Things like this can make us lose our heads, can't they?

I had a similar problem last week and had to search for hours to find a solution. Very frustrating. I was sort of snapping at people too.

I found what I needed at this site: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Hey guy, mind the language a bit, we're just here to help you and I'm sure people don't like getting flamed on while trying to help...

well go in safe mode then hit start, run and type msconifg go in start up unchek all things apply, then restart cpu i think now your desktop will load

yea,just click the start -> control center. then disable the items now using changed to classic,if it's all right/? if not,just click the start - run msconfig,see what runs with xp,uncheck all then reboot.
anyhow you could format the driver reinstall it.

If I were you, I would boot it up in Safe Mode (when restarting, press F8 constantly from the very beginning since restarting) and then using the arrow keys go down to "Dafe Mode". Now, when Safe Mode runs, supposing that you are running Windows XP Pro or another version, click on Start, point your cursor to "All Programs" then to "Accessories", next to "System Tools" and finally to "System Restore".
Set your restore date to a day back when your Start Menu worked and everything, and then click on "Restore". It worked for almost every problem on my old computer, until one day my hard drive failed, and that didn't help...I had to get a new hard drive, but I highly doubt that it's a hardware problem, so System Restore *should* fix it.
Now just cross your fingers, let your computer restart normally, and then see if it worked. Another problem might be the fact that you have users on your computer.
If the System Restore did not work, attempt to delete your users in Safe Mode, accessed just like above.
PM me if anything works...

my compuetr when i start it up it asks for login i enter and then itsd just my desktop picture thats it no icons start menu nothing. and i tried going into safe mode, same thing still doesnt work, what do i do i even tried putting in the windows xy cd, but what do i do once i put it in if i cant access my start menu or desktop icons?

Let me guess WindowsXP is not installed on the C-drive?

This is most probably a problem from your Windows Explorer.
I'd suggest the following possibilities:
1) Restore from a restore point
2) Go into Safe Mode and undo any settings that made your Explorer disappear to reappear again
3) Reformat your computer

THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED IF YOU DONT WANT TO READ THE EXPLANATION

Background to come to the problem: I was recently coding a virus in Visual Basic, when I stupidly ran one, when i was just trying to see the source code. I was in luck, as I knew the basic activities it would do, so I terminated everything before it did too much damage.
When I reloaded my computer my desktop wasnt there, like all the other cases.

Solution:I checked the source code, and noticed a few things



To those of you who cant understand this, it is code in Visual Basic that adds new entries to your registry, screwing it up in certain situations.

Because i knew what to do, i was able to manually remove all of these, i am also supplying you guys w/ these programs that can fix them. I included one program per problem.

Downloading the wrong one, that you do not have a problem with, will not negatively affect your computer, it will just display a message stating that there is no need for it.

Problem: Windows Don't Close When I Tell Them To
Problem: The Search Button on the Start Menu is Missing
Problem: Desktop Won't Load, Taskbar Still Does Though
Problem: The Run Button on the Start Menu is Missing
Problem: I Can't Log Off
Problem: I Can't Access "regedit.exe" or there is problems with the Registry
Problem: TaskManager is Disabled (excellent for accounts without adminstrative attributes to be able to access it)

So, overall, dont download anything that might have a virus, this is probably where you got it. If you find all of these problems together, you got it from a P2P filesharing program, or someone sent it to you over AIM. I will have a website at http://VULC4N.t35.com within a day or two, so check there for more vaccines or maybe even viruses, idk.

thank you for reading this, btw Vulcan is the Roman God that is the Blacksmith of the Underworld

If you need to contact me my AIM s/n is VULC4NofHAX and my email is vulc4n.hax@gmail.com

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