Windows Boots - nothing shows

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Interesting ... Windows XP Pro boots up, you can log in with no problems,
however, nothing shows up on the screen, no icons, no bar on the bottom,
nothing. If you CTRL-ALT-DEL and open task manager you can run programs all
day long. Mouse and keyboard work fine. I'm at a loss, I've used System
Mechanic to see if there were any problems that could be solved, and I've
turned off all startup items.

Any help would be great.
 
Re: Windows Boots - nothing shows


"Jeff Mort" <JeffMort@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B78B831B-3514-40BD-909F-D05C4B63C686@microsoft.com...
> Interesting ... Windows XP Pro boots up, you can log in with no problems,
> however, nothing shows up on the screen, no icons, no bar on the bottom,
> nothing. If you CTRL-ALT-DEL and open task manager you can run programs
> all
> day long. Mouse and keyboard work fine. I'm at a loss, I've used System
> Mechanic to see if there were any problems that could be solved, and I've
> turned off all startup items.
>
> Any help would be great.

Try running explorer.exe via the Task Manager. If this does not solve the
problem permanently, use System Restore to fix it.
 
Re: Windows Boots - nothing shows

"Jeff Mort" <JeffMort@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B78B831B-3514-40BD-909F-D05C4B63C686@microsoft.com...
> Interesting ... Windows XP Pro boots up, you can log in with no problems,
> however, nothing shows up on the screen, no icons, no bar on the bottom,
> nothing. If you CTRL-ALT-DEL and open task manager you can run programs
> all
> day long. Mouse and keyboard work fine. I'm at a loss, I've used System
> Mechanic to see if there were any problems that could be solved, and I've
> turned off all startup items.
>
> Any help would be great.

Did you run System Mechanic just before this happened?

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
Do not reply with email
 
Re: Windows Boots - nothing shows

Jeff

Dump System Mechanic. Registry Cleaners are not a good way to maintain
your computer.

http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/646752.htm


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Jeff Mort wrote:
> Interesting ... Windows XP Pro boots up, you can log in with no
> problems, however, nothing shows up on the screen, no icons, no bar
> on the bottom, nothing. If you CTRL-ALT-DEL and open task manager
> you can run programs all day long. Mouse and keyboard work fine.
> I'm at a loss, I've used System Mechanic to see if there were any
> problems that could be solved, and I've turned off all startup items.
>
> Any help would be great.
 
Re: Windows Boots - nothing shows

Frank,

No, I installed it afterwards, I am able to access the network, so I
downloaded it and installed it from a network drive.

Most programs will run from the Task Manager, I am now going to look into
the possibility it is a virus.

Thanks!

"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote:

> "Jeff Mort" <JeffMort@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B78B831B-3514-40BD-909F-D05C4B63C686@microsoft.com...
> > Interesting ... Windows XP Pro boots up, you can log in with no problems,
> > however, nothing shows up on the screen, no icons, no bar on the bottom,
> > nothing. If you CTRL-ALT-DEL and open task manager you can run programs
> > all
> > day long. Mouse and keyboard work fine. I'm at a loss, I've used System
> > Mechanic to see if there were any problems that could be solved, and I've
> > turned off all startup items.
> >
> > Any help would be great.
>
> Did you run System Mechanic just before this happened?
>
> --
> Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
> Do not reply with email
>
>
 
Re: Windows Boots - nothing shows

How do you use System Restore to fix the problem. I've installed SP3 and it
was suppose to write a new explorer.exe to the Windows folder, it still
doesn't work.

I'm about ready to scrap the fix and start with a fresh drive and go from
there.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "Jeff Mort" <JeffMort@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B78B831B-3514-40BD-909F-D05C4B63C686@microsoft.com...
> > Interesting ... Windows XP Pro boots up, you can log in with no problems,
> > however, nothing shows up on the screen, no icons, no bar on the bottom,
> > nothing. If you CTRL-ALT-DEL and open task manager you can run programs
> > all
> > day long. Mouse and keyboard work fine. I'm at a loss, I've used System
> > Mechanic to see if there were any problems that could be solved, and I've
> > turned off all startup items.
> >
> > Any help would be great.
>
> Try running explorer.exe via the Task Manager. If this does not solve the
> problem permanently, use System Restore to fix it.
>
>
>
 
Re: Windows Boots - nothing shows

Thanks Gerry, it gave me a lot to look at, unfortunately none of them worked.

"Gerry" wrote:

> Jeff
>
> Dump System Mechanic. Registry Cleaners are not a good way to maintain
> your computer.
>
> http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/646752.htm
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> Jeff Mort wrote:
> > Interesting ... Windows XP Pro boots up, you can log in with no
> > problems, however, nothing shows up on the screen, no icons, no bar
> > on the bottom, nothing. If you CTRL-ALT-DEL and open task manager
> > you can run programs all day long. Mouse and keyboard work fine.
> > I'm at a loss, I've used System Mechanic to see if there were any
> > problems that could be solved, and I've turned off all startup items.
> >
> > Any help would be great.
>
>
>
 
Re: Windows Boots - nothing shows

"Jeff Mort" <JeffMort@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2DF6919D-E11B-4090-BB74-AA8A8189DEBA@microsoft.com...
> How do you use System Restore to fix the problem. I've installed SP3 and
> it
> was suppose to write a new explorer.exe to the Windows folder, it still
> doesn't work.
>
> I'm about ready to scrap the fix and start with a fresh drive and go from
> there.
>


In your original post you told us nothing about the recent history of your
machine. Installing SP3 is essential information! Good luck with the
re-installation.
 
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