logging off

From: Drew (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 18:03:56 -0700

My xp computer is suddenly acting strange in the fact
that when either myself or my wife go to log off each
others accounts the computer gets to a point of logging
one side off and then instead of going to the welcome
screen to shut down ...it simply shows whichever desktop
photo of whichever side you are logging off from and
nothing else therefore there are now no buttons or any
tabs to hit to log off...All you can do is a hard
shutdown of the system and restart to get back on ...It
does not matter whether one person is logged on or both
with fast user switching enabled .. I know this is a long
drawn out question but it is kind off baffling at best...

Running xp home,,Norton security and antivirus,,all
windows updates including sp2 installed...Webroot's spy
sweeper.. Intel 2.8 with hyperthreading ...1 gig of
ram..intel 865perl motherboard....

Any help would be as always appreciated
...........Drew