http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: disappearing desktop en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:53:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-22117 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:06:07 +0000 funkymom 22117@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>not a bad idea robert, thank you.<br /> i do tend to get lazy at night when i'm falling asleep in front of the computer. it's just so easy to close it and let it be. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-22005 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:11:09 +0000 Robert 22005@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><strong>Funkymom </strong></p> <p>Probably a nice cold restart in the morning will solve computer's aches.<br /> :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21988 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:53:31 +0000 funkymom 21988@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>o.k. thanks guys. i'll try it tomorrow.</p> <p>i just wish i knew for sure, what happened.</p> <p>oh well......computers can't live without 'em. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21987 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:52:06 +0000 goodgotd 21987@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>fan's usually visible inside an outlet at rear left, there's only one on a laptop. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21985 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:49:51 +0000 funkymom 21985@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>i did buy the canned air, but i haven't used it yet.</p> <p>how would i access the fans? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21984 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:48:04 +0000 goodgotd 21984@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>hit the air intake and fan while you're at it, then let it warn and dry for a half hour or so in case it chills and condenses JIC.</p> <p>No, BuBBy and I are *not* trying to tag-team you, just looks that way. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21982 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:43:23 +0000 BuBBy 21982@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>You can buy a can of compressed air and blast under your keyboard to dislodge who knows what. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21981 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:42:30 +0000 goodgotd 21981@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>&lt;sigh&gt; I'm not gonna argue it, that's for sure.... </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21979 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:39:28 +0000 funkymom 21979@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>there have been no spills (unless the fruit fly did himself in and spilled some fly blood). </p> <p>there is no way that i am messing with the inside of my computer. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21978 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:34:24 +0000 goodgotd 21978@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>hope this isn't the result of a spill in the computer- that's why I sealed mine. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21977 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:32:32 +0000 goodgotd 21977@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>oh, boy, that's not a job for novices. </p> <p>about the closest you might be up for is removing/reseating the memory, and it's usually under a screwed-down hatch, </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21976 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:31:47 +0000 BuBBy 21976@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>That's not a fruit fly... in computer terms your laptop now has a bug (in honor of the original bug... a moth). </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21975 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:28:05 +0000 funkymom 21975@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>no. i know nothing about that. i'm on a laptop. and, actually, last night i did watch a fruit fly fly right into my computer. he just kind of slipped in behind one of the keys. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21974 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:27:31 +0000 goodgotd 21974@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>beat you there, BuBBy! [grin] just not in exact detail. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21973 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:26:20 +0000 BuBBy 21973@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Internet Explorer = iexplore.exe<br /> Windows Explorer / Desktop = explorer.exe</p> <p>Even if nothing comes up - Ctrl-Alt-Del - Task Manager</p> <p>Right Click and "End Process" on any existing (crashed) explorer.exe (could be more than one).</p> <p>Once there are no more explorer.exe running - start a fresh one - which will become your desktop.</p> <p>(In Task Manager)</p> <p>File &gt; New Task (Run...)</p> <p>enter "explorer.exe" (minus the quotes) and hit enter. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21972 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:26:05 +0000 goodgotd 21972@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>have you cleaned your fans/heatsinks and cleared the dust off your memory lately? if not, that can do it... if you can bring up the c-a-d menu, safest is probably hit the 'shut down' button. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21971 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:21:11 +0000 funkymom 21971@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>oh. o.k. nothing showed up when i brought up the task menu (except the browser page i'm currently looking at).<br /> -----------------------------<br /> edit- it's not even my current wallpaper that's showing up. it's one that i used, very briefly, months ago. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21970 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:20:46 +0000 goodgotd 21970@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I even have a program called iconoid that hides the taskbar (visible part of 'task manager') and all icons so you can see all of your wallpaper. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21969 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:17:04 +0000 goodgotd 21969@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>explorer.exe *is* the desktop, not the same as internet explorer the web browser. also called the 'shell'. Windows explorer is actually sort of launching a mini copy of the shell. You *are* forced to use it. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21959 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:27:42 +0000 funkymom 21959@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>i don't use explorer, unless i'm forced to. i'm a firefox convert. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21958 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:25:22 +0000 BuBBy 21958@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>ok maybe explorer.exe had died (which also does your desktop/start menu/task bar etc)</p> <p>Hit ctrl-alt-delete - bring up the task menu - check if any copies of explorer.exe are still running / or hanging. End those processes. </p> <p>Then run a new copy of explorer.exe from the "Run" menu in task explorer - and everything should return.</p> <p>But glad your "bits" are "back". :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21955 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:07:23 +0000 funkymom 21955@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>well, i can't really try that because i had to restart my computer. once i minimized the browser, i couldn't open it again- there was nothing to click on. but, i don't think that's it. everything was gone, all my folders, and my current wallpaper. </p> <p>the first time this happened, i used the power button on the computer to turn off. this time i pressed the windows button (because, i've learned this will open the start menu). when nothing happened, i started to push the power button and just when i pushed it the "log off/turn off/restart" (hey man....is timothy leary around here?)window opened, so i was able to restart the computer. now everything is fine. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21954 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:56:47 +0000 BuBBy 21954@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>If it didn't appear to the left or right or top - and didn't auto appear when moving the mouse to the bottom of the screen (known as "auto-hide") check that you didn't drag the taskbar off the bottom of the monitor.</p> <p>If there is a very thin line along the bottom of the screen - click on it and try to drag "up" about the height of the old task bar.</p> <p>Failing that - press Ctrl-Esc and check where the start menu appears from.</p> <p>There's more things to try - but lets start with the obvious ones first. :P </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2904#post-21953 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:47:24 +0000 funkymom 21953@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>hi guys- i have a weird mystery on my hands. a few minutes ago, i was online and i noticed that my task bar(i think that's what it's called-the one on the bottom of the page listing my startup programs) was gone. i minimized the page i was on and my desktop was gone! everything, there wasn't even the start button. the only thing there was a small version of a desktop wallpaper that i had used for a couple of days a few months back.</p> <p>this happened once before, but i figured it was a tempermental computer thing. i haven't done anything recently to my computer (except to delete ingenious- <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2883?replies=10#post-21910">here</a></p> <p>i don't know if i should be worried or not.<br /> i know you "experts" always want to know some system information, but i don't know what you would need......so please ask me for any info that might help figure this out.</p> <p>thank you my friends.</p> <p>funkymom<br /> :D </p>