Re: Windows XP SP2 desktop won't load on startup

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Thanks a lot. I now see I've posted in the wrong newsgroup but anyway, thank you for the prompt reply.I'll se what I can do, cause spotting hardware problems isnt exactly my area of expertise...

<DIV>&quot;Malke&quot; &lt;notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&gt; wrote in message news:epsncZB1GHA.324@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</DIV>> billerr wrote:

I've been experiencing this problem for the past week:

Randomly, when the pc starts up, after the logon screen, the wallpaper
will load, but with no desktop icons or taskbar. I tried the
following:

1. If I restart the computer, the same happens three sequential times
before finally on the 4th startup the desktop loads normally. Instead,
if I turn off the computer, and then start it up manually by the power
button, the desktop will load normally right the next time and not the
4th. During either workaround, just before the computer shuts down,
the little window 'Ending program....explorer.exe' shows up and each
time the program won't end on it's own, but I have to 'end it now'
manually. So, it must be the explorer hanging.

(snippage)

This is probably a hardware issue. Here are some general hardware
troubleshooting steps. I'd start by swapping out the power supply for a
known-good one.

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Troubleshooting

Testing hardware failures often involves swapping out suspected parts
with known-good parts. If you can't do the testing yourself and/or are
uncomfortable opening your computer, take the machine to a professional
computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of BigStoreUSA).

Malke
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