No taskbar or desktop icons

[Burk]

I put this under the virus category cause I did have viruses which I quaranteed (sp?) with AVG and when I did a reboot after that, all I get is the screensaver with no taskbar or icons. The taskbar tries to load (flashes once).
I cannot use safemode cause I just get an aqua colored screen with safe mode on the borders but nothing else. I tried REM in DOS on some questionable data in the autoexec.bat, but it did not help. Can anyone help me? I have Win98. Cannot get thru. to AVG cause I guess the software was never registered? Not sure what the problem is, but you have to input your license # or order # and it won't accept my license #. Not sure if I still have the order #. Has anyone ever got help from Grisoft?

[Flame]

Sounds like a virus... Do this... On the menu where the computer asks if you want to enter safe mode, etc... Select Last Known Good Config... See if this helps...

[glb]Flame[/glb]

[Burk]

Thanks, Flame, but I don't have that option.

1. Normal
2. Logged (\bootlog.txt) which I tried and couldn't find the file.
3. Safe mode (ineffective)
4. Step by step confirmation (also tried, but don't know enough to know if something is off)
5. Command prompt
6. Safe mode command prompt.

Just ran scanreg.exe and it didn't find any errors in my registry. Any other ideas, anyone?

[Raptor]

There is no Last known good configuration in Windows 98.

Search the forum, there are quite a few topics which cover the same issue.

[Fed]

Raptor is right, we did have a spate of these problems a little while back. Did we ever get a definitive answer to them?

[Burk]

I did a search, but didn't come up with anything definitive.


One thing I tried was to run the Bootlog.txt option again and did come up with failures in 2 instances:

[0013B760] Loadfailed = ndis2sup.vxd
[0013B877] initcompletefailed = sdvxd

Don't know what it means, can anyone here decipher it?

Thanks for trying to help everyone!

Burk

[Fed]

Can you scan here to start with?
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

[Raptor]

Aren't those related to the videocard? Either that or TCP/IP or Network card drivers?

Try uninstalling the videocard drivers PROPERLY by using a tool such as Driver Cleaner and then install the latest ORIGINAL drivers.

Do not install Windows default drivers.

[Burk]

Regarding the active scan, I cannot get to a web site.

If the failures have to do with the network card drivers, I can explain that. I tried to use my cable ISP with my laptop, so I disconnected the cable modem. Can't get that to work with my laptop, even with help of ISP. Someone is going to come to the house on Mon. The slowness of the dial-up is driving me nuts.

Burk

[merlin_2]

Upgrade to windows vista................less fat is better for the health of the world.