Start up problem

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OK I solved my own problem. Somebody had saved it as a background picture!
Nice one! Took me an hour to work that out.



"Geoff" <someone@somewhere.sometime> wrote in message
news:1081244049.10853.0@demeter.uk.clara.net...
> I have a strange startup problem on a laptop running Win2k
>
> After bootup, when the desktop appears, the startup menu and sub-menus
> appear on the screen and cannot be removed, so the screen looks as though
> you had clicked on Start/Programs/Accessories/Communications/Fax/..
> These screens refuse to go away whatever I try. The PC still works OK
and
> I can still use the start menu, it simply places new sub menus over the
> first one. This second set clears normally when you click elsewhere, but
> the first set is still left on screen.
>
> Any of you geniuses out there have an answer? I can't detect any viruses
> on it but it is possible that the laptop has been "got at" by a
disgruntled
> person.
>
> Any help short of re-installing Windows, would be much appreciated.
>
> Geoff.
>
>