XP Boot Up Only Gets as far as the desktop background

[DBF]

The other day, after a couple of months of flawless operation on a new pc
with WINXP HOME (fully updated with all patches), I rebooted my computer (as
I do several times a day; a habit from WIN 98) and it only got as far as the
background of the desktop: no icons and no taskbar. I could do a
CTRL-ALT-DEL to see the Task Manager, and I could restart that way, but do
nothing else. This happened several times, although once it never even got
that far, but stopped right on the black screen before the "Loading personal
settings..." screen comes up.
I was able to go into Safe Mode and do a restore, and everything is fine,
but it really bugs me that this happened, and I wonder what I should look
for to keep it from happening again.
Thanks,
Dave

 

[Chris Lanier]

Greetings

Please post back to this topic with information about this working or not.
Many people in the last 24 hours have reported this happening.

Line 195 (right column) "Restore Desktop Icons and Taskbar"
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Install the fix, then reboot your computer.

 

[DBF]

I am kind of curious as to what this does.
Thanks,
Dave

 

[DBF]

well, I can't really report back success or failure. I had already resolved
the problem with restore, so I will have to wait and see if the problem
occurs again.

Thanks again,
Dave