XP not showing

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We have an XP home computer with the following:

The taskbar is there but has no icons on it except for the system tray
The Start button does not show at all
The Start menu (obtained from windows key) has no icons or words
The desktop shows OK but the icons have white halos round them
Internet explorer runs but has now buttons or words on the toolbar or menu
bar although clicking where the words should be works for some of them

We have run Stinger and Norton & found no viriuses

Any ideas
 
Sounds like you may be suffering from imminent hardware
failure. Have you installed any new hardware recently, or
upgraded any software drivers?

Have you checked your display settings: right click on
the desktop, and choose properties from the context menu,
Click on Settings tab and check what your screen
resolution is, for safety 800x600 is a safe bet for most
monitors, and then edge it up to 1024x768.
Maybe you have your display set to view multiple
monitors, and need to re-adjust your settings in the
advanced section of the above mentioned window.

If that fails to solve your problem, the question I pose
is : If you were to access your Bios Configuration
Utility, does your display still play up?

Give it a try and let us know how you get on.
 
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