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No Windows explorer after installing graphics driver on new SSD
Hey Seven Forums!
I have recently purchased a Samsung Pro 840 128GB SSD drive. I managed to install Windows 7 Ultimate x64 fine without any troubles. After installing my motherboard drivers, I tried to install my graphics card drivers. This is where the problem is. After the install and restart of my PC, I get no explorer showing at all. No desktop icons, no taskbar, nothing! The only thing I get is the desktop background. I can hear Skype loading up in the background so I know that the PC hasn't froze on me.
I am able to run the PC in safe mode perfectly fine. Also, when I press CTRL+ALT+DEL the screen just changes to black and stays black. I can arrow down 4 clicks and hit enter to try and open the task manager but nothing appears.
Normally I can troubleshoot most problems by googling them however I can't seem to find any incident of this online. Here's what I've tried so far;
- Completely reinstalling Windows 7
- Trying both the latest and beta drivers for my AMD Radeon HD6950.
- Making sure that the Shell in regedit is set to explorer.exe in Safe Mode
Thanks for any advice that you can give.
Regards,
Juncie.
Last edited by juncie; 14 Jan 2014 at 23:07.