no desktop Icons or taskbar

I have tried everything i can think of the comp runs fine in safe mode but all i get is a blank screen in normal mode I did have a Trojan and some ad ware but cleaned it up and i also tried avira rescue cd it didn't fine a thing if i try task manager I can get Internet explore going and it does show explorer.exe in process I can't get services or control panel or any other desktop program working I have even tried prevx fixshell but still no luck I have Also done a restore to an ealier time still nothing any suggestions?

Go into safe mode, set up a clean boot then let me know if it works.
How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

I did a total disable of all service except of course micro just hide them and I turned everything off in start up still blank screen well it is blue but that was my back ground before everything disappeared Just to let u know i also ran a squared it found a couple more trojans and quarantine them I have also tried restarting half then the other half still no luck

Hi All,

This sounds very similar to a problem I have seen on TWO of my customer's Vista Home Premium (32 bit) PCs.

The symptoms I have seen are Vista boots up normally to the welcome screen.
User enters their password and their profile starts loading, but the desktop never appears, all they see is a plain (blueish grey) screen and the mouse cursor.

If I use <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Del> and fire up task manager I can kill explorer.exe then start it. Desktop now appears.

If I then try to use something requiring elevation via the UAC prompt (such as regedit) nothing is seen.

Anything which does not require elevation seems to run ok.

I think the issue here is that the scure desktop feature of vista is b*gg*r*d.

In both cases I have had to resort to performing a full "bare metal" re-install.

Have any of you guys any suggestions for next time?