computer Fed Up

[TN GUNRUNNER]

i need help my computer soes not have a start bar at the bottem and i cant get it to comw back this has happened twice before and i just restored my comp but this time it wont let me plz help me plz

[OcR ROCKETR]

Sounds like your "explorer.exe" isn't running. Is there any sort of error message that you get? Also, does that happen every time you boot your PC?

[TN GUNRUNNER]

ya this happens everytime i start it up and i did get an error message like twice befor this happened but how do i fix it

[OcR ROCKETR]

Well, this isn't good at all. I've seen this come up before and so far the only cure that I have found is to reinstall Windows.

Before you do that though, do you have Norton CleanSweep installed? There has been a problem before where it has conflicted with the Task Bar (aka Start Bar) and caused it to not load correctly.

[OcR Envy]

haha you were talking about this the other night Mike I just thought you were insane.

Rocketr is right it's probally explorer.exe not running. Try ALT+CTRL+DEL and then going to processes to see if it's running. If it is right click on it and click End Process Tree once it is gone from the processes list go to File-Run and type explorer.exe

Even if this does work it's most likely a temporary fix, you can try writing down the exact error message then searching www.microsoft.com help section for a resolution.

[OcR ROCKETR]

Search under the Help and Support at Microsoft :P http://support.microsoft.com/

[TN GUNRUNNER]

envy i did what you said and messed up my comp like all my desktop thing went away and all windows i had open suddely closed

[OcR ROCKETR]

Yep, that's what it's supposed to do. :P Now, hit CTRL-ALT-DEL again and do as he said after that. File --> Run --> Type in explorer.exe

[TN GUNRUNNER]

i did it right and my start bar came back but my inter net wouldnt connect
and affter i turned off my comp and turned it back on my start bar went away agin

[OcR Envy]

Yea your fucked, reinstall windows my friend.

[OcR ROCKETR]

Yeah, I'm afraid that looks to be your best bet right now. As always, make sure you backup your files just in case something were to happen. Oh and make sure you don't re-format your HD when you install then surely all of your files will be gone forever. :P

[TN GUNRUNNER]

iv never dont anything like this and i dont know how

[OcR GamePlayer]

When you re-install windows it gives you 2 options. One option is to recover. The other option is to reformatt. You want to recover i believe. If you reformat your erasing everything on the computer and make it brandnew again. if you recover all your doing is re-installing windows and keeping everything that you have on it.