Re: Windows XP won't start right

On Oct 29, 6:39 pm, AngeliaK <Angel...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Something happened. On startup, it gets to my desktop and the wallpaper is
there, but nothing else. No icons, no start button. I can't right click
because there is a timer showing that something is happening, but it stays
that way forever. I thought the computer was still loading, so I waited 15
minutes, but it stays that way. I have tried: 1) Starting in Safe mode - it
gets to a screen that is blank except for the words "Safe mode" around the
edges. 2) Starting from the last known good configuration - it just gets me
to the same place, my wallpaper with the timer showing by my cursor. 3)
Booting from the Windows XP CD and doing a Chkdsk - no problems found 4)
Booting from the Windows XP CD and doing a repair - it reinstalled the XP,
took half an hour, had me reload a driver, let me specify users, then started
up, looked promising, but got me to the same place. Using another user's
name, it just got me to a blank blue screen which again has the timer
showing. During install, there WAS one error that said "Failed to load
C:\WINDOWS\System32\catsrv.dll" Error code 0x8007007f. I don't know if that
means anything. 5) Going into the Recovery Console - but not sure what I
was doing. I picked the number 1 and it seemed to be doing something, but
end results were the same 6) logging in as Administrator - same thing....
Windows XP looks like it is starting up, but doesn't.
Basically, my wallpaper is a picture of my son and that's all that this
computer will do - show me a picture. Any other suggestions?

Has the computer stopped responding completely? If you press the
Windows key on your keyboard, does the Start Menu show? If it's just
the lack of desktop and the missing taskbar, try this:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/nodesktop.reg

(You may have to refresh the page to show the download window (F5))



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