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  1. November 25th, 2005, 05:58 PM #1
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    No desktop in safe mode

    I am trying to troubleshoot my son's laptop, a Dell Inspiron 9100 with XP Pro. I am trying to start it in safe mode, but every time I do I get a black screen with "safe mode" in the corners, but no desktop icons or task bar. The mouse works, and I can get to the task manager by using ctrl-alt-del. I've tried it with both administrator and user accounts with the same result.
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  2. November 25th, 2005, 07:11 PM #2
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    Be sure you are selecting safe mode and not Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

    You can try Safe Mode with networking also.
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  3. November 25th, 2005, 07:15 PM #3
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    If nothing else works, try Cntrl + Escape; it does bring up the Start menu in Standard mode, haven't had to try it in Safe mode yet but it should work.
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  4. November 25th, 2005, 07:26 PM #4
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    If you are in safe mode command prompt, {type in} explorer and hit enter.
    That will bring up the Taskbar.
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  6. November 25th, 2005, 08:10 PM #5
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    Train's tip worked, thanks!
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  7. November 25th, 2005, 08:41 PM #6
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    Your welcome.
    Gots to read carefully as to what Safe Mode you arrow up to, as there are more than one.
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