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08-20-2003, 05:16 AM
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Odd problem with Win XP SP1
When I updated to Sp1 for Win XP, after rebooting all I got was my desktop background. No icons, no start menu, no taskbar etc. This really freaked me out for ages so eventually I did the old ctrl-alt-del and was able to log off my user and log on again which fixed it. Has anybody else come across this? Although not a huge problem, surely that shouldn't happen? I know enough about PCs, which meant I could fix it, but it would really screw up some people who are expecting it to work as is. This happened with 2 different HDD / mobo combinations and on several re-installs of XP.
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08-20-2003, 05:31 AM
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Does that mean that it happens every time after installing the Service Pack or even at every bootup with the SP installed ?
I haven't had the problem when I installed SP1. I suggest that you slipstream SP1 into WinXP and do a clean install. RJ
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08-20-2003, 05:57 AM
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Just with the installation. works just dandy after that.
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08-20-2003, 05:59 AM
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Hmm. Haven't had that problem but you should slipstream then you don't need to load SP1 afterwards anymore, and the problem should be no more.
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08-20-2003, 06:15 AM
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Sorry to ask, but whats slipstream?
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08-20-2003, 06:21 AM
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slipstream is incorparating the service pk with xp on to a new cd you burn http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsX...p1-bootcd.html
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08-20-2003, 06:23 AM
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all so redownload service pk1a as your one may be damaged the problam you have is explorer is not loading on startup affter update
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08-20-2003, 06:39 AM
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Try pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del to get the Task Manager and under the Applications tab, click "New Task" and type EXPLORER. This should get your Start Menu etc. up
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