Member of the Month

JalmarKalmar
April, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

**please help if you know anything about computers**

profile picture
Kazabazua
Posts: 3529 - Karma: 1,128

Hey, so I have a Dell Inspiron 1520, I've had it for like a year almost now, and have had almost no problems with it... so today i restart it cause my internet wasn't working then nothing would come up after the loading screen except a documents thing... thats how im still typing on it... but like i have no desktop or icons or taskbar and havent been able to get them back... anyone know whats going on/what i should do? thanks a lot.

Feb 27 2008 3:14AM
0 0
profile picture
Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
restart the computer
Feb 27 2008 3:16AM
0 0
profile picture
St.Steezy
Posts: 4228 - Karma: 20
I was just going to say that
Feb 27 2008 3:18AM
0 0
profile picture
Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 149
+1
Feb 27 2008 4:46AM
0 0
profile picture
meggers
Posts: 2094 - Karma: 70
do a system restore
Feb 27 2008 9:24AM
0 0
profile picture
08-Line_Rider
Posts: 641 - Karma: 11
Most likely your boot.ini file may be corrupt what that is, is the code microsoft will boot from. What you may try doing is using a program called BartPE and use this to explore your hard drive and find the boot.ini file and make sure this is all right look al this up online to find step by step instructions

Feb 27 2008 9:43AM
0 0
profile picture
R-Bertsch
Posts: 4719 - Karma: 20
what are you talking about dude. his explorer didn't start up apparently (no icons or taskbar = no explorer). this has happened on my computer before, all you have to do is ctrl alt delete, click on processes tab, then file > new task. type in explorer.exe and hit ok and bam theres your taskbar and desktop back.

oh, and yeah all you have to do is restart to fix it, but you can do what i said without restarting.
Feb 27 2008 9:58AM
0 0
profile picture
alev
Posts: 7819 - Karma: 410
<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RH1ekuvSYzE&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RH1ekuvSYzE&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
Feb 27 2008 10:44AM
0 0
profile picture
Kazabazua
Posts: 3529 - Karma: 1,128
^holy shit dude, i definately did not think that was going to work cause restarting it didnt work either... thanks a tonne man, you saved me a lot of time
Feb 27 2008 10:46AM
0 0
profile picture
alev
Posts: 7819 - Karma: 410
whatever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH1ekuvSYzE&feature=related
Feb 27 2008 10:48AM
0 0
profile picture
hotdog.garbage
Posts: 1854 - Karma: 10
shake it.
Feb 27 2008 11:13AM
0 0
profile picture
PooterCrunk69
Posts: 228 - Karma: 10
Same thing happened to a kid in my suite. He had that same model computer too. System restore and recovery wouldn't work. So he had to take it to the schools computer department, they had to erase his whole computer. Other option could be take it to Best Buy's geek squad.
Feb 27 2008 11:16AM
0 0
profile picture
uni-corn
Posts: 13846 - Karma: 651
Click for larger image
Feb 27 2008 11:17AM
0 0
profile picture
Kazabazua
Posts: 3529 - Karma: 1,128

typing in explorer.exe works but I have to do it everytime... is there anyway I can save that thing into tasks so It just opens on its own? thakns.

Feb 28 2008 12:09AM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-4)