Windows Boots - nothing shows

[Guest Jeff Mort]

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.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

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.

[Guest Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

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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[Guest Gerry]

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

 

 

--

 

 

 

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.

[Guest Jeff Mort]

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

>

>

[Guest Jeff Mort]

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.

>

>

>

[Guest Jeff Mort]

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.

>

>

>

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

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.