No desktop at boot

Running windows xp home with sp2. When I boot the machine it comes to the
desktop but no icons are present. The same thing happens if I boot to safe
mode. I can do ctrl-alt-del and get the task manager. from there I can
pretty much run anything I want. When I look under the processes tab
explorer.exe is not present. If I enter the command to run it, I can see the
desktop bottom tollbar flash for a secone and then go away. It is as thought
explorer.exe turns off as soon as it turns on. Will re-install windows if
need be, but really don't want to go through the process if not necessary.
Are there any other solutions out there? Thanks!
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kah

Boot from the XP CD and opt to do a repair install.

"kah" <kah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C69FB956-41FB-44FD-909B-78575E258917@microsoft.com...
> Running windows xp home with sp2. When I boot the machine it comes to the
> desktop but no icons are present. The same thing happens if I boot to
> safe
> mode. I can do ctrl-alt-del and get the task manager. from there I can
> pretty much run anything I want. When I look under the processes tab
> explorer.exe is not present. If I enter the command to run it, I can see
> the
> desktop bottom tollbar flash for a secone and then go away. It is as
> thought
> explorer.exe turns off as soon as it turns on. Will re-install windows if
> need be, but really don't want to go through the process if not necessary.
> Are there any other solutions out there? Thanks!
> --
> kah

Did that .. but the result was the same. I have though since removed a
number of trojan viruses so perhaps I should do the repair install again.
--
kah


"Jerry" wrote:

> Boot from the XP CD and opt to do a repair install.
>
> "kah" <kah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C69FB956-41FB-44FD-909B-78575E258917@microsoft.com...
> > Running windows xp home with sp2. When I boot the machine it comes to the
> > desktop but no icons are present. The same thing happens if I boot to
> > safe
> > mode. I can do ctrl-alt-del and get the task manager. from there I can
> > pretty much run anything I want. When I look under the processes tab
> > explorer.exe is not present. If I enter the command to run it, I can see
> > the
> > desktop bottom tollbar flash for a secone and then go away. It is as
> > thought
> > explorer.exe turns off as soon as it turns on. Will re-install windows if
> > need be, but really don't want to go through the process if not necessary.
> > Are there any other solutions out there? Thanks!
> > --
> > kah
>
>
>

Booted from CD ran windows repair install but situation is the same. Are
there any solutions out there?
--
kah


"Jerry" wrote:

> Boot from the XP CD and opt to do a repair install.
>
> "kah" <kah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C69FB956-41FB-44FD-909B-78575E258917@microsoft.com...
> > Running windows xp home with sp2. When I boot the machine it comes to the
> > desktop but no icons are present. The same thing happens if I boot to
> > safe
> > mode. I can do ctrl-alt-del and get the task manager. from there I can
> > pretty much run anything I want. When I look under the processes tab
> > explorer.exe is not present. If I enter the command to run it, I can see
> > the
> > desktop bottom tollbar flash for a secone and then go away. It is as
> > thought
> > explorer.exe turns off as soon as it turns on. Will re-install windows if
> > need be, but really don't want to go through the process if not necessary.
> > Are there any other solutions out there? Thanks!
> > --
> > kah
>
>
>

Hi,
It's likely that there's still malware (trojan, virus, spyware) installed.
No program removes all malware.

See these sites for help, including the posting of a HijackThis log to one
of the forums where HJT logs are analyzed:

The Parasite Fight http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Malware Removal and Prevention Overview - CastleCopsWiki:
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_R...tion:_Overview

Bugs, Glitches & Stuffups: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.html

Removing Malware:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

Partial list of forums- there are others:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php
http://forums.whatthetech.com/forums.html
http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/index.php?board=3.0
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/
http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum/index.php?
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html

You will have to register to post to any of these forums and should look for
one or more "Important- Read this first" type messages, at whatever forum
you choose, for specific instructions.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"kah" <kah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6836D746-E4E6-47D0-8426-997EB126B14A@microsoft.com...
> Did that .. but the result was the same. I have though since removed a
> number of trojan viruses so perhaps I should do the repair install again.
>
> kah

> "Jerry" wrote:
>
> > Boot from the XP CD and opt to do a repair install.

> > "kah" <kah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:C69FB956-41FB-44FD-909B-78575E258917@microsoft.com...
> > > Running windows xp home with sp2. When I boot the machine it comes to
the
> > > desktop but no icons are present. The same thing happens if I boot to
> > > safe
> > > mode. I can do ctrl-alt-del and get the task manager. from there I
can
> > > pretty much run anything I want. When I look under the processes tab
> > > explorer.exe is not present. If I enter the command to run it, I can
see
> > > the
> > > desktop bottom tollbar flash for a secone and then go away. It is as
> > > thought
> > > explorer.exe turns off as soon as it turns on. Will re-install
windows if
> > > need be, but really don't want to go through the process if not
necessary.
> > > Are there any other solutions out there? Thanks!

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