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Old Aug 04, 06
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ok, so i've got a little bit of a problem

my buddy was fucking around on my girlfriend's laptop and now i can't see any of the icons on the screen. there isn't even a toolbar. does anybody know how i can get them to reveal themselves to me again?
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windows xp..... if so try system restore go back to a few days...
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scroll the mouse to the bottom of the screen, the task bar should pop up if its hidden.

if not... re-format.
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depends what happend... sounds like you might have a desktop hijacker, do you have a start menu?
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scroll the mouse to the bottom of the screen, the task bar should pop up if its hidden.

if not... re-format.
i might be dumb at computers, but i do know to try looking for the task bar.

but i have no idea how to reformat a computer. how do i do that?
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depends what happend... sounds like you might have a desktop hijacker, do you have a start menu?
just the wallpaper.

i knew i should've told him to leave the computer alone.
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i might be dumb at computers, but i do know to try looking for the task bar.

but i have no idea how to reformat a computer. how do i do that?
I was kidding about reforamting...that's my solution to every n00bs cpu problems.

but you may have to check for the desktop hijack (as dubbs said) so to check for that... right click your desktop >> properties (if you dont have the usual options like screensaver etc,) do a virus scan.

desktop hijacks are a bitch, cause you WILL have to re-format IMO.
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explorer is corrupt.
try using the windows key on the keyboard + E to check and see if that works.

Then ctrl + alt + del
File - New Task - and type in explorer and hit enter.
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tell me you've tried rebooting.
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yup explorer isnt running, if neohs suggestion doesnt work see if it does in safe mode

start/run "msconfig" enter, under boot.ini select safeboot and network, restart
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I was kidding about reforamting...that's my solution to every n00bs cpu problems.

but you may have to check for the desktop hijack (as dubbs said) so to check for that... right click your desktop >> properties (if you dont have the usual options like screensaver etc,) do a virus scan.

desktop hijacks are a bitch, cause you WILL have to re-format IMO.
even when i right click on the screen it doesn't do anything. if i were to reformat it would everything be lost?
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er nm you have no start menu lol.. do this ctrl alt del , task manager new task then msconfig
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even when i right click on the screen it doesn't do anything. if i were to reformat it would everything be lost?
shit,,, possibly. If your cpu won't let you back up files to burn to disk, then yeah you might aswell kiss everything goodbye.

no more tranny pr0n ok tim?
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explorer is corrupt.
try using the windows key on the keyboard + E to check and see if that works.

Then ctrl + alt + del
File - New Task - and type in explorer and hit enter.
neoh, you should change your name to "fucking genius". you really should. thanks.
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you can fix this without re-formating
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tell me you've tried rebooting.
come on! i'm not a complete retard.
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are you sure? that should have restarted the explorer process. :P
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no more tranny pr0n ok tim?
i have gigs of it! gigs of it! but just to be on the safeside i think i'm going to start putting it all on cd.
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lol.. you might want to restart to see if it does it again...
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are you sure? that should have restarted the explorer process. :P
it did the same thing when i rebooted the mother fucker. that's when i started to get a little worried.
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lol.. you might want to restart to see if it does it again...
naw, the next Time that my gf uses it she'll freak out (if the icons aren't there again) and i'll be all like, "damn bitch! how stupid is you? you gotta do this bitch!" and then i'll be like the knight in shining armour...minus the words of kindness.
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dude youre fucked then... might aswell STOP using your computer and call someone up who knows what their doing. just a thought.
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^^ this is one of the reasons I want to switch over to MAC. ferreals.
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Old Aug 04, 06
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..my buddy was fucking around ... my girlfriend...

totally thought this thread was going somewhere else when I first skimmed it over
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Sounds fucked... try this:

CTRL-ALT-DELETE

[New Task]

explorer

[ENTER]

EDIT: whoops someone beat me to it
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