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XP Desktop Doesn't Always Appear
Name: Ardee Date: January 21, 2006 at 14:52:51 Pacific OS: XP-Pro CPU/Ram: Athlon 1G
Comment:
When I power up, I get the welcome screen, but the desktop often comes up blank. When it doesn't, some system tray icons are missing (AVG and sound mixer). If I log off and back on, the desktop comes up correctly. If I use task manager to shut down from a blank desktop, I get explorer.exe not responding. I used to have Nvidia desktop manager installed, but it seems to have gone missing and I can't remember how I got it there in the first place. I wonder if this might have something to do with the problem, but don't want to make things worse by blind tinkering.
Name: rwn Date: January 21, 2006 at 16:11:14 Pacific
Reply:
Nvidias desktop manager might be causing your problems if it wasn't uninstalled correctly to fix just download the drivers from their site agian.
Truth can become lie, but if lies become truth we're in trouble.
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Response Number 3
Name: james1795 Date: January 22, 2006 at 08:23:20 Pacific
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go to the website nvidia and download the program and reinstall it. if not then you might have to do a fresh install to correct this problem. You might want to download ad-aware se and get norton for viruses.
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Response Number 4
Name: Ardee Date: January 22, 2006 at 15:26:16 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks for the replies. I've re-installed the NVidia graphics software, which includes desktop manager, and the problem persists. HT shows nothing, and a Panda scan comes up with a couple of low-risk cookies which constantly re-appear. How much grief will an XP install cause me?
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Response Number 5
Name: Ardee Date: January 25, 2006 at 06:57:46 Pacific
Reply:
This has been solved by following advice on another post. Go to http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm look under N.
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