I need some help. When I turn on my computer, everything starts as usual, until it gets to loading my desktop. The background wallpaper will appear, but that is it. No icons, no panels, nothing. When I press ctrl+alt+del the window will appear, but from there, the computer will not allow me to do anything. I have also tried manually shutting down the computer and simply unplugging it. Nothing has worked. PLEASE HELP!!!

is this hardware problem? what operating system are you running? probably windoze.? try reinstalling, but be sure to back ur files up before

LOL You've hidden your desktop - I did that too.... Can't remember how I got it back, but it was simple

have you resoved this problem yet if so could you please let us know

thanks

Originally Posted by LaxAttack07

When I press ctrl+alt+del the window will appear, but from there, the computer will not allow me to do anything.

When you pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del and the Task Manager window appeared, was anything listed in the window? Did anything that was listed say 'Not responding' next to it?

I'm betting you're running Windows 98 and the Task Manager window says 'Msgsvr32 (not responding)' in it. Don't know why I'm feeling lucky but, hey, it's worth a guess, lol

I have the exact same problem. I fixed it by unplugging my printer then turning on my computer. Its really weird. Basically i can turn on my computer with the printer unattached, then attach it once my pc is on and it works fine. I still dont really know wats causeing windows to not load, and i have a thread on it here also its: http://www.d-a-l.com/help/showthread.php?t=13100

I'd be interested to know if unpluggin ur printer fixes it for you like it did for me.(if you even have a usb printer attached.)

Originally Posted by DJNafey

When you pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del and the Task Manager window appeared, was anything listed in the window? Did anything that was listed say 'Not responding' next to it?

I'm betting you're running Windows 98 and the Task Manager window says 'Msgsvr32 (not responding)' in it. Don't know why I'm feeling lucky but, hey, it's worth a guess, lol

in my situation i think there were a few windows process running, and i was able to acess the task manager(this is under winxp) In fact i could even acess the run under the taskmanger, and run simple programs like paint.