Windows 2000 Pro

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....won't fully load. The boot sequence begins. It goes
thru the recognition of all the peripherals, RAM, etc.
The proceeds to the W2K loading screen. Then, I get a
blank lite-blue screen...nothing else happens.

If I try to start in SafeMode, all the same happens. Then
I get a black screen with "safe mode" in each of the four
corners of the screen. No commands work, like <control-
alt-delete>.

If I put the install disc in, and boot up, all of the
above happens...and nothing else. I can't even get a
command prompt to appear to run the install disc. Can
someone please send me an early Xmas gift? ;-) David
 
Check that explorer.exe is the default shell to start. Look at the Reg_Sz
string value of;
"Shell"="Explorer.exe"
found at
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Else these may help you.


No Desktop or Blank Desktop After Logging On to Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=256194

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=292175

What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306952


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| ...won't fully load. The boot sequence begins. It goes
| thru the recognition of all the peripherals, RAM, etc.
| The proceeds to the W2K loading screen. Then, I get a
| blank lite-blue screen...nothing else happens.
|
| If I try to start in SafeMode, all the same happens. Then
| I get a black screen with "safe mode" in each of the four
| corners of the screen. No commands work, like <control-
| alt-delete>.
|
| If I put the install disc in, and boot up, all of the
| above happens...and nothing else. I can't even get a
| command prompt to appear to run the install disc. Can
| someone please send me an early Xmas gift? ;-) David
 
No good, David Patrick,
I can't get a command prompt anywhere...safe mode or not.
David C.

-----Original Message-----
Thanks David, I'll check.
DAVID
-----Original Message-----
Check that explorer.exe is the default shell to start. Look at the Reg_Sz
string value of;
"Shell"="Explorer.exe"
found at
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Else these may help you.


No Desktop or Blank Desktop After Logging On to Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=256194

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=292175

What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What
Click to expand...
It
Does Not Change
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306952


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| ...won't fully load. The boot sequence begins. It goes
| thru the recognition of all the peripherals, RAM, etc.
| The proceeds to the W2K loading screen. Then, I get a
| blank lite-blue screen...nothing else happens.
|
| If I try to start in SafeMode, all the same happens. Then
| I get a black screen with "safe mode" in each of the four
| corners of the screen. No commands work, like <control-
| alt-delete>.
|
| If I put the install disc in, and boot up, all of the
| above happens...and nothing else. I can't even get a
| command prompt to appear to run the install disc. Can
| someone please send me an early Xmas gift? ;-) David


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Click to expand...
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Click to expand...
 
Any details on what is no good? What specifically did you try?

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| No good, David Patrick,
| I can't get a command prompt anywhere...safe mode or not.
| David C.
 
Dave P:
I changed the boot sequence and moved the CD drive in
front of C. With that, the rig acknowledged that I had
the W2K disc in, and managed to do the repair of the OS.
I'm still getting that blank lite-blue screen, with no
Start button.
David C.
 
You didn't mention, but you may want to try the other two options. Also
check Event Viewer for errors.
Task Manager|File|New Task|%windir%\system32\eventvwr.msc


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| Dave P:
| I changed the boot sequence and moved the CD drive in
| front of C. With that, the rig acknowledged that I had
| the W2K disc in, and managed to do the repair of the OS.
| I'm still getting that blank lite-blue screen, with no
| Start button.
| David C.
 
I had the light blue blank screen too. I ended up doing an
Alt-Crtl-Del then from there run task manager, and from
that window file/new task. And i typed in Explorer. Doing
that gave me back my desktop. then i when right to
microsoft and got a service pack. in my case it was Sp4
and now it works great.

See if you get the same thing...cant hurt
 
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