I would appreciate any help. I have a Dell computer with XP. I use Norton Internet Security and run Ad-aware and Spybot frequently.
Since I installed SP2, I have had this problem. Every fifth or sixth time I start my computer, the task bar and start menu are blank. all that is there is my wallpaper and a blank bar at the bottom. My only choice is ctrl-alt-dlt to 'restart' (or I could 'shut down'). At that point, a window pops up with explorer.exe at the top saying that explorer.exe is closing and if I click 'end now' I might lose data, etc.. When I click to 'end now', another window pops up saying explorer.exe is not responding. I click 'end now' again and then it does and the computer restarts. The same thing may happen 3 or 4 times before it starts correctly.
Any ideas on how to fix this? I have searched Microsoft for any clue and this web site, too, but I can't seem to find this problem addressed. Thank you.
Grasslands
Since I installed SP2, I have had this problem. Every fifth or sixth time I start my computer, the task bar and start menu are blank. all that is there is my wallpaper and a blank bar at the bottom. My only choice is ctrl-alt-dlt to 'restart' (or I could 'shut down'). At that point, a window pops up with explorer.exe at the top saying that explorer.exe is closing and if I click 'end now' I might lose data, etc.. When I click to 'end now', another window pops up saying explorer.exe is not responding. I click 'end now' again and then it does and the computer restarts. The same thing may happen 3 or 4 times before it starts correctly.
Any ideas on how to fix this? I have searched Microsoft for any clue and this web site, too, but I can't seem to find this problem addressed. Thank you.
Grasslands