no desktop on vista
my desktop will not load after boot on vista basic home edition, I get bakground but no icons or start menu. It started afer spyware got on the mac, but bought norton 360 and got rid of it. But still no desktop. can run programs from task master and some stuff from safe mode but NO DESKTOP
December 18th, 2010 7:44pm

Check this registry key but create a system restore point first, just in case something goes wrong. Open a Run window (Windows Logo key+R), type regedit, press Enter and in the left pane navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon. In the right pane, make sure there is a REG_SZ named Shell and it has a value of "explorer.exe" (no quotation marks). If it’s not there, create it by clicking Edit > New > String Value then right-click it and type explorer.exe then restart the computer.
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December 20th, 2010 12:10pm

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