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No Icons - No Taskbar
After upgarding are old '98 SE machine to Windows ME and
installing a wireless network card - all worked great UNTIL later in the day I Shutdown and Restarted Start-up brought to "Windows Networking" password screen - tried everything from nothing to every password we've ever used - same result = a blank desktop - no taskbar + no icons. I've rebooted in Safe Mode + tried the "Windows ME" Startup disc - Setup mode - everything takes me to a blank desktop without a Taskbar or Icons I would uninstall but cannot get to the C:, any ideas? |
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Boot with the Startup Disk. Edit C:\Windows\System.ini changing
shell=explorer.exe to shell=msconfig.exe. Save and reboot. When msconfig opens - if it does - select Diagnostic Startup. See if that yields any information, like what is failing to load. Shane "JC Elliott" wrote in message ... After upgarding are old '98 SE machine to Windows ME and installing a wireless network card - all worked great UNTIL later in the day I Shutdown and Restarted Start-up brought to "Windows Networking" password screen - tried everything from nothing to every password we've ever used - same result = a blank desktop - no taskbar + no icons. I've rebooted in Safe Mode + tried the "Windows ME" Startup disc - Setup mode - everything takes me to a blank desktop without a Taskbar or Icons I would uninstall but cannot get to the C:, any ideas? |
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When I boot wht the Startup disc - it runs but reverts to
the Hard Drive - I get the "ME" startup screen and then the blank desktop..how do I get to the C:? -----Original Message----- Boot with the Startup Disk. Edit C:\Windows\System.ini changing shell=explorer.exe to shell=msconfig.exe. Save and reboot. When msconfig opens - if it does - select Diagnostic Startup. See if that yields any information, like what is failing to load. Shane "JC Elliott" wrote in message ... After upgarding are old '98 SE machine to Windows ME and installing a wireless network card - all worked great UNTIL later in the day I Shutdown and Restarted Start-up brought to "Windows Networking" password screen - tried everything from nothing to every password we've ever used - same result = a blank desktop - no taskbar + no icons. I've rebooted in Safe Mode + tried the "Windows ME" Startup disc - Setup mode - everything takes me to a blank desktop without a Taskbar or Icons I would uninstall but cannot get to the C:, any ideas? . |
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Then it can't be booting from the Startup Disk. Probably you need to change
the boot order in the BIOS. To get into the BIOS probably requires hitting the Del key repeatedly after the computer is turned on (after the memory count, if you can actually see it). If Del doesn't work and you don't get a message (probably in the bottom left corner after the computer starts) about which key to hit to enter the BIOS, post back the make and model of the computer. Once in the BIOS, remembering not to alter anything else, change the boot order so that Floppy or FDD is *1st Boot Device*. If the option is not in the main BIOS menu, go through the sub-menus until you find it. The keys to use to make selections and navigate should be clearly indicated. When you have the floppy (FDD) drive selected as 1st Boot Device, save and exit. Shane "JC Elliott" wrote in message ... When I boot wht the Startup disc - it runs but reverts to the Hard Drive - I get the "ME" startup screen and then the blank desktop..how do I get to the C:? -----Original Message----- Boot with the Startup Disk. Edit C:\Windows\System.ini changing shell=explorer.exe to shell=msconfig.exe. Save and reboot. When msconfig opens - if it does - select Diagnostic Startup. See if that yields any information, like what is failing to load. Shane "JC Elliott" wrote in message ... After upgarding are old '98 SE machine to Windows ME and installing a wireless network card - all worked great UNTIL later in the day I Shutdown and Restarted Start-up brought to "Windows Networking" password screen - tried everything from nothing to every password we've ever used - same result = a blank desktop - no taskbar + no icons. I've rebooted in Safe Mode + tried the "Windows ME" Startup disc - Setup mode - everything takes me to a blank desktop without a Taskbar or Icons I would uninstall but cannot get to the C:, any ideas? . |
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You should try=20 A registry repair: Bootup with a startup floppy disk and at the A:\ prompt type C: (press enter) Now type: cd windows\command (press enter) Your prompt should read C:\Windows\Command, correct? Now type: scanreg /fix (space between g and /) Press enter, wait for the process to finish and reboot WITHOUT the disk. If that doesn't work, try a registry resto Bootup with a startup floppy disk and at the A:\ prompt and repeat the = steps above and replace the scanreg command with: scanreg /restore (space between g and /) Press enter, select a date PRIOR to the problem, press enter, wait for = the process to finish and reboot WITHOUT the disk. If you don't have a startup disk, download one from www.bootdisk.com. Any luck? Zee "JC Elliott" wrote in message = ... After upgarding are old '98 SE machine to Windows ME and=20 installing a wireless network card - all worked great=20 UNTIL later in the day I Shutdown and Restarted =20 Start-up brought to "Windows Networking" password screen - tried everything from nothing to every password we've=20 ever used - same result =3D a blank desktop - no taskbar +=20 no icons.=20 I've rebooted in Safe Mode + tried the "Windows ME"=20 Startup disc - Setup mode - everything takes me to a=20 blank desktop without a Taskbar or Icons=20 I would uninstall but cannot get to the C:, any ideas? |
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