NYR11
Livestrong
join:2002-03-15
Smithtown, NY
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| [XP Home] Windows Corrupted by Power Surge
A friend had his Dell computer sujected to a power surge recently. He called Dell and they went throgh a "Repair" install after backing up his files. All was fine until the next day when he went to re-boot his machine. After the re-boot there is no Taskbar showing and he cannot open some programs when clicking its icon. Is there a fix for this or just reformat?
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ChiTang
Premium,MVM
join:2002-08-23
Alhambra, CA
| Does it locks up?
Can he move the mouse?
Can he bring task manager and C if anything sucking up CPU power?
I would try a CHKDSK before.
While reformat/reinstall is a ultimate trump card, I only use it as last sort. Make sure he backups his data and make sure he has everything for a reformat, install CD, apps, drivers, keys, etc...
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DOStradamus
MVM
join:2003-11-04
Santa Rosa, CA
| reply to NYR11
If there are icons on the Desktop, there is most probably a taskbar... probably hidden "below" the bottom of the screen, as resolution/scan rate are probably different. Use the monitor controls to shrink the vertical height... you oughttta eventually see it.
HANDY HINT: You can run "just about anything that can be run", by Ctrl-Alt-Del, to bring up the Task Manager, click the "Applications" tab (if need be), and there is a button on the bottom that says "New Task...".
-NK |
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