Recent content by Belalseman

I have just created an account to test if the problem is limited to just my account. The same thing happens there. Every few logins it doesn't load explorer.exe or any of the startup items.

Unfortunately, Linney, I cannot try a system restore - I flushed all the data when a virus snuck in last week whilst I was fixing a friend's machine with my laptop. This problem predates that virus by a few months though, so please don't think that is the cause. Chkdsk did not help, and the...

Yes, Wolluf, I start up, log in and only get my wallpaper - nothing else loads. It's pretty much 50/50 when I start if it will happen or not. It's been going on for a while now, I'm not sure what started it, it just...happened. It isn't getting any worse, it's just annoying me that I can't fix...

Often, when I start my laptop up into WinXP, and after logging in, I am presented with nothing other than my desktop wallpaper. This is because every last item that should now be deluging my system from my antivirus and firewall to explorer.exe itself has apparently gone on strike. I can...