Xp text disappearing virus

As unable to get to control panel the normal way is it possible to get there another way? Try this step before 2: Kill all Explorer. I found that this worked for Vista, and seem to recall I had to use it once for XP too. Worth a try. If you do need to go back to a restore point, you should be able to get to the Control Panel by pressing the Windows key equivalent to the START button. Task manager says explore r.

How do I find explorer, or what others have suggested, the viral win. But it IS there! BTW, the capitals before are not a shout but a scream of desperation!

Also, have you tried shutting down and restarting the computer? This often gets things running again especially if you cannot identify what the cause was. Hello all, I recently ran into this problem with the start menu, Taskbar and desktop icons disappearing. Although it was only occuring when I would shut down the Skype application in my tool bar.

Anyhow this was only happening when I would exit Skype and close it down. I have unistalled the Skype application V 3. I will update a response to this if indeed this was the cause. I could have tried an update but I have been doing alot of that lately and need to isolate the problem first.

I am having the same problem. I tried crl,alt,del but a message comes up that admin has turned access to task manager. Go to the Processes tab. Click on the Image Name column header to sort the list alphabetically.

Find all explorer. On the Applications tab, click New Task at the bottom right of the window. Type explorer. I have disabled the task bar icons. Is explorer anything with the. Thanks for the SnagIt tip. I actually came here because my personal laptop is having the problem with explorer starting at power up, but I have had right-click menu issues with Explorer windows on my work laptop. My machine only displays the desktop image that was installed a few years ago no icons or taskbar , and is otherwise unresponsive to commands or the responses are masked by the image.

I tried starting in safe mode and going to last known good configuration without success. I lost my taskbar only due to a antivirus scan.. Tried ur second step…d taskbar appeared only to disappear after a split second…Plzzzzzzzz help…. I am having the same problem: no toolbar, no desktop, no icons. I can access the task manager but when I try the fixes above it does not find explorer. Any other alternatives. Please help. Do the icons and task bar come back then?

I had a similar problem. I booted up and only had the background green Hills no icons, no task bar. I lost the desktop icons in XP. Task bar is ok. Still tried all the suggested fixes. Still no icons. Also, when I right click on desktop, I cannot get to properties. Any other suggestions out there?

How simple is that am I! So very relieved. Hope that simple fix helps someone. Additionally to clear up a point: if there is only one explorer. Pls try this…remove video card and plug vga cable to onboard vga-in…. Good LUCK! Hi Rhonda i did what has been recommonded and the icons came back but when i click on the hour glass starts but stops and dont get to programme , though i would do a system restore but when i click on system restore in acceries nothing happens , same with any programme!!!

It sounds like something more serious is happening here. I lost my icons and taskbar from screen whever i start desktop window gets open but no taskbar and icon of my computer and broadband icons on screen i tried and whenever i press rightbutton of mouse on screen there is no option coming NEW, Refresh, Properties what do i do. I was having problems with the safely remove hardware icon missing from the taskbar. Someone had posted a rundll32 that would open the item back up and put the icon back on taskbar.

That is when I noticed other icons missing. Tried your solution, task manager, stop explorer. Only thing that happened, my documents would come up. I stopped explorer. Everything came back like it was supposed to be.

Startup programs do not run in safe mode, and only the basic drivers needed to start Windows are installed, follow the steps to boot the computer in safe mode:. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Ella Vader.

Original Title: Text disappears or is invisible Using Outlook or Notepad the text will sometimes disappear or is invisible. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question 0. Magon Liu. TechNet Subscriber Support in forum.

If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb microsoft. I have a similar issue. When I try to open an application Firefox tries to open it in a browser window. I tried the above fix but had no luck. Any suggestions? Running into this now. I think it's a trojan or something. Even Outlook. As does all exe's. Office Office Exchange Server.

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