> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scot A. Pflug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:19 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: nt40 desktop not appearing
>
>
> It sounds like explorer did not start, hit ctrl alt del and then
> select task list, and then run explorer.exe, or of course you
> could reboot.
I'll be darned...the explorer.exe was actually missing, not even on the
drive. Must have got trashed during the reboot. I copied if from another
server and it comes up fine.
Thanks for all the ideas!
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> >>> "John Cesta - Lists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/31/2001 12:19:16 PM >>>
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>
> After I rebooted my NT4.0 SP4 development server today it
> returned only the
> the CTRl-ALT-DEL dialog box. The NT splash banner was not in the
> background.
> I logged in but only received a blank blue screen, no icons or desktop. No
> task bar etc.
>
> I can even hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and get the task manager dialog and that all
> works, but I cannot get access to the desktop.
>
> Anyone have any idea what the heck is going on? There is no virus, not
> connected to Internet or no programs have been installed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Cesta>
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