Start Menu, Task Bar gone after SP 1

I looked for threads on this but didn't see any. If you can redirect me, great, if not...

I just installed SP 1 and now the Start Menu and Task Bar are gone. It was a lot of work to install. I'd hate to have to take it back out again.

Task Bar wasn't locked but wasn't set to hide either.

Any takers?...

hello:

---the same happened to me also a few times, (after I exited an online game)---
---I press keys [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Del] together at the same time, then an exit option comes up at bottom right = click 'restart'---worked for me---
--please post your results---thank you---

peace

Just checking -
You say SP1 but do you mean SP2?
Have you done a Google Search?
Did you check the Tutorials for help?
What anti virus, firewall, anti malware progs etc have you installed?

kikidee said:

hello:

---the same happened to me also a few times, (after I exited an online game)---
---I press keys [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Del] together at the same time, then an exit option comes up at bottom right = click 'restart'---worked for me---
--please post your results---thank you---

peace

Click to expand...

Thanks KD, I tried that. I just got done uninstalling, used Bootspeed to clean up everything and reinstalled SP's 1 and 2. Now everything's cool

Thanks for responding

JMH said:

Just checking -
You say SP1 but do you mean SP2?
Have you done a Google Search?
Did you check the Tutorials for help?
What anti virus, firewall, anti malware progs etc have you installed?

Click to expand...

Hi JMH,

It's OK now after uninstall, clean up disks and re-install. SP 1 and 2 are both in both machines as I told kikidee.

It is SP1. I bought Vista Ultimate, two of them (x64,x86) for 2 PCs last year, early, before any SPs were available. I did google up what I could find for trouble shooting before hand (and after). Also read up on MS site and followed their directions. SP 1 and 2 went in flawlessly on the 64 and I stated the problem with the 32. Also had no security software installed yet (new reformat and install) and firewall turned off. So I guess a good disk cleanup is what it needed. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. Your guess is as good as mine what it really was.

Thanks anyway for the inquiry, JMH

JMH said:

Thanks for responding, good to know that all is well. Safe surfing.

Click to expand...

hello Ecsson:

---YES---thank you for the result post, so that other newcomers may also learn from it---sometimes we do figure out problems by ourselves, but it is also good to have extra suggestions from these long-time Forum Guru members---hooray---



peace