DarrellCoe
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I have inherited my Father's Dell Dimension 4550 Desktop Computer with Windows XP Home version. I do not what my Father loaded on it. When powering up, the start up took approximately 4 minutes to get to the desktop with the program icons.
Thinking the slowness was attributed to programs he installed or actions related to e-mail(virus), I uninstalled all rarely used programs through the Control Panel's ADD/DELETE Program.
Not knowing if he loaded any Service Packs. I went to Microsoft to find out how to acquire the information from the computer. The instructions told me I could retrieve the info through the Control Panels. When I selected the Control Panels, The desktop would automatically reset.
Reading further Microsoft said if I would need IE6 or above to install a Service Pack. Since there was no copy of IE on the computer, I attempted to load IE7. The program took about 8-10 minutes to load via DSL and even longer to load the program onto the computer. I decided to uninstall IE7 to get back to the state before I started to load IE7. Now the computer does not start up and I can not uninstall IE7. When powering on the computer, I receive the Windows powering up screen then the WELCOME screen, Desktop screen. But the Desktop never populates with the program icons, nor the START button or the bottom status bar. It does not start up in SafeMode. I also received an Unable to Locate Component and Explorer exe. notification windows on the desktop
Thinking the slowness was attributed to programs he installed or actions related to e-mail(virus), I uninstalled all rarely used programs through the Control Panel's ADD/DELETE Program.
Not knowing if he loaded any Service Packs. I went to Microsoft to find out how to acquire the information from the computer. The instructions told me I could retrieve the info through the Control Panels. When I selected the Control Panels, The desktop would automatically reset.
Reading further Microsoft said if I would need IE6 or above to install a Service Pack. Since there was no copy of IE on the computer, I attempted to load IE7. The program took about 8-10 minutes to load via DSL and even longer to load the program onto the computer. I decided to uninstall IE7 to get back to the state before I started to load IE7. Now the computer does not start up and I can not uninstall IE7. When powering on the computer, I receive the Windows powering up screen then the WELCOME screen, Desktop screen. But the Desktop never populates with the program icons, nor the START button or the bottom status bar. It does not start up in SafeMode. I also received an Unable to Locate Component and Explorer exe. notification windows on the desktop
I am at a lost as to how to accomplish this task..you can copy the explorer.exe file from this PC to your USB stick..., when I am unable to to access START to find the exe program. No offense, I am a MAC person and all this verbage is new to me
