XP Home hangs after logon

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In safe mode also , I can bring up the task manager and run some stuff but
not explorer ,
In regular mode I get my wallpaper and it stops there ,
I was able to run adware and I found nothing , registery looks ok

Any Ideas ?
 
In safe mode also , I can bring up the task manager and run some stuff but
not explorer ,
In regular mode I get my wallpaper and it stops there ,
I was able to run adware and I found nothing , registery looks ok

Any Ideas ?
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Do you get any error messages when Explorer tries to start? I've seen
this behavior recently. I have a client who, after applying the
latest Windows Update fixes, started getting error messages about
Explorer.exe - Entry point not found. There was no taskbar, no
icons...just a desktop and wallpaper.

I made a slipstream CD with Windows XP and SP2 (I use a program called
nLite to do this: http://nuhi.msfn.org/guide/index.html), then
performed a repair install. After that, I returned to Windows Update
and applied all the fixes. Works fine now.

There may be a less labor intensive fix out there, but this was the
first that I tried and it worked great.
 
Do you see anything in the Processes tab of task manager taking up excessive
CPU or Memory?

Are there any events logged in event viewer?

Anything in particular changed when this started happening? Did you install
a new piece of hardware, update a driver, install a new piece of software,
run Windows Update?

HTH
 
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