Aaarg ... what the hells happened ?!?!

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Mar 24th, 2003, 02:31 AM
TheBionicOrange

Aaarg ... what the hells happened ?!?!

I turned on my PC on Saturday morning and whilst Windows (XP PRO) was loading I got a message. Something about a registry file or part of the registry file having to be restored. It only had an OK button so I pressed it.

Now when it has finished loading Windows all I get is a background screen. No icons, and no taskbar. I can do a CTRL/ALT/DEL and get up the task Manager window etc., but thats it.

I presume my registry is probably screwed now, due to whatever it did when it thought it was fixing itself.

Has anyone got any ideas how I might be able to rectify this ?

I tried SAFE mode too, and got the same results.

I also tried the "Load from Last Time It Successfully Worked" option, and geuss what ..... that gave me sod all as well :mad:

I just wondered if there was anything I could do APART from a re-install, which would be a right pain.

Thanks in advance ........

Steve.
Mar 24th, 2003, 03:07 AM
Nightwalker83

Did you download or install any programs the week before that got added to the registry or startup folder?
Mar 24th, 2003, 03:16 AM
TheBionicOrange

No I didn't.

As i can get to the task Manager someone suggested adding "Explorer" as a new process.

The PC in question is at home tho so will try it later.
Mar 24th, 2003, 03:21 AM
Nightwalker83

Oh ok
Mar 24th, 2003, 03:40 AM
Sonikku`

System restore

You could try doing a System restore before this happened, and if it happend again, Find the Reg. String it restored and Delete it.
Mar 24th, 2003, 11:28 AM
TheBionicOrange

Quote:

Originally posted by TheBionicOrange
No I didn't.

As i can get to the task Manager someone suggested adding "Explorer" as a new process.

The PC in question is at home tho so will try it later.

I tried adding an "Explorer" process .... it stated up ... lasted about 2 seconds in the process list .... then deleted itself :mad:
Mar 24th, 2003, 11:51 AM
plenderj

So when you do 'File > New Task > Explorer.exe' it just falls over a few seconds later ?
I suggest you grab Filemon and Regmon from www.sysinternals.com, fire them up, then load up explorer again and see why its falling over.
Mar 24th, 2003, 11:57 AM
TheBionicOrange

Nice idea, but I can only run apps by browsing for the EXE and firing them up as new processes.

Anyone know the process for "File/Run" or "File Explorer" ?

If not I aint ever gonna get these things installed :(
Mar 24th, 2003, 12:04 PM
plenderj

So stick filemon and regmon onto floppy and run them from File->Run in task manager.
And sadly "Windows Explorer" ie. the file explorer is explorer.exe
Mar 25th, 2003, 04:28 AM
TheBionicOrange

Ended up doing a Windows "Repair", but lost all my internet connectivity :(

Had to reinstall Windows Xp fresh :mad:

All working now, but there went 4 hours of my life :eek:
Mar 25th, 2003, 04:52 AM
plenderj

You should keep an image of your hard drive in case your system ****s up again.
Mar 25th, 2003, 04:56 AM
Nightwalker83

Quote:

Originally posted by TheBionicOrange
Ended up doing a Windows "Repair", but lost all my internet connectivity :(

Had to reinstall Windows Xp fresh :mad:

All working now, but there went 4 hours of my life :eek:

Have you ever experienced any other problems while using xp?