Can't access desktop of client pc

[Guest John]

Hi

 

sbs 2003 premium. I have a peculiar problem with one win xp client pc. After

booting the pc logs in fine then says things like loading settings and

creating network connections etc but as soon as it is about to display the

desktop, icons and task bar; it stops and all we are left is with the

standard blue windows xp desktop background i.e. no icons or task bar or

anything else besides background. Booting in 'Safe Mode with Networking'

also gives the same result and so does login in remotely via RWW.

 

I can open the computer management for the pc from sbs server and also

browse pc's drive from the server's network places. This leads me to believe

that pc is fairly healthy but don't know what to do form here as I can't

access pc desktop. Any pointers on how to fix this would be appreciated.

 

Many Thanks

 

Regards

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: Can't access desktop of client pc

 

Is IE8 Beta 2 installed, by any chance?

 

Are any machines running WinXP SP3?

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

 

John wrote:

> sbs 2003 premium. I have a peculiar problem with one win xp client pc.

> After

> booting the pc logs in fine then says things like loading settings and

> creating network connections etc but as soon as it is about to display the

> desktop, icons and task bar; it stops and all we are left is with the

> standard blue windows xp desktop background i.e. no icons or task bar or

> anything else besides background. Booting in 'Safe Mode with Networking'

> also gives the same result and so does login in remotely via RWW.

>

> I can open the computer management for the pc from sbs server and also

> browse pc's drive from the server's network places. This leads me to

> believe

> that pc is fairly healthy but don't know what to do form here as I can't

> access pc desktop. Any pointers on how to fix this would be appreciated.

>

> Many Thanks

>

> Regards

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: Can't access desktop of client pc

 

Can you start the Task Manager? Is Explorer.exe running? If not can

you start it from the Task Manager's "New Task" File Menu option?

 

John

 

John wrote:

> Hi

>

> sbs 2003 premium. I have a peculiar problem with one win xp client pc. After

> booting the pc logs in fine then says things like loading settings and

> creating network connections etc but as soon as it is about to display the

> desktop, icons and task bar; it stops and all we are left is with the

> standard blue windows xp desktop background i.e. no icons or task bar or

> anything else besides background. Booting in 'Safe Mode with Networking'

> also gives the same result and so does login in remotely via RWW.

>

> I can open the computer management for the pc from sbs server and also

> browse pc's drive from the server's network places. This leads me to believe

> that pc is fairly healthy but don't know what to do form here as I can't

> access pc desktop. Any pointers on how to fix this would be appreciated.

>

> Many Thanks

>

> Regards

>

>

>

[Guest Jim Behning SBS MVP]

Re: Can't access desktop of client pc

 

I can't remember but I think the last time I saw this I just ran a

repair of the OS.

 

On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 22:55:15 +0100, "John" <info@nospam.infovis.co.uk>

wrote:

>Hi

>

>sbs 2003 premium. I have a peculiar problem with one win xp client pc. After

>booting the pc logs in fine then says things like loading settings and

>creating network connections etc but as soon as it is about to display the

>desktop, icons and task bar; it stops and all we are left is with the

>standard blue windows xp desktop background i.e. no icons or task bar or

>anything else besides background. Booting in 'Safe Mode with Networking'

>also gives the same result and so does login in remotely via RWW.

>

>I can open the computer management for the pc from sbs server and also

>browse pc's drive from the server's network places. This leads me to believe

>that pc is fairly healthy but don't know what to do form here as I can't

>access pc desktop. Any pointers on how to fix this would be appreciated.

>

>Many Thanks

>

>Regards

>

>

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[Guest John]

Re: Can't access desktop of client pc

 

 

Thanks. No luck repairing though.

 

On 9 Sep, 01:16, Jim Behning SBS MVP

<jimbehn...@doesthisblockpork.mindspring.com> wrote:

> I can't remember but I think the last time I saw this I just ran a

> repair of the OS.

>

> On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 22:55:15 +0100, "John" <i...@nospam.infovis.co.uk>

> wrote:

>

>

>

>

>

> >Hi

>

> >sbs 2003 premium. I have a peculiar problem with one win xp client pc. After

> >booting the pc logs in fine then says things like loading settings and

> >creating network connections etc but as soon as it is about to display the

> >desktop, icons and task bar; it stops and all we are left is with the

> >standard blue windows xp desktop background i.e. no icons or task bar or

> >anything else besides background. Booting in 'Safe Mode with Networking'

> >also gives the same result and so does login in remotely via RWW.

