HELP - I've lost my desktop!!!
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I've got win2k sp2. My system crashed. After rebooting I could log in and my background appeared but the rest of the desktop failed to load(no taskbar, toolbars, rt-click menu). I can run apps through the task manager and my network works, just no desktop. I've tried all sorts of suggestions from the microsoft support forums, none of which work. Anyone know how to fix this? If I have to reinstall windoze will all my apps be ok? Thanks Josh josh@that-guy.net
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Thats what I would like to know! The worst thing that has happened to my W2K (ack Y2K flash backs, delete from memory, delete) is daft Explorer sometimes shows ALL folders with a + next to them, whether they have children or not or are open or not. Much worse things can be said for any previous version of Windows (except 3.1, but the limit of 3.1 power back then for me was Solitaire, Minesweeper, Notepad and the exit button back to DOS) Also I dare say you and I are most likely power users who stress things to the limit (all these CP browser windows open bring my pc to a crawl ;) ). regards, Paul Watson Cape Town, South Africa e: paulmwatson@email.com w: vergen.org
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I don't know man!! I didn't do it on purpose! It just crashed while debugging my app with VS6SP5. Also had 5 or 6 IE6 windows open, Outlook, Winamp, Adobe Illustrator, Flash5, and Word, while burning a CD. Ya know, the usual stuff. Damn windoze just cant hack it. When they gonna come out with a real OS?!?!?:cool: Josh josh@that-guy.net
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FWIW I have had no trouble with W2K until a week or so ago - brand new install, everything fine, all of a sudden I cannot open IE unless it's done through a link in Outlook. When I close VC it ALWAYS crashes. Playing MPEG's causes them to stutter and be unwatchable. I have no idea what I did, but repair W2000 did not fix it and I can't be bothered with a reinstall, so I am just getting used to it for now. Christian As I learn the innermost secrets of the around me, they reward me in many ways to keep quiet. Men with pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought Jewellery.
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FWIW I have had no trouble with W2K until a week or so ago - brand new install, everything fine, all of a sudden I cannot open IE unless it's done through a link in Outlook. When I close VC it ALWAYS crashes. Playing MPEG's causes them to stutter and be unwatchable. I have no idea what I did, but repair W2000 did not fix it and I can't be bothered with a reinstall, so I am just getting used to it for now. Christian As I learn the innermost secrets of the around me, they reward me in many ways to keep quiet. Men with pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought Jewellery.
It's part of Wild Bill's plan to force you to upgrade to XP. Josh josh@that-guy.net
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It's part of Wild Bill's plan to force you to upgrade to XP. Josh josh@that-guy.net
This is probably to late but I wanted to ask this any way I had trouble on a 98 box, and I keep a list in a notepad file of recent items I have done and when I saw winamp, it came on a CD I got I uninstalled it and no more problems And I was listing to CD’s while on the net When I noticed the trouble Has any body had any issues with strange behavior and winamp? P.s. if windows sucks so much quite using it PAUL CURRY
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I've got win2k sp2. My system crashed. After rebooting I could log in and my background appeared but the rest of the desktop failed to load(no taskbar, toolbars, rt-click menu). I can run apps through the task manager and my network works, just no desktop. I've tried all sorts of suggestions from the microsoft support forums, none of which work. Anyone know how to fix this? If I have to reinstall windoze will all my apps be ok? Thanks Josh josh@that-guy.net
It is actually possible to replace the standard shell Windows uses. Pre-4.0 versions used progman.exe, since 4.0-versions it is explorer.exe Check the registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon and here the Value "Shell" On my W2K system, it says "explorer.exe" Good luck anyway
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It's part of Wild Bill's plan to force you to upgrade to XP. Josh josh@that-guy.net
Heh, keeping my fingers crossed. So far I have been lucky. About a month ago I uninstalled a lot of programs from my w2k system and one of them totally screwed stuff up. Luckally I was able to fix it, but DAMN.... Tim Smith Descartes Systems Sciences, Inc.
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Yeah, fortunately I've got Partition Magic and have most of my stuff safe on separate partitions. And of course it makes it easy to make room for linux. I've got Slackware running nicely on my machine and I've never had to reinstall it. I'd highly recommend it if you go for linux. Anyways, I'm off to configure windoze for the zillionth time. Josh josh@that-guy.net
Backing up your disk and other good practices is more important than which kind of OS you are using. I've lost count of how many LINUX, Windows, BEOS, FreeBSD, and so on I've been told "Oh my God, I need to reinstall everything" just because the HD died. Anyways, I have Win2K since its market debut and had WindowsNT running for years and never did a reinstall. Furor fit laesa saepius patientia
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I've got win2k sp2. My system crashed. After rebooting I could log in and my background appeared but the rest of the desktop failed to load(no taskbar, toolbars, rt-click menu). I can run apps through the task manager and my network works, just no desktop. I've tried all sorts of suggestions from the microsoft support forums, none of which work. Anyone know how to fix this? If I have to reinstall windoze will all my apps be ok? Thanks Josh josh@that-guy.net
Is there a rundll32 running ? I've seen many Win2k boxes with similar problems where rundll32 hanged and killing it made the SP2 process continue normally. Furor fit laesa saepius patientia