"George Lawshe" wrote:
| My wife's computer has been working fine until tonight.  When turn on it
will
| load up and boot seemingly normal until the Desktop is to appear, then the
| screen is blue with the task bar (no icons) is on the left side of the
screen.
| All stops there, I can do Ctrl-Alt-Del and the dialog box appears, but it
| has nothing listed in the task manager is.
| I have turned off and rebooted several times.
| Any Suggestions
| George
|

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> Check that explorer.exe is the default shell to start. Look at the Reg_Sz
> string value of;
> "Shell"="Explorer.exe"
> found at
> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>
> The profile may be corrupt or these may help you.
>
>
> No Desktop or Blank Desktop After Logging On to Windows 2000 (Q256194)
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q256194
>
> How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
> http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q292/1/75.ASP
>
> What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306952
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "George Lawshe" wrote:
> | My wife's computer has been working fine until tonight.  When turn on it
> will
> | load up and boot seemingly normal until the Desktop is to appear, then the
> | screen is blue with the task bar (no icons) is on the left side of the
> screen.
> | All stops there, I can do Ctrl-Alt-Del and the dialog box appears, but it
> | has nothing listed in the task manager is.
> | I have turned off and rebooted several times.
> | Any Suggestions
> | George
> |
>
>
>

"George Lawshe" wrote:
| Dave
| I finally got the computer to boot in SAFE MODE COMMAND PROMPT and I ran
| CHKDSK/F.  It took a few minutes to run, then I went to bed, when I woke
up
| everything seems to work properly.
| I printed the info you sent me, that way if I have a problem in the future
I
| can try that method.
| Where do I find HKLM\SOFTWARE\microsoft......., the registry is always
HKEy?
| Thanks
| George
| ps I  will be out of town until this weekend.
| George