Notebook 'can't display desktop'

Ozlaine said:

Hoping someone can help :) last couple of times I've switched my computer on it seems ok then says preparing desktop (unusual) then comes up with a safe mode looking screen with the recycle bin as the only icon and says it can't load desktop,(very unusual) then if I switch it off and on again it works fine I've run virus scans as this problem started happening after I was on the internet and have run Spybot Search and Destroy but they all come up with nothing... this has me really worried, why is it doing this? can anyone tell me? thanks to anyone who can help! :)

Do control+alt+delete and choose start task manager. Then, type in cmd.exe and press enter. (be sure to be doing this as an administrator)
Then, type in sfc /scannow and press enter.

Ozlaine said:

hey thanks for that what does that do? does that scan for something differently than the virus scan programmes? :)

It will look for corrupted Windows 7 files and fix them (if it isn't too severe of damage)

Ozlaine said:

awesome! thankyou

Your welcome! Be sure to tell use the results of the sfc scan.

Ozlaine said:

ran into a problem when I tried to do that, I am logged on as administrator, but it says I need to be administrator to do a scan... heeelp! LOL

This should help you: Run a Command as Administrator from the Windows 7 / Vista Run box - How-To Geek

Upon following windude's advice, if that fails, you may have a corrupted profile. Copy your documents, etc anything that might be stored in your profile you want to keep and then browse to:

C:\Users\

Find your login folder and rename it to yourname.old and reboot. Windows will create a new profile for you.

Use Option 2 SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker
Jerry