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Article #348Re: No Desktop !
From: Top Cat
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 00:00
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 00:00
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john <john@timberjack.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:8a6eq7$6bd$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk... > On booting up my computer , everything goes okay ( no error messages etc. ) > up until the point where I would normally have the desktop appear. All I get > is a blank screen and nothing else happens. > Can anyone help me out here ? > Someone told me it could be a memory problem but I'm not sure. > Thank you for your time. > John > > When you say "Everything is OK" presume your talking about the primary boot, which is all to do with the Motherboard and Cmos. that fact that nothing else happens is down to one of two choices. either your Graphics Card has gone belly up,(unlikely if the initial boot is working) or you don`t have enough Ram Memory. Or you`ve changed something like the screen setting to a resolution not supported by your VDU/Graphics card. What have you done????. Is this a sudden problem, or have you changed something. New program(s) or hardware. What OS are you using Win95 needs Min 16mb. - Top Cat "When all else Fails, read the Instructions". To reply remove "Spare Policeman"
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