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October 3rd 09, 03:02 AM
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Start menu and the taskbar are dead... windows explorer problems
My start menu and the task bar (and associated programs) are not active. When
I move the cursor down there, an hourglass is displayed and no activity is possible. I have tried reloading the windows operation CD but can't get past the user end agreement. So the CD will not install. I may have inadvertitily shut down a process in the task manager. But I was guessing a restart would fix that mess up! Thanks in advance, Bob 
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October 3rd 09, 05:16 AM
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Start menu and the taskbar are dead... windows explorer problems
To reinstall xp, or repair xp,you need to boot to xp cd (set BIOS for
this.1st boot priority cdrom,hd 2nd),the end user agreement is a press of F8 key i believe.Also,if keyboard has USB & PS/2,try the PS/2 connection.. "banzai132" wrote: My start menu and the task bar (and associated programs) are not active. When I move the cursor down there, an hourglass is displayed and no activity is possible. I have tried reloading the windows operation CD but can't get past the user end agreement. So the CD will not install. I may have inadvertitily shut down a process in the task manager. But I was guessing a restart would fix that mess up! Thanks in advance, Bob
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October 3rd 09, 05:16 AM
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Start menu and the taskbar are dead... windows explorer problems
To reinstall xp, or repair xp,you need to boot to xp cd (set BIOS for this.1st boot priority cdrom,hd 2nd),the end user agreement is a press of F8 key i believe.Also,if keyboard has USB & PS/2,try the PS/2 connection.. "banzai132" wrote: My start menu and the task bar (and associated programs) are not active. When I move the cursor down there, an hourglass is displayed and no activity is possible. I have tried reloading the windows operation CD but can't get past the user end agreement. So the CD will not install. I may have inadvertitily shut down a process in the task manager. But I was guessing a restart would fix that mess up! Thanks in advance, Bob
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October 3rd 09, 03:00 PM
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Start menu and the taskbar are dead... windows explorer proble
I did try pressing F8. The computer just hung up and did nothing.
"Andrew E." wrote: To reinstall xp, or repair xp,you need to boot to xp cd (set BIOS for this.1st boot priority cdrom,hd 2nd),the end user agreement is a press of F8 key i believe.Also,if keyboard has USB & PS/2,try the PS/2 connection.. "banzai132" wrote: My start menu and the task bar (and associated programs) are not active. When I move the cursor down there, an hourglass is displayed and no activity is possible. I have tried reloading the windows operation CD but can't get past the user end agreement. So the CD will not install. I may have inadvertitily shut down a process in the task manager. But I was guessing a restart would fix that mess up! Thanks in advance, Bob
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October 3rd 09, 03:00 PM
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Start menu and the taskbar are dead... windows explorer proble
I did try pressing F8. The computer just hung up and did nothing.
"Andrew E." wrote: To reinstall xp, or repair xp,you need to boot to xp cd (set BIOS for this.1st boot priority cdrom,hd 2nd),the end user agreement is a press of F8 key i believe.Also,if keyboard has USB & PS/2,try the PS/2 connection.. "banzai132" wrote: My start menu and the task bar (and associated programs) are not active. When I move the cursor down there, an hourglass is displayed and no activity is possible. I have tried reloading the windows operation CD but can't get past the user end agreement. So the CD will not install. I may have inadvertitily shut down a process in the task manager. But I was guessing a restart would fix that mess up! Thanks in advance, Bob
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