Sorry, I was under the impression that Dell had good service and
support. WRONG. I could direct you to a few sites
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how...my_desktop.htm

http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/w...um/132877.html


"CountryBoy" <CountryBoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I just received my new Dell computer on 12/19/2005. Windows XP Media
>Center
> Edition was pre-installed. I have two users setup, myself and my wife.
> My problem is: No matter which user logs on first, the icons and taskbar
> appear for a few seconds and then disappears. I can switch users and the
> other user has everything on the desktop.
> I have gone to Task Manager, for the user without icons, and tried to run
> Windows explorer from the new task option. Still no icons or task bar.
> Looking in the task manager "resources", it does not show explorer.exe. I
> have done a Restore two times and continue to have this same problem.
> Someone PLEASE help !!! This is really frustrating to have a new computer
> that doesn't work properly.