>

> >I can open the computer management for the pc from sbs server and also

> >browse pc's drive from the server's network places. This leads me to believe

> >that pc is fairly healthy but don't know what to do form here as I can't

> >access pc desktop. Any pointers on how to fix this would be appreciated.

>

> >Many Thanks

>

> >Regards

>

> See what SBS support is working onhttp://blogs.technet.com/sbs/default.aspx

> Check your SBS with the SBS Best Practices Analyzerhttp://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/tags/BPA/default.aspx- Hide quoted text -

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[Guest John]

Re: Can't access desktop of client pc

 

No beta IE8

 

Just installed IE7 and XP SP3 by Ctrl-Alt-Delete and Task Manager and New

Task and running the relevant setup programs.

 

Still no luck accessing Task Bar, Start Menu and desktop icons.

 

Thanks

 

Regards

 

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:OVzWv7fEJHA.5484@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Is IE8 Beta 2 installed, by any chance?

>

> Are any machines running WinXP SP3?

> --

> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

>

> John wrote:

>> sbs 2003 premium. I have a peculiar problem with one win xp client pc.

>> After

>> booting the pc logs in fine then says things like loading settings and

>> creating network connections etc but as soon as it is about to display

>> the

>> desktop, icons and task bar; it stops and all we are left is with the

>> standard blue windows xp desktop background i.e. no icons or task bar or

>> anything else besides background. Booting in 'Safe Mode with Networking'

>> also gives the same result and so does login in remotely via RWW.

>>

>> I can open the computer management for the pc from sbs server and also

>> browse pc's drive from the server's network places. This leads me to

>> believe

>> that pc is fairly healthy but don't know what to do form here as I can't

>> access pc desktop. Any pointers on how to fix this would be appreciated.

>>

>> Many Thanks

>>

>> Regards

>

[Guest John]

Re: Can't access desktop of client pc

 

I can do Ctrl-Alt-Del to get Task Manager. Explorer is not running. Trying

to run it via New Task makes it appear for split second and then disappear

again.

 

Thanks

 

Regards

 

"John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message

news:eQ17u7fEJHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Can you start the Task Manager? Is Explorer.exe running? If not can you

> start it from the Task Manager's "New Task" File Menu option?

>

> John

>

> John wrote:

>

>> Hi

>>

>> sbs 2003 premium. I have a peculiar problem with one win xp client pc.

>> After booting the pc logs in fine then says things like loading settings

>> and creating network connections etc but as soon as it is about to

>> display the desktop, icons and task bar; it stops and all we are left is

>> with the standard blue windows xp desktop background i.e. no icons or

>> task bar or anything else besides background. Booting in 'Safe Mode with

>> Networking' also gives the same result and so does login in remotely via

>> RWW.

>>

>> I can open the computer management for the pc from sbs server and also

>> browse pc's drive from the server's network places. This leads me to

>> believe that pc is fairly healthy but don't know what to do form here as

>> I can't access pc desktop. Any pointers on how to fix this would be

>> appreciated.

>>

>> Many Thanks

>>

>> Regards

>>

>>

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: Can't access desktop of client pc

 

> Just installed IE7 and XP SP3 by Ctrl-Alt-Delete and Task Manager and New

> Task and running the relevant setup programs.

 

Huh?

 

John wrote:

> No beta IE8

>

> Just installed IE7 and XP SP3 by Ctrl-Alt-Delete and Task Manager and New

> Task and running the relevant setup programs.

>

> Still no luck accessing Task Bar, Start Menu and desktop icons.

>

> Thanks

>

> Regards

>

> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:OVzWv7fEJHA.5484@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> Is IE8 Beta 2 installed, by any chance?

>>

>> Are any machines running WinXP SP3?

>> --

>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

>>

>> John wrote:

>>> sbs 2003 premium. I have a peculiar problem with one win xp client pc.

>>> After

>>> booting the pc logs in fine then says things like loading settings and

>>> creating network connections etc but as soon as it is about to display

>>> the

>>> desktop, icons and task bar; it stops and all we are left is with the

>>> standard blue windows xp desktop background i.e. no icons or task bar or

>>> anything else besides background. Booting in 'Safe Mode with Networking'

>>> also gives the same result and so does login in remotely via RWW.

