System Restore-- Big Help

[s18000rpm]

Please help me . i had a very weird experience with my PC.


Yesterday, my small brother did something with the PC, (the internet was ON). When i came back & switched it ON-- GUESS What !!!! the desktop was totally BLANK, the wallpaper was there but nothing else. (the desktop was blank with no desktop icons, start menu & taskbar)



i opened up the TASK Manager & under the PROCESS TAB --there was nothing.

Then i opened up the "msconfig" all the settings was fine.

then i restarted the PC in "safe mode" there also, no devices or application loaded up.

then i opened up the TASK MANAGER & under "new task" typed the following to open up the SYSTEM RESTORE APP. "
%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe"

which i basically learnt from the additional book Digit gave (Feb 2006)


CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT COULD've BEEN THE PROBLEM.
I'VE ALSO RUN A FULL system scan (both MS Defender & AVG Virus scan.)

My PC config.==HP Pavilion, Windows XP SP2.

[mehulved]

To me ity lookd like windows explorer has crashed.
Click on Start->Run. Then type explorer.exe. See if this works.

[imported_dheeraj_kumar]

he says there is no start button, try pressing windows key

[vinaypatel]

in boot press F8

select last good known configuration

boot it and when it get booted restart it

that's it

[mehulved]

Oops sorry my mistake
you can use win key + R to get run dialog. then u can enter explorer.exe there and see.

[s18000rpm]

my friends i've already restored my PC, i jus want know what could have been the problem, as i've metioned earlier that i have'nt found any VIRUS or Adware.

Today i was greeted twice by a ERROR===
"A WINDOWS EXPLORER ERROR"

ERROR SIGNATURE;
App. Name= Explorer.exe
App. Version= 6.0.2900.2180
Offset= 00007a1c
Mod name= wmp.dll
Mod. Ver= 10.0.0.3990

my system (both XP & AntiVirus) are up to date.

[abhinavrakesh]

Reinstall Windows Media Player Don't ask What is the cnnection between windows media player and explorer but wmp.dll is the essential file for running windows media player

[ilugd]

That is the problem with windows. All the clutter is piled one upon the other so that when one thing cracks, the whole OS crashes to the floor

[rollcage]

@ s18000rpm
.. In future rest with Norton Ghost or Acronis, I dont use system restore