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http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
"gonzal51" <gonzal51@morrisville.edu> escribió en el mensaje news:uYg0MmiTFHA.548@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Yes suddenly. I thought it was a bad boot-up at first, so I rebooted and it
> stayed the same. Safe mode is the same thing background but no icons or
> anything and no explorer.exe is there.
> "José Gallardo" <jogalb@QUITALOono.com> wrote in message
> news:eXv2PiiTFHA.3696@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Has this appeared suddenly, or after installing somethig hard or soft? Have
> you had a virus infection? If you restart in safe mode (when BIOS screen
> turns black, hit several times F8 and choose this option), do the icons,
> etc. appear?
>
> "gonzal51" <gonzal51@morrisville.edu> escribió en el mensaje
> news:%23SRW$aiTFHA.3840@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>I do but it appears then goes away real quick no matter how many times I do
>> it.
>>
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>> "José Gallardo" <jogalb@QUITALOono.com> wrote in message
>> news:OD9%23lLiTFHA.3176@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> In the Task Manager, click on "New Task" (below) and write without the
>> quotes "explorer.exe".
>>
>> "gonzal51" <gonzal51@morrisville.edu> escribió en el mensaje
>> news:OKjKAIiTFHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> When I boot into windows XP, I login correctly but then nothing shows up.
>> No
>>> start menu or any desktop icons. When I go to task manager, I don't see
>>> explorer.exe as a process running..... I know this has something to do
>> with
>>> desktop... any ideas?
>>>
>>> -matt
>>>
>>>
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