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re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes'
Monday, January 26, 2004 at 4:45 pm
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Posted by pbyk (6 messages posted)

from my log
07:50 9/09/03
TURNED OFF ACTIVE DESKTOP WITH XTEQ 
SYSTEM BOOTING PROPER NOW
My xp home would boot up with a blank screen and would stay blank for +- 5 mins
when i turned off active desktop it booted up normal -- but i still have lockups 
and shell crashes
pbyk





On Monday, January 26, 2004 at 1:16 pm, BKW wrote:
>If Ctrl+Alt+Del brings up the taskmgr... Then click File,  click New Task (RUN...)... 
>Then type explorer.exe and press enter... I've seen this commonly on our network... 
>As we use SMS to push out updates (anti-virus definitions, new apps, etc...) and 
>not all the pc's are setup the same, meaning many pc's have been around for years 
>with older configurations... so the updates don't always work... but the explorer.exe 
>tip above should open to the desktop if the OS isn't completely hosed.... Best of 
>Luck... 
>
>

Written in response to:: re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (BKW: Monday, January 26, 2004 at 1:16 pm)

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re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Steph28: Monday, January 26, 2004 at 5:06 pm)

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Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Jim Aikin: Mon, Jan 26, 2004, 10:17 am)

re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (BKW: Mon, Jan 26, 2004, 1:16 pm)

re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Jim Aikin: Mon, Jan 26, 2004, 1:35 pm)

re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Wild Idea: Sun, Feb 1, 2004, 8:02 am)

re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (pbyk: Mon, Jan 26, 2004, 4:45 pm)

re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Steph28: Mon, Jan 26, 2004, 5:06 pm)

re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Raz: Sun, Jul 25, 2004, 5:48 am)

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