Slow Boot and No Background/Icons, can only use CMD to open certain Programs

JamesC115

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I left my PC on to eat breakfast, and it turns out it had a shutdown. I turned it back on, and it took a long time to load, when it did load, there was no background or desktop icons, and nothing in the taskbar.
I have to run things in CMD and only certain programs work, I manage to open, Steam, Teamspeak, and Spotify so far. I can't open things like control panel as it gives an error as follows:

::{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}

The server process could not be started because the configured identity is incorrect. Check the username and password

As of now I can only go on the internet via other programs such as steam.

Thanks, James
 
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It sounds like a very corrupted installation or a virus. Boot into safe mode and see if you can access programs that way. Also, run an anti-virus scan. If nothing turns up, it could be a problem with your Windows installation. If you can, use another computer and follow the steps on this site:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media.

Boot off a USB/DVD in the BIOS (usually one of the F-keys or delete on the boot logo) and try re-installing Windows.

However, I would first recommend getting a bootable DVD/USB for a Linux OS (Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows) to back up data (onto a USB stick, network drive or cloud service ie Dropbox). Then, insert the Windows...

JamesC115

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Doesn't seem to help, it just restarts and nothing happens

 

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It sounds like a very corrupted installation or a virus. Boot into safe mode and see if you can access programs that way. Also, run an anti-virus scan. If nothing turns up, it could be a problem with your Windows installation. If you can, use another computer and follow the steps on this site:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media.

Boot off a USB/DVD in the BIOS (usually one of the F-keys or delete on the boot logo) and try re-installing Windows.

However, I would first recommend getting a bootable DVD/USB for a Linux OS (Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows) to back up data (onto a USB stick, network drive or cloud service ie Dropbox). Then, insert the Windows installation media and re-install Windows. This should also remove any corrupt files.

Hope this helps. It might take a while to do (depending on download speed for the Windows and Linux OS's) and computer speed, but it might be worth it.
 
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