>>>

>>> I can open the computer management for the pc from sbs server and also

>>> browse pc's drive from the server's network places. This leads me to

>>> believe

>>> that pc is fairly healthy but don't know what to do form here as I can't

>>> access pc desktop. Any pointers on how to fix this would be appreciated.

>>>

>>> Many Thanks

>>>

>>> Regards

[Guest John]

Re: Can't access desktop of client pc

 

The pc originally had IE6 and xp sp2...after having failed to fix it I

decided to add SP3 and IE7 in case it may help which it did not apparently.

 

Regards

 

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:uzzsdwrEJHA.3476@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Just installed IE7 and XP SP3 by Ctrl-Alt-Delete and Task Manager and New

>> Task and running the relevant setup programs.

>

> Huh?

>

> John wrote:

>> No beta IE8

>>

>> Just installed IE7 and XP SP3 by Ctrl-Alt-Delete and Task Manager and New

>> Task and running the relevant setup programs.

>>

>> Still no luck accessing Task Bar, Start Menu and desktop icons.

>>

>> Thanks

>>

>> Regards

>>

>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:OVzWv7fEJHA.5484@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> Is IE8 Beta 2 installed, by any chance?

>>>

>>> Are any machines running WinXP SP3?

>>> --

>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

>>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

>>>

>>> John wrote:

>>>> sbs 2003 premium. I have a peculiar problem with one win xp client pc.

>>>> After

>>>> booting the pc logs in fine then says things like loading settings and

>>>> creating network connections etc but as soon as it is about to display

>>>> the

>>>> desktop, icons and task bar; it stops and all we are left is with the

>>>> standard blue windows xp desktop background i.e. no icons or task bar

>>>> or

>>>> anything else besides background. Booting in 'Safe Mode with

>>>> Networking'

>>>> also gives the same result and so does login in remotely via RWW.

>>>>

>>>> I can open the computer management for the pc from sbs server and also

>>>> browse pc's drive from the server's network places. This leads me to

>>>> believe

>>>> that pc is fairly healthy but don't know what to do form here as I

>>>> can't

>>>> access pc desktop. Any pointers on how to fix this would be

>>>> appreciated.

>>>>

>>>> Many Thanks

>>>>

>>>> Regards

>

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: Can't access desktop of client pc

 

If Explorer is not running then maybe you should take a look at the

REG_SZ Shell and Userinit values at

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

 

The Data for the Shell value should be Explorer.exe and for the

Userinit value it should be C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,

 

John

 

John wrote:

> I can do Ctrl-Alt-Del to get Task Manager. Explorer is not running. Trying

> to run it via New Task makes it appear for split second and then disappear

> again.

>

> Thanks

>

> Regards

>

> "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message

> news:eQ17u7fEJHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>

>>Can you start the Task Manager? Is Explorer.exe running? If not can you

>>start it from the Task Manager's "New Task" File Menu option?

>>

>>John

>>

>>John wrote:

>>

>>

>>>Hi

>>>

>>>sbs 2003 premium. I have a peculiar problem with one win xp client pc.

>>>After booting the pc logs in fine then says things like loading settings

>>>and creating network connections etc but as soon as it is about to

>>>display the desktop, icons and task bar; it stops and all we are left is

>>>with the standard blue windows xp desktop background i.e. no icons or

>>>task bar or anything else besides background. Booting in 'Safe Mode with

>>>Networking' also gives the same result and so does login in remotely via

>>>RWW.

>>>

>>>I can open the computer management for the pc from sbs server and also

>>>browse pc's drive from the server's network places. This leads me to

>>>believe that pc is fairly healthy but don't know what to do form here as

>>>I can't access pc desktop. Any pointers on how to fix this would be

>>>appreciated.

>>>

>>>Many Thanks

>>>

>>>Regards

>>>

>>>

>

>

[Guest John]

Re: Can't access desktop of client pc

 

They are fine. I have checked. Even compared the whole winlogin section with

one of the other PCs. Very weird problem this is.

 

Following errors are coming in System Log of the PC;

 

Event Type: Error

Event Source: NETLOGON

Event Category: None

Event ID: 5789

Date: 2008-09-09

Time: 19:13:58

User: N/A

Computer: WILLIAM

Description:

Attempt to update DNS Host Name of the computer object in Active Directory

failed. The updated value was 'WILLIAM'. The following error occurred:

The parameter is incorrect.

