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| Thread ID: 118454 | 2011-06-05 08:58:00 | icons disappear | lakewoodlady (103) | Press F1 |
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| 1207024 | 2011-06-05 08:58:00 | I have been looking at a lady's old computer and there is a problem with the desktop icons disappearing shortly after it loads the desktop. The background picture shows then the icons vanish. The Start button is there and the dreaded hourglass just stays there for ages. All day in fact. System is an old Compaq Presario 5000 990 Mhz, 20 GB HDD, 384MB RAM, Windows for Legacy. (some kind of starter pack OS?) Just wondered if anyone has any clues about how to get it to load properly. I can get it into Safe Mode, but then can't get on the net or do much else from then on. Can it be saved or should I just tell her it's a piece of *^^#? LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1207025 | 2011-06-05 09:01:00 | So its 3.11? 95, 98? It sounds ancient | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1207026 | 2011-06-05 09:05:00 | Wait, how big is the computer? Is it a thin one or a fullsized desktop one? So its 3.11? 95, 98? It sounds ancient I think it's an embedded OS for dumb terminals or something. |
bot (15449) | ||
| 1207027 | 2011-06-05 09:06:00 | Hi Lakewoodlady Is if possible to do a complete reinstall? If so that would be my first step. Are you able to open any internal programs on it? What the operating system? Sounds like Windows 98 to me. BURNZEE |
Burnzee (6950) | ||
| 1207028 | 2011-06-05 09:08:00 | Might be this?? en.wikipedia.org |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1207029 | 2011-06-05 09:15:00 | Might be this?? en.wikipedia.org That's what I was thinking of. |
bot (15449) | ||
| 1207030 | 2011-06-05 09:26:00 | LL. Rebuild the icon cache maybe but there's probably more to it. smallvoid.com Has she got the media to reinstall? |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1207031 | 2011-06-05 09:39:00 | Might be this?? en.wikipedia.org Only avaliable to SA customers, I don't think I've ever seen it in the wild. |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1207032 | 2011-06-05 09:41:00 | Might be this?? en.wikipedia.org Yes, that's exactly what it is. A right pita. Went to turn it on again just now and nothing at all on the monitor, nothing, nil, zero, zilch. Computer comes on, makes all the right noises, fans etc. Now I am thinking it is a dead piece of *^%&! LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1207033 | 2011-06-05 09:50:00 | LL . Rebuild the icon cache maybe but there's probably more to it. smallvoid.com Has she got the media to reinstall? Nope, no media for it anyway. She bought it cheap some years ago from an ex boyfriend. The daughter was only using it to Facebook, homework and other stuff that 13 year olds do. I have tried it on two different monitors now and still nothing. Maybe bad RAM? LL |
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