re: a problem with the desktop icons
This is an Acer Aspire 5749, OS Win7 Home 32bit. Last night when I shut down the laptop and went to bed the desktop was fine. All the icons were were they were supposed to be. When I started the laptop up this morning, the desktop was blank except for the background picture. See the screen capture picture bellow. I can still get at the desktop icons via the Windows Explorer icon in the quick launch bar in the lower left corner. I also had to change the home screen in Firefox back to Kndu 25 (the local tv stations web page). I don't remember what was there when I opened Firefox. Also Bing is set to be the default search engine again in Firefox. I reset the default search engine back to Google. I already tried a cold reboot by letting the laptop sit for a minute or 2 off with the main battery pulled out, no good. I also tried a system restore to an earlier date and time. The system restore couldn't complete the system restore after the reboot. I am out of ideas on what to try next, short of wiping out the partition and reinstalling everything. Any ideas?
Steve
This is an Acer Aspire 5749, OS Win7 Home 32bit. Last night when I shut down the laptop and went to bed the desktop was fine. All the icons were were they were supposed to be. When I started the laptop up this morning, the desktop was blank except for the background picture. See the screen capture picture bellow. I can still get at the desktop icons via the Windows Explorer icon in the quick launch bar in the lower left corner. I also had to change the home screen in Firefox back to Kndu 25 (the local tv stations web page). I don't remember what was there when I opened Firefox. Also Bing is set to be the default search engine again in Firefox. I reset the default search engine back to Google. I already tried a cold reboot by letting the laptop sit for a minute or 2 off with the main battery pulled out, no good. I also tried a system restore to an earlier date and time. The system restore couldn't complete the system restore after the reboot. I am out of ideas on what to try next, short of wiping out the partition and reinstalling everything. Any ideas?
Steve
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My Computer
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Dell Inspiron 3541
- OS
- windows 7 home 32 bit, I just changed back from 64 to 32bit
- CPU
- amc a6-6310, radon r4 graphics 1800mhz with 4 cores
- Memory
- 6.8gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- not sure off hand
- Sound Card
- not shure off hand
- Monitor(s) Displays
- built in lcd
- Screen Resolution
- 1366 x 768
- Hard Drives
- 1 500gb sata internal HDD and 1 250 gb's sata HDD in a USB external USB case.
- Keyboard
- Wifi with attached wifi mouse
- Internet Speed
- don't know
- Antivirus
- Zone Alarm
