My friend was checking for trojans, and apparently deleted Explorer.exe (we are not so clear on why). Following this, his computer (which is running Win XP Pro SP1) displays a white, icon-less desktop, with no direct access to the start menu and no right-click ability. He installed SP2 - no joy. He also can't find the original OS disk for the 3 years-old computer
View 3 RepliesI am running xp on a toshiba laptop. I actually have two problems that I hope someone can give me some insight about:1) if I have several windows open and I try to perform a process like a save or open, windows jumps to a completely different application window. This can happen several times despite using the taskbar to select the specific window I'm trying to use.2) the windows are prone to stall on me, meaning I get the blue/white icon in the upper left corner and the window becomes unresponsive. this has happened with just about every program I use.
View 3 Replies View RelatedEvery Time that I reboot I get an icon in the system tray, the icon is of a red sphere containing a white exclamation mark. I have run both a virus scan and spyware scan using CA eTrust anitivirus and Windows Defender but with no result shown.
View 14 Replies View Relatedim an having trouble with desktop..All of my icons show up but the background is white..Im running microsft xp..Everything seems to be working fine on computer but this one prob..Ive selected several different back grounds and they show up breifly when computer is booting up..Once the icons apear the back ground turns white...If anyone can help me with this probem it will be greatly appreciated...Thnaks for your time and support Rick, also notice computer seems to be running slower than ussual..i have recently defraged and run spyware
View 14 Replies View RelatedI searched for driver for my webcam. found what appeared to be the correct info on-line, but after trying to install it the desktop reverts to an all white screen. When booting fresh, the desktop background picture will display; however, as boot process proceeds, the screen turns completely white. Icons are displayed, but no picture, just the picture of a blizzard in Montana on a very cold, blustery winter day
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a white pane covering my desktop icons and cannot get rid of it. It is a html fill that is showing this.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a Toshiba, Laptop, it's Satellite A60, and I use Windows XP home edition. After a power outage i had an active desktop error page come up, i clicked the restore button but now 1/4 of my screen is wallpaper and the rest is a bit white block, I have tried to fix this problem a number of ways but it just wont change. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If something new got added to desktop could that affect it
View 4 Replies View RelatedI wasn't paying attention to my downloads and unloaded some nasty spy/adware on my computer. I think I've got most of it weeded out, but I can't get my desktop to return to normal. It's always white. The wallpaper tries to load from time to time, but it always goes white. there is an Internet Explorer window kinda overlayed into the top left corner that I cannot close.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI know is this going to sound very "lame", but here goes. My wife like the desktop theme for the seascape, it has the ships wheel when working and for the mouse is a sea shell. Very nice. But, the background is a light tan colored and I hate it, I would like the plain white background. Is there a way to keep the sea theme and still get a white background?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI tried to create a shortcut of an email internet link onto my desktop and all I got was a small rectangular white box. Try as I might, I could not remove it. The box is adjustable and can be made to cover the entire desktop area behind the icons but over the current desktop theme. In my attempts to delete it I have ended up with a white box about an inch wide from the top to the bottom on the left side of the screen. I cannot reduce the size any further but as I said, I can drag the right margin all the way across the entire screen.
View 3 Replies View Relatedafter some online chat with one.com creating my website i ended up with a white line 2/3rds of the way up the screen and 4mm wide. never had anything like it b4.eror
View 4 Replies View RelatedI don't know when/how it started, but now everytime I start windows, all my icons except My Computer, My Docs etc. appear as white squares. I know of a temporary solution, to change the icon size, and then change it back
View 2 Replies View RelatedI recently had some spyware that took over my desktop. Everytime I would right click on my desktop it would bring up the options as if it was right clicking on a document in Internet explorer. So I went to view source and discovered that it was linking to C:windowsdesktop.html. I went and deleted that file. My desktop then went to a white screen that shifted to different shades of white. So I figured that some spyware program is still trying to reference that file. I dug through my registry via regedit and searched for anything that may be linking to that same C:windowsdesktop.html and I found one "PersistMoniker" and deleted the entry. Now my desktop has a sidebar, just like the ones if you were to open My Computer and on the left side of the window it has the System Tasks/Other Places/Details and their drop downs. Exactly the same thing with the exception that its now for my desktop and those options are Folder Tasks/Other Places/Details. I've taken a screenshot but have no web to upload the image too. If this is needed I can email it to whomever decides to help me Other things to note would be that if I go to Start -> Run... and type in explorer. It will just boot me back to the desktop after a flash of all my windows disappearing. Instead of launching windows explorer. There is an error message but it appears when I shut down the computer and it flashes so quickly that i cannot read it. The computer shuts down normally.
View 11 Replies View RelatedI have Windows XP Home and SP2 installed. Also I have AdAware, Spybot, Search and Destroy, MacAfee virsusscan and MS AntySpyware. Yesterday and today, I noticed that several icons on my desktop changed to a generic white square. Even as I'm writing this message, two more changed. What's going on? How to stop icons from changing?
View 12 Replies View RelatedRunning XP Home on a desktop machine - When desktop loading - windows background is normal - as load gresses to load icons the screen goes all blue then changes to white background. Not able to change this themes show as 'modified theme' Unable to change this or the background colors ! The system was heavily infected with virus/adware but is now clean..
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I have updated video (SIS Mirage driver) No errors shown in device manager.
desktop was hijacked with a bright red screen that said "Your privacy is in danger" along with an insertion in top tool bar of 4 buttons that would fix this "danger. Have managed to get rid off fradulent tool bar and bright red screen. Now my desktop is all white and am not able to create any files there. Have run a number of scanners but the white screen still there. Running Windows XP with updates.
