SP2 Stole My Start Bar!

[Casey Donovan]

Not learning my lesson from my laptop experience with SP2 -- posted
earlier -- I let my desktop download and install the wonderful
package.

Now I have no Start bar / Menu!

The boot-up routine seems to proceed normally -- I'm allowed to log in
and my wallpaper appears -- and then a "blank" Start bar appears. If
I place the cursor on the bar, it shows an hourglass for maybe 20
seconds, then the hourglass disappears, and so does the Start bar,
never to return.

After that, mouse clicks on the desktop do nothing. I can open
Windows Task Manager with Cntrl / Alt / Delete and that will let me
get a Run command line. However, I don't know where to go to initiate
a dial-up connection or to re-instate the Start bar.

Microsoft is wonderful.

Casey

[Harry Ohrn]

Take this link and scroll to Line 117
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Click and d/l a small .vbs
file from Kelly's site. Double click and it should add a fix to the registry
for you,

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Casey Donovan" > wrote in message
...
>
> Not learning my lesson from my laptop experience with SP2 -- posted
> earlier -- I let my desktop download and install the wonderful
> package.
>
> Now I have no Start bar / Menu!
>
> The boot-up routine seems to proceed normally -- I'm allowed to log in
> and my wallpaper appears -- and then a "blank" Start bar appears. If
> I place the cursor on the bar, it shows an hourglass for maybe 20
> seconds, then the hourglass disappears, and so does the Start bar,
> never to return.
>
> After that, mouse clicks on the desktop do nothing. I can open
> Windows Task Manager with Cntrl / Alt / Delete and that will let me
> get a Run command line. However, I don't know where to go to initiate
> a dial-up connection or to re-instate the Start bar.
>
> Microsoft is wonderful.
>
> Casey
>

[Casey Donovan]

Thanks -- that did the job! Of course I had to d/l it on this machine
and move it over to the desktop, but I was able to handle that
<grin>.

This is the second time in a week Kelly has rescued me. Somehow
registry editing had gotten disabled on the desktop. Very safe, but
very inconvenient.

Thanks for your help.

Casey


On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:47:05 -0600, "Harry Ohrn" >
wrote:

>Take this link and scroll to Line 117
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Click and d/l a small .vbs
>file from Kelly's site. Double click and it should add a fix to the registry
>for you,

[Harry Ohrn]

Yeah Kelly is a life saver!!!!

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Casey Donovan" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks -- that did the job! Of course I had to d/l it on this machine
> and move it over to the desktop, but I was able to handle that
> <grin>.
>
> This is the second time in a week Kelly has rescued me. Somehow
> registry editing had gotten disabled on the desktop. Very safe, but
> very inconvenient.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Casey
>
>
> On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:47:05 -0600, "Harry Ohrn" >
> wrote:
>
>>Take this link and scroll to Line 117
>>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Click and d/l a small .vbs
>>file from Kelly's site. Double click and it should add a fix to the
>>registry
>>for you,
>