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Can't access task manager and no taskbar at boot up
Howdy everyone. I have a very urgent question. Its about my window vista laptop.
The problem is, when i boot up my laptop. there is no taskbar.
And when i press CTRL + ALT + DEL, Start Task Manager is not there so i am not able to manually open up explorer.exe.
Can anybody help me?
Please?
Specs : Window Vista Business 32 Bit
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Vista Guru
Gold Member
Hello ShadowXephos and welcome to the forums
Can you boot into safe mode? Do you have a Vista installation DVD?
Tom
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Build #1
CPU
Intel Core i7 3770K @4.4GHz
Motherboard
ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
Memory
Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz Low Profile (White)
Graphics card(s)
Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 (2GB GDDR5)
Sound Card
Integrated on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays
23" LG LCD/LED IPS
Screen Resolution
1920*1080
Hard Drives
Samsung EVO 128GB SSD
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm
2x500GB Seagate FreeAgent 5400rpm
PSU
Corsair TX650W V2 (80+ Bronze)
Case
NZXT Phantom 410
Cooling
Corsair H100 Water Cooler, 1x140mm and 1x120mm stock fans
Mouse
Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Mouse
Keyboard
Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Keyboard
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Hello ShadowXephos, and welcome to Vista Forums.
While in Vista, will it open Task Manager if you press
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC ?
If not, then you might see if doing a
system restore at boot using a restore point (if available) dated before this happened may be able to fix it for you.
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Manufacturer/Model
Custom
CPU
Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
Memory
64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
Graphics card(s)
ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
Sound Card
Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
Screen Resolution
2560x1440
Hard Drives
1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
PSU
Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
Case
Thermaltake Core P3
Cooling
Corsair Hydro H115i
Mouse
Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard
Logitech wireless K800
Internet Speed
1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
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Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro
Manufacturer/Model
HP Envy Y0F94AV
CPU
i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
Memory
16 GB DDR4-2133
Sound Card
Conexant ISST Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
17.3" UHD IPS touch
Screen Resolution
3480 x 2160
Hard Drives
512 GB M.2 SSD