 

Data:

0000: 57 00 00 00 W...

 

AND

 

Event Type: Error

Event Source: DCOM

Event Category: None

Event ID: 10005

Date: 2008-09-09

Time: 19:18:01

User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

Computer: WILLIAM

Description:

DCOM got error "The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled

or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. " attempting to

start the service Iap with arguments "-Service" in order to run the server:

{B0C61A79-0870-4BE4-9153-9CCAF422E31F}

 

Thanks

 

Regards

 

"John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message

news:eoY9JAsEJHA.5060@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> If Explorer is not running then maybe you should take a look at the REG_SZ

> Shell and Userinit values at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows

> NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

>

> The Data for the Shell value should be Explorer.exe and for the Userinit

> value it should be C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,

>

> John

>

> John wrote:

>

>> I can do Ctrl-Alt-Del to get Task Manager. Explorer is not running.

>> Trying to run it via New Task makes it appear for split second and then

>> disappear again.

>>

>> Thanks

>>

>> Regards

>>

>> "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message

>> news:eQ17u7fEJHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>

>>>Can you start the Task Manager? Is Explorer.exe running? If not can you

>>>start it from the Task Manager's "New Task" File Menu option?

>>>

>>>John

>>>

>>>John wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>>>Hi

>>>>

>>>>sbs 2003 premium. I have a peculiar problem with one win xp client pc.

>>>>After booting the pc logs in fine then says things like loading settings

>>>>and creating network connections etc but as soon as it is about to

>>>>display the desktop, icons and task bar; it stops and all we are left is

>>>>with the standard blue windows xp desktop background i.e. no icons or

>>>>task bar or anything else besides background. Booting in 'Safe Mode with

>>>>Networking' also gives the same result and so does login in remotely via

>>>>RWW.

>>>>

>>>>I can open the computer management for the pc from sbs server and also

>>>>browse pc's drive from the server's network places. This leads me to

>>>>believe that pc is fairly healthy but don't know what to do form here as

>>>>I can't access pc desktop. Any pointers on how to fix this would be

>>>>appreciated.

>>>>

>>>>Many Thanks

>>>>

>>>>Regards

>>>>

>>>>

>>

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: Can't access desktop of client pc

 

Not a wise idea with this ongoing issue, John.

 

John wrote:

> The pc originally had IE6 and xp sp2...after having failed to fix it I

> decided to add SP3 and IE7 in case it may help which it did not

> apparently.

>

> Regards

>

> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:uzzsdwrEJHA.3476@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> Just installed IE7 and XP SP3 by Ctrl-Alt-Delete and Task Manager and

>>> New

>>> Task and running the relevant setup programs.

>>

>> Huh?

>>

>> John wrote:

>>> No beta IE8

>>>

>>> Just installed IE7 and XP SP3 by Ctrl-Alt-Delete and Task Manager and

>>> New

>>> Task and running the relevant setup programs.

>>>

>>> Still no luck accessing Task Bar, Start Menu and desktop icons.

>>>

>>> Thanks

>>>

>>> Regards

>>>

>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>> news:OVzWv7fEJHA.5484@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>>> Is IE8 Beta 2 installed, by any chance?

>>>>

>>>> Are any machines running WinXP SP3?

>>>> --

>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

>>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

>>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

>>>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

>>>>

>>>> John wrote:

>>>>> sbs 2003 premium. I have a peculiar problem with one win xp client pc.

>>>>> After

>>>>> booting the pc logs in fine then says things like loading settings and

>>>>> creating network connections etc but as soon as it is about to display

>>>>> the

>>>>> desktop, icons and task bar; it stops and all we are left is with the

>>>>> standard blue windows xp desktop background i.e. no icons or task bar

>>>>> or

>>>>> anything else besides background. Booting in 'Safe Mode with

>>>>> Networking'

>>>>> also gives the same result and so does login in remotely via RWW.

>>>>>

>>>>> I can open the computer management for the pc from sbs server and also

>>>>> browse pc's drive from the server's network places. This leads me to

>>>>> believe

>>>>> that pc is fairly healthy but don't know what to do form here as I

>>>>> can't

>>>>> access pc desktop. Any pointers on how to fix this would be

>>>>> appreciated.

>>>>>

>>>>> Many Thanks

>>>>>

>>>>> Regards