No icons, no desktop in windows

albertross_2

new task

eventvwr

might give you a clue

have you unplugged any usb hardware, printers etc?

vinylmusic

albertross wrote: »

new task

eventvwr

might give you a clue

have you unplugged any usb hardware, printers etc?

Thanks

I ran eventvwr and heres a list of the many error messages and warnings it came up with.
If it makes any sense to anyone I'd be grateful for any advice

Thanks

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Applications:

Warning:
Source: Usernv
[FONT=&quot]Windows saved user SBK1800-256-1\General User registry while an application or service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use. [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot] This is often caused by services running as a user account, try configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or NetworkService account.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]2.10.07 Error SourceSecurity center[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The Windows Security Center Service was unable to establish event queries with WMI to monitor third party AntiVirus and Firewall.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]5.10.07 Error Source SENS[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( SENS ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: Event System Win32 Error: No service is operating at the destination network endpoint on the remote system.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot], ServiceStart(): SensInitialize() failed.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]5.10.07 Error Source Application Error[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Faulting application McNASvc.exe, version 1.2.108.0, faulting module McNASvc.exe, version 1.2.108.0, fault address 0x0000f9b8.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]5.10.07 Source Event System[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The COM+ Event System detected an inconsistency in its internal state. The assertion "GetLastError() == 122L" failed at line 201 of d:\qxp_slp\com\com1x\src\events\shared\sectools.cpp. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services to report this error.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Under Security I got the following a couple of times:[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]IPSec Services: IPSec Services has experienced a critical failure and has shut down with error code: The network connection was aborted by the local system.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]. Stopped IPSec Services can be a potential security hazard to the machine. Please contact your machine administrator to re-start the service.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Under System[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]7.10.07 source W32Time[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The time provider 'NtpClient' failed to start due to the following error: A system call that should never fail has failed. (0x8007277B)[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]and The time service is configured to use one or more input providers, however, none of the input providers are available. The time service has no source of accurate time. [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]7.10.07 source Service Control Management[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The DHCP Client service hung on starting.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]then[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The WebClient service has reported an invalid current state 10107.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]then[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The WebClient service hung on starting.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]7.10.07[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Warning. source Dhcp[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The DHCP Client service is shutting down. The following error occurred : [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]A system call that should never fail has failed. [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]7.10.07 source Service Control Manager[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The Remote Access Connection Manager service terminated with service-specific error 3221356592 (0xC0020030).[/FONT]

Red_Rose_Exile

Try this, Go to Kellys Korner

Scroll down to Line 195, download and run Restore Desktop and Taskbar on the right hand side of that line

copy to a floppy or flash drive, it's very small

Shazmar_2

Just had the same problem and this is what worked for me. Turn power off on comp for at least 30 sec's. Start comp in safe mode by pressing F8 on my comp,(yours may be different)as comp is starting up. When in safe mode use arrow keys to highlight start comp with last known working configuration (or words to that effect) and press enter. Comp should restart and your desktop should be back.

vinylmusic

Red_Rose_Exile wrote: »

Try this, Go to Kellys Korner

Scroll down to Line 195, download and run Restore Desktop and Taskbar on the right hand side of that line

copy to a floppy or flash drive, it's very small

Thanks for that but no luck there
The problem still persists

vinylmusic

Shazmar wrote: »

Just had the same problem and this is what worked for me. Turn power off on comp for at least 30 sec's. Start comp in safe mode by pressing F8 on my comp,(yours may be different)as comp is starting up. When in safe mode use arrow keys to highlight start comp with last known working configuration (or words to that effect) and press enter. Comp should restart and your desktop should be back.

Thanks for all the help so far
but so far nothing has worked
I guess my copy of the error reporting hasn't produced any knowledgeable solutions either
It looks like its going to have to be a complete hard drive format and windows reinstall

alared

Try asking on this board:

http://boards.fool.co.uk/Messages.asp?mid=10735151&bid=50934

Zed42

The fact that this PC will boot AOK in to Safe Mode and is "hanging" when booting up normally, coupled with some of the event log errors you have posted, indicates to me a problem with your networking.

You mention that you have a wireless connection in this PC, do you also have an ethernet card?

Have any changes occurred in your networking setup in the past few days?

When the PC is booting up and taking an age, it sounds to me like it is attempting to gain a TCP/IP address (Hence the DHCP error) and therefore not going any further until it has attempted to resolve the lack of network connectivity.

Let us know some more details about how your PC connects ....

Red_Rose_Exile

Could you start the PC in Safe mode and then do a full anti virus check

VincentVega

Safe Mode is a good place to start out - initially try the top-most "Safe Mode" option in the F8 menu. If you get a desktop there, it's most likely a duff driver or one of your startup tasks.

Do you have a proper XP CD? If so, you could try doing a repair install. Failing that, whip the hard drive out, connect it to another PC, copy all your stuff over and reformat and reinstall. Drastic but it'll work.