Hi,

After typing in my password, I log on and my desktop
remains literally empty (blue screen), with no icons, no
task bar - nothing.

However, I can still run my applications by invoking the
Task Manager and using the File / Run menu.

Is there something, somewhere, that tells Windows to load
the desktop and its contents and that would be corrupt on
my machine ?

Thanks,

Bob

This may help you:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;256194

I had the same condition a few weeks ago, except that the
desktop would come alive after some 5 minutes. When I was
unable to resolve the issue, I restored Win2000 from an image
I had taken a few weeks before.


"Bob" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Just to complement my description of the problem : this is
under Win 2000 Pro, on a DELL laptop.

Looks pretty much like what I'm experiencing.

Have a dummy question though - I'm not an expert :-( :

The article refers to a file located in the %SystemRoot%
folder. What folder is this ?

Thanks,

Bob

Indeed!

%systemroot% is an environmental variable (because it is
surrounded by % signs). You can see all of them by
typing this at a Command Prompt:

set

or

set systemroot

or

echo %systemroot%

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