re: Windows ME doesn't finish loading desktop...
Saturday, February 19, 2005 at 8:13 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Adam
(1 messages posted)
I am having a similar problem. I have tried...
1) Normal startup - Result: Computer hangs on desktop (no icons appear). When I hit
Ctrl-Alt-Delete, the only program displayed is Cpiexe.
2) Startup in safe mode - Result: Same as above (some Help window opened on startup,
but nothing appeared in it)
3) Startup using Windows ME Startup Disk (to try and uninstall Windows ME and go
back to Windows 98) - Result: Can't access uninstall file (uninstal.exe).
Any suggestions????
On Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at 2:27 am, Jack Gulley wrote:
>Try booting into Safe Mode and see if it boots that way. (Hold F8 or the Ctrl
>key down before the initial Windows ME splash screen, then select Safe Mode.) If
>it boots into Safe Mode, you know it is not anything wrong with Explorer.exe program,
>and it is most likely something wrong with one of the MSCONFIG Startup programs
>or a system driver. For example a virus may have infected your system and is crashing
>it.
> If you can get into Safe Mode, first run System Tools - SCANDISK in normal mode,
>and then in Thorough mode (may take hours) to check the disk drive. Maybe run a
manual
>virus scan and any other ADware/Spware scans that you have installed.
> Then shutdown and try booting into normal mode again.
> What you do next depends on what happens when trying to boot into Safe Mode and
>after running Scandisk.
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