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blackdiamond
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 Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:13 am Post subject: Vista problem (no wallpaper, taskbar, sidebar shown) |
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yea, an hour ago, when i booted up my pc and logged in, the wallpaper was black, no taskbar, no desktop icons and no sidebar. luckilly it automaticly opened my documents, from which i could open internet explorer.
but now the question, what can i do about this problem? i've run a virus scan on AVG 30 day trial, but that hasn't worked.
things i did yesterday
-got my new sound card in
-uninstalled Norton Internet Suckurity
-went unprotected to the AVG website
-downloaded and installed AVG
what can i do about this problem? (reformat or system recovery is my last resort, so i'll try other options first)
i've got every update available except for SP1.
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FullyAwesome
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:33 am Post subject: |
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press ctrl+shitf+escape
File -> Run -> explorer.exe
if it then runs, then you've probably got a virus or something colliding that's preventing explorer from running
i'd do a system recovery if i were you by:
opening up a run prompt (start flag + r)
and type:
restore/rstrui
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blackdiamond
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| fullyawesome wrote: | press ctrl+shitf+escape
File -> Run -> explorer.exe
if it then runs, then you've probably got a virus or something colliding that's preventing explorer from running
i'd do a system recovery if i were you by:
opening up a run prompt (start flag + r)
and type:
restore/rstrui |
lol, opening explorer.exe actually worked, thought it was already running.
feel free to call me a noob now.....
thanks
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| blackdiamond wrote: | lol, opening explorer.exe actually worked, thought it was already running.
feel free to call me a noob now.....
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no worries mate. and if this happens again, which it probably will, then just system restore or remove anything that your computer might not like.
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