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Name: dan13
Date: January 18, 2005 at 18:19:59 Pacific
OS: xp home
CPU/Ram: 1.8ghz/about 700mb (i thi
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my taskbar has frozen. as soon as i start the computer it will not respond. it is however working if i start in safe mode. i've run virus checks which have found nothing. i did a system restore to a couple of days ago which didn't help. i then tried a system restore to about a month ago and when it restarted there was no taskbar and nothing on the desktop and i can't even do a ctrl alt del to access programs. please help! what can i do?



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Name: TheLegend
Date: January 18, 2005 at 18:53:45 Pacific
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