Hi,
I got a blank desktop after logging in to my win2k pro machine, all the icons and task bar are gone.
anybody can help on this ?
thanks

CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up Task Manager, click "New Task..." type: explorer.exe

but i cannot do this everytime right??

right click on desktop no response...

i need to CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up Task Manager, click "New Task..." type: explorer.exe
to see the icons...

hi there ,
i have the similar problem ,, win2k sp4 fully patched ,
blank screen upon starting up into WIN2K

the only way to get in is . CRTL+A:T+DEL
end task of explorer.exe and then run it again
while blank screen , i notice , this process lfj2i.exe

deleted before and this appeared C:\WINNT\system32\kwmmdq.exe

tried deleting it , but it still coming back as lfj2i.exe

hope someone can help

Sounds like behavior of spyware/virus.

Open regedit, go to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.

In the right hand pane, locate the string value for Shell, is it set to explorer.exe?

yes , its set to explorer.exe
and guess what

i manage to delete the file in the registry then i reboot my system.

it reboots normal , no more blank desktop ,
and my harddisk was making quite some noise , like some processes is going on ,, so once the sound has stopped
i check my registry , via Startup Control Panel v2.8

and there is a new file there 8r6mno.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\8r6mno.exe

no more the previous file ,, its morphing ,

i tried scanning for virus , no virus ,
i tried scanning for spyware/adware/trojan ,
trust me , i tried all known softwares , !


, sux arghhh

Dear APK,

hey thank you Autoruns is awesome now i know the locations of the startup registries ,,

but i till now i havent found a permanent solution for this problem,

lurking in the dark cluelessly ,,
im wondering ,im sure there is another file or setting elsewhere
which is triggering it to reappear back , hmmmm

what might it be,,,
if anyone wants to have a look at that file , please let me know
ill upload somewhere for your to download it , if you want !

i doubt anyone want to anyway hahah

latest update ..
this file mirka2b.exe comes up in the processes after few minutes deleting the file ,

similar problem posted by someone in the forum stated below

http://www.computercops.biz/postp236619.html

no reply yet so far .

brrrr

hehe heloo there
i have solved this mystery in my PC ,
, do a search for mirka2b.com on your pc
it makes multiple copies of itself in your PC

in c:\winnt
c:\winnt\system32

and everywhere else ,

delete all the registry of weird file names .

and it is ok for now

hehehe

good luck for everyone else

I just ran into this problem today at a client. They had spyware and viruses all over the place but I thought I got everything. So I started installing Windows Updates (security updates) when IE crashed and I had to reboot the PC. When I rebooted I was faced with a completely blank desktop.

I was able to CTRL-ALT-DELETE to run any and all programs but McAfee/AdAware/Spybot picked up nothing. I am going to try and run this "Autoruns" program I read about in this thread and see if I can find the malicious files causing this problem. It worked on my PC and fortunately nothing malignant came up.

And I couldn't agree more with a previous post about why people create this code. They could be earning a great living writing code like this to help users, instead they write it to bring systems down. Doesn't make much sense. But if anyone has run into this problem again please post and let me know if there are any easier solutions to this problem.

Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks,

simmser11