Yesterday, my screen went into "screen saver mode", dark, from too much time passing without a "key stroke".
When I "left clicked" my mouse to once again bring my pc back into the active mode, the screen lit, but my desktop with all its icons was gone.
What I had instead was about 15 brown squares, about 1.5 by 1.5 inches each, with various functions on them. I do not have a "touch screen". I've spent over two hours today, trying to get my desktop, and its icons back.
Help! this is driving me crazy.