View 2 Replies View RelatedTrying to help a friend of mine. He had added a shortcut to his desktop, says was active shortcut, ever since then has not been able to change desktop, its white (none) . I went to the sreen to change it and selected the one he wanted . I then closed the system and rebooted, when it first comes up,the background is correct, but when loads icons it reverts to a white background.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'll cut to the chase.What I am asking is someway of turning the Entire Windows Desktop/Screen "Black and White" not simply High Contrast.I am one of those unfortunate ones, like many, that suffer from quite severe migraines from time to time. Couple this with frequent headaches, sometimes daily. This obviously isnt helped by the fact that my hobby and career are both in IT. I have tried every possible solution to alleviate the headaches. Lay off certain foods, make sure to have a balanced diet. Turn off any strong lighting around my computer screen, remove any strong colours from the desktop etc.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI don't know what i did but my "IE" icon and "My Computer" Icon vanished from my desktop and start menue.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have White Box on my Desktop In Upper-Left Corner of my screen that I cannot delete or otherwise remove. I am running Windows XP, and McAfee and Ad-Aware say I have no viruses. In trying to get rid of this box I have discovered that I can expand and reduce the size of the box from the lower right hand corner, and if I drag a web page shortcut icon from my desktop over the box, the web page is displayed. When a web page is being displayed inside the box there are scroll bars on the right and bottom sides to scroll around the web page. If I click on a hyperlink within the box, my default web browser is opened to the link. At first I was using IE, and then I switched to Firefox, and it made no difference. Periodically, the web page being displayed inside the box will disapear, along with the scrolling bars, leaving behind a white box.
When there is a web page being displayed in the box I can right click on the box and I get a menu with the following options: Back, Forward, Save Background as, Set Background, Copy Background, Set as Desktop Item, Select All, Paste, Create Shortcut, Ad to Favorites, View Source, Print, Refresh, Export to Microsoft Excel, Print, Properties. Some of these items are grayed out. If I select properties, there is a "General" tab with the name of the web page, Protocol Info, Type, Connection, Address, Size, Created, Modified. There is a Certificates button at the bottom in addition to OK and Cancel buttons.
Hi! After running a program called System Mechanic from Iolo technologies I discovered my computer had stopped working properly and kept telling me that files essential to the smooth running of windows had been changed. I did a system restore operation and almost everything went back to normal. The only exception is my desktop icons, and icons on the quick lanch bar. They're appearing inside white squares and not against the desktop wallpaper like they should almost as if the wallpaper has not loaded properly under the
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Just wondering why when you drag an IE http short cut to the desktop, it does not display the site logo icon. Sometimes, they will show and others not. I have had them even come and go after different sessions. I log on to Internet both through work firewall and at home on network through firewall and in motels through open and firewall protected isps.
I ran adware and spybot s&d it found a trojan horse when it removed the files i restarted my comp and i cant get icons on desktop or the taskbar to show up all i can do is use the task manager with new task. I tried messing with msconfig and doing system restore to the last working configuration and it didnt work. I tried creating a new windows user acct it didnt work either.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have of lot of trojans and can't seem to get rid of them I have ran Spy Bot,Avast,Ad-Aware,Stop Sign and found a 1 Trojan in reg32.exe =trojan.low zones
2 downloaded program files says: Trojan.downloader1097 3 System 32 sygate = Win32.HLLW.MyBot.based 4 Avenue Media Internet Optimizer Software Package = Possible spyware Application 5 Appropos Media People On Page Application = Possible Spyware
I am trying to remove an icon that says "install_flash_player", but every time I try, it says "Cannot delete install_flash_player: It is being used by another person or Program. Close any programs that may be using the file and try again."
I've tried shutting down the pc, but that didn't work. I've closed all programs when trying to delete it but it won't go. I then tried opening my task manager to view processes, but am unsure as to which process to end.
I applied eo Dell for credit to order items. When I received my reply, an icon appeared on my desktop that was titled credit decision. How do I delete it?
View 1 Replies View Relatedsorry about the title i have so many problems i didnt know what to put
ok problem 1 my show desktop icon has given up the ghost , ive tried everything including enetering this
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
myself and saving it as ShowDesktop.scf , but click it and nothing? the keyboard shortcut works (win key + D) but the script wont
I will click on a desktop icon and nothing happens. Well, the hour glass comes up but thats it, nothing else happens. I can click on several icons and the exact thing happens each time (nothing). Control-alt-del will not work either. After letting the computer idle for about 5 minutes I will click on anything and then every single icon that I clicked on earlier will all pop up at once.
View 1 Replies View RelatedNot to be seen. when I go to my computer and then to the desktop, ok it shows there so I have to move the item into a desktop folder. Close my computer, go to my desktop and move that item out of the folder back onto the desktop.... this has gone on for a long time and it's starting to get old...
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am running Windows Xp Pro on a network. I have version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600. My problem is that last Friday my desktop icons started having a blue back ground behind them. I have tried right clicking on the desktop and clicking properties then the desktop tab and there I can change the background colors, but I want the background to go away totally. I used to have just the icon and words with no back ground color at all. Can anyone help? I've compared the setting on this laptop to my other one at home and didn't come up with anything there. I also tried to restore the system to a date prior to Friday, but I get the message can not restore for every restore point I have chosen.
View 13 Replies View Relatedi deleted the desktop icon for I E/sent it to recycle bin.iwant to know how to get it back /without having to replace it with an icon with the dreaded white arrow in the bottom left corner. i have tried going to control panel-display-desktop-customize desktop/no luck.i am running windows xp home adtn/sp2.any advice would be much appreciated.
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