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Thread ID: 127895 2012-11-20 08:38:00 No Icons and task bar in my monitor agus (12998) Press F1
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1313669 2012-11-20 08:38:00 Hi,

Today, when I started my computer, I found that no icons and task bar in my monitor.

The steps I have done:

1. Right click my monitor, chose "personalize" but nothing happened
2. Press CTRL + ALT + DEL, monitor went black

Can someone explain to me what happened to my computer?

Regards
agus (12998)
1313670 2012-11-20 08:41:00 If you can open the Task Manager using Ctrl+Alt+Delete (if the screen is turning black and not moving on from there you have a serious problem), select File > Run new task, type explorer.exe and press Enter. Does it come back then? pcuser42 (130)
1313671 2012-11-20 18:19:00 You don't say what Operating System you are using but it sounds like you're monitor has some how become the secondary monitor. Use the Windows button and P to cycle through the various monitor modes until your desktop reappears. McRuff (12291)
1313672 2012-11-20 21:00:00 Win 7? They must be hidden, what happens when you move mouse pointer to bottom of screen?

LL
lakewoodlady (103)
1313673 2012-11-20 22:59:00 One possible problem is a corrupted user profile .
Try this -- restart the PC in safe mode ( keep tapping F8 on startup) go into the control panel, User accounts/ Manage another Account / create a new Account . Once done reboot and log in with the new account --- is it the same or is it working as it should ?

Some infections ( Malware-viruses) will also do these actions of the Black Screen, no Icons/Task Bar .

One other thing you can try/Check . (copied from another site)
WARNING: dont fiddle with any other settings as it may cause more trouble - Just check the settings are correct .

Try this:

1) When you switch on your computer, start tapping the "F8" key to get

"Windows Advanced Options"( if boot menu appears, press "Esc" key and keep

tapping the F8 key)

2) Select "Safe Mode with Networking"

3) Click on Start --> Run --> Type regedt32 and press Enter .

[ If you are using Windows Vista or 7 then click on Start --> In search box, type

regedt32 and press Enter . ]

Registry Editor will be opened . Navigate to the following location

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

At the right side, find the strings shell & userinit and check the following

shell value data should be
Explorer . exe

userinit value data should be
C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit . exe,

If shell and userinit are having different data values then change it as mentioned

above .

Just double click shell and userinit and enter the data values as

shell --> "Value data" should be
Explorer . exe

userinit --> "Value data" should be
C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit . exe,

Note: there is "," at the end of userinit . exe


Highlighted are what they should look like:
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wainuitech (129)
1313674 2012-12-02 06:10:00 reinstall windows. lol :) (better than paying an arm and 2 legs for some idiot to fix it) JAYMCG (16946)
1313675 2012-12-02 08:47:00 reinstall windows. lol :) (better than paying an arm and 2 legs for some idiot to fix it) Ever thought your the idiot with comments like that -- as real techs know how to fix things without doing a reinstall generally.

Guess you work for nothing do you with the lack of knowledge and skill?
wainuitech (129)
1313676 2012-12-02 08:56:00 Probably one of our future politicians. Driftwood (5551)
1313677 2012-12-02 09:08:00 JAYMCG clearly got all but 1 limb cut off trying to install ram Slankydudl (16687)
1313678 2012-12-02 09:23:00 :lol: wainuitech (129)
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