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More info?)
Thank you for your suggestions Chelsea and TaurArian. I actually took
TaurArian's advice last night, and it worked like a charm. Thank you so
much, TaurArian, as I don't know much about computers. I will keep your
advice too, Chelsea. The more things I can try, the easier a solution may be
found..
"Chelsea" wrote:
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> "jensauntfred" <jensauntfred@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CFFAAFE0-60D1-45E6-A760-4C89C471EBD1@microsoft.com...
> >I don't have any desktop icons or taskbar. I followed a suggestion to go
> >to
> > task manager and do file, run, explorer, but that didn't work. Anyone
> > have
> > another suggestion?
>
> I think the only practical thing to do is a type of reinstallation of XP
> called an inplace update. This will retain all of your current settings, but
> you will have to reapply the service pack SP1 or SP2 whichever you use and
> additionally all the hot fixes. Make sure you are not connected to the
> internet until you have applied the service packs as you will be very
> vulnerable to the various worms that take advantage of system
> vulnerabilities. A good description of what you need to do is here
>
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm Click on How To Run a Repair
> Install. Hope it helps
>
> Chelsea
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