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Where are Desktop settings?

Asked by Donnie616 in Programming User Management, Windows XP Operating System

I have a PC that was once on a domain. i messed around trying to clean up some of the networks users and now I have just the wallpaper when i boot up. There are no icons,,no start button, no taskbar and no right-mouse click function. The mouse moves but there is nothing to click. there is very little in Documents and settings. (No app Folders, No Local folders
etc). Just Musi, pictures, docs folders. i did have a desktop for a while after I cleared the PW so I could get into the PC. But after about 5 reboots the desktop disappeared. I was even on the internet for about a minute.

There is some very expensive leftover working software from the original owner that would be nice to be able to acess. like MS Office, Photosop, and a few more. I actually checked them out before things went bad.. i can still see them in one user account, through explorer, but I cannot acess them.

I have already learned to use Cntrl+alt+Del to maneuver around, but I believe this PC is too corrupted to fix. I believe that only a fresh install will repair it. Why do I say that, because I have been trying for a total of about 7 hours. But then I am not the expert here.

The PC is not mine and there is nothing that needs to be saved. So the QUESTION IS: Can this PC be fixed?

thank you all in advance

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Where are Desktop settings?

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