Start menu, taskbar, system tray gone - please help

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From: Bobby (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/16/04 

Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 13:32:17 -0700

I have a computer(XP home)that is missing the Start Menu,
taskbar, system tray, and is very slow to start and
shutdown. Rundll32.exe hangs when shutting down, also.
If I try and open n/w connections, there are none
showing. Tried to create new one through new connection
wizard. It fails (not responding). I can run task mgr
ok, but if I try and open an app, it does not appear in
applications and nothing happens.

Has anyone had this happen, or know how I can go about
troubleshooting? How well does the repair option work
with XP home? I really do not want to reload everything
if that is possible. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

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