I have been using Xp for since it's release and have never come across such
a problem.
I have an Acer Aspire 1310 laptop with Xp Prof installed and all functioned
perfectly until 3 days ago.
On startup I now see the Xp load up logo and screensaver image and mouse
arrow only. No icons, no task bar!
The only function that works is msconfig and all seems normal on that front.
I have already tried restoring to a previous working situation but getting
same results.
Booting in temporary mode works fine and have seems system is working fine.
Any idea on causes and possible solutions

Thanks for any help
Andy

Go through these Cleaning steps:
1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies
by doing this:
Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced
Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
culprit and update it or remove it.
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256
Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html

Run a scan from here on-line:
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/d...d=ie&venid=sym
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Download Avast Cleaner (offline scanner) from here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html

Lots of tools to download and disinfect your machine (offline scanner):
http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/site/Do...eeRemovalTool/

After the scan run disk cleanup on your drive.
Black Viper's Top tweaks for a faster PC
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

StartupList Index
http://www.castlecops.com/StartupList.html


Open a Notepad, customize or minimize to the taskbar as you will need it
later for this step to copy the error message on it.
Open a run command and type in:
eventvwr.msc click [OK] you will get the Event viewer control Panel.
click on each of these:
Application
System
Security
Look in the right Pane/window for error message with red (X) or Yellow
exclamation mark /!\ , double click each one to get more info about the
causer.
On the Event error properties message you will see:
Up Arrow
Down arrow
Two pages
Click on the two pages to copy the error message then bring up the Notepad
you opened earlier and right click on the first line and select Paste from
the list, this will paste the error message on a Notepad.
Please don't duplicate the error message one of each kind will be sufficient.
HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

Please we need just the error messages with Red (X) and don't repeat the
error, just one of each kind and post them back in your next post.

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353
A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222/en-us
HTH.
nass
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http://www.nasstec.co.uk

"BENAGLIA" wrote:

> I have been using Xp for since it's release and have never come across such
> a problem.
> I have an Acer Aspire 1310 laptop with Xp Prof installed and all functioned
> perfectly until 3 days ago.
> On startup I now see the Xp load up logo and screensaver image and mouse
> arrow only. No icons, no task bar!
> The only function that works is msconfig and all seems normal on that front.
> I have already tried restoring to a previous working situation but getting
> same results.
> Booting in temporary mode works fine and have seems system is working fine.
> Any idea on causes and possible solutions
>
> Thanks for any help
> Andy
>