How to undo xp system recovery

[marycompwiz]

Hello,
after a system recovery, in the log in screen, windows is asking for activation. upon clicking yes (as i have a licensed computer) the wallpaper appears but no task bar or shortcut icons are displayed. i cannot do anything from this screen. any info or help would be much appreciated. Martyna

 

[treefrog07]

When you re-boot, try clicking on the "No" choice, or to activate by phone. You should get a screen that shows a toll-free number. Call it, it will take a little while to go through the menus, but you ought to be able to get it activated that way.

 

[marycompwiz]

thanks for the reply. that isnt an option. when clicking no. it goes to 'saving your settings' and exits. I am based in europe so I'm not sure if I should contact microsoft by phone or even if this is poss from this region. thanks again