day it's working just fine and dandy and then all of the
sudden it doesn't.

I don't see how your only restore point could be back in February unless you
happen to be dual booting with XP as that destroys restore points. Yes, you
might have to reinstall any application installed since the restore point
was created.

Are you using any disk or registry cleanup utilities. Such utilities can
sometimes cause precisely this type of issue. However, most of them usually
have an undo feature and while the downside of such features is they usually
require you to be able to boot into the OS, in your case, you are able to do
so. Hence, if you did some sort of cleanup in the prior to this issue, you
might try to undo it.

If the above doesn't apply, you can boot from the Vista DVD and try running
the startup repair option. If that doesn't resolve it, you might try
installing Vista over itself but you should try to backup any data before
trying either of those options.