First I have read someone comments about issues regarding missing Start Bar issue however this one seems to be a little more challenging. I have been using Window 7 RC for approximately 6 weeks and everything was working (generally speaking very good). However, yesterday upon power-up I log on as usually and after the login I have a black screen, period.... No Start Bar, No desktop icons, No Sidebar, just a black screen. Mouse right click does nothing, Ctrl Alt and Delete brings up Task Manager and from there I can run all programs without problems. This issue occur both in the Admin Account and the Guest Account. I can open the sidebar and then see the Icons however on a re-start I'm back to the black screen same issues. I have done another install of Windows 7 RC yesterday and again the same issues occur. I have completely Virus checked and Malware checking the machine prior to yesterday's install and found nothing abnormal. Any ideas would be appreciated.

You don't have a second monitor or TV hooked up that could have become the primary display somehow? Have to tried to do a systemrestore toa previous spot before this happened?Tim Comes

Yes Two Monitor's, and checked that out early, system restore was done prior the the new install yesterday and still with the issues noted. Thanks for the ideas though. I should have also mentioned that trying to drag and drop Icons to the black screen desktop does not work either that is met with a circle icon with a line though it like a stop sign I guess.

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