Taskbar, Start Menu, Desktop Icons, & R-Click all Missing

> And the name of the game is?
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> Paul Smith,
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> "Lynne" <Lynne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> > Hi,
> >
> > Twice now, I've tried to install a game I've used on at least five
> > different
> > computers (with XP) onto my new Dell XPS 410 with Vista Home Premium only
> > to
> > reach a point where there is an error in the install and suddenly my
> > Taskbar,
> > Start Menu, Desktop Icons are all Missing and I cannot right-click
> > anywhere
> > on the desktop. This is a brand new machine on which I'd done updates,
> > and
> > then the install. The first time this happened, tried system restore,
> > then
> > finally re-installed Vista entirely. After reinstalling, I uninstalled a
> > few
> > things (like AOL & Earthlink related apps), updated, then tried the game
> > install again with the exact same results.
> >
> > This is so frustrating that I'm considering just installing XP on this
> > brand
> > new machine.

>

> Hi,
>
> Twice now, I've tried to install a game I've used on at least five different
> computers (with XP) onto my new Dell XPS 410 with Vista Home Premium only to
> reach a point where there is an error in the install and suddenly my Taskbar,
> Start Menu, Desktop Icons are all Missing and I cannot right-click anywhere
> on the desktop. This is a brand new machine on which I'd done updates, and
> then the install. The first time this happened, tried system restore, then
> finally re-installed Vista entirely. After reinstalling, I uninstalled a few
> things (like AOL & Earthlink related apps), updated, then tried the game
> install again with the exact same results.
>
> This is so frustrating that I'm considering just installing XP on this brand
> new machine.

> Hi,
>
> Twice now, I've tried to install a game I've used on at least five different
> computers (with XP) onto my new Dell XPS 410 with Vista Home Premium only to
> reach a point where there is an error in the install and suddenly my Taskbar,
> Start Menu, Desktop Icons are all Missing and I cannot right-click anywhere
> on the desktop. This is a brand new machine on which I'd done updates, and
> then the install. The first time this happened, tried system restore, then
> finally re-installed Vista entirely. After reinstalling, I uninstalled a few
> things (like AOL & Earthlink related apps), updated, then tried the game
> install again with the exact same results.
>
> This is so frustrating that I'm considering just installing XP on this brand
> new machine.