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On the task Manager, select the new task button on the Applications tab. Then type in explorer.exe. The link below may help as well.<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=256194" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=256194</a><br />
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Parag<br />
<a href="http://www.nawathe.com" rel="ugc">www.nawathe.com</a>
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On the task Manager, select the new task button on the Applications tab. Then type in explorer.exe. The link below may help as well.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=256194 [http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=256194]


Parag
www.nawathe.com [http://www.nawathe.com]

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When I log onto our Windows 2000 Server, the desktop does not come up. &nbsp;I can log on and pull up the task manager, but beyond that all I get is a blank backgroud (no task bar or start button either). &nbsp;On task manager I notice that the explorer.exe is not running, but I do not know how to start it.<br />
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Safe mode and Last Known Good both have not helped.<br />
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Any ideas??
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When I log onto our Windows 2000 Server, the desktop does not come up.  I can log on and pull up the task manager, but beyond that all I get is a blank backgroud (no task bar or start button either).  On task manager I notice that the explorer.exe is not running, but I do not know how to start it.

Safe mode and Last Known Good both have not helped.

Any ideas??

Desktop will not display

Windows 2000 is an operating system for use on both client and server computers. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the last version of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation. Four editions of Windows 2000 were released (Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server) that shared a core set of features, including many system utilities such as the Microsoft Management Console. All versions of the operating system support NTFS 3.0, Encrypting File System, as well as basic and dynamic disk storage. The Windows 2000 Server family includes support for Active Directory services, Distributed File System and fault-redundant storage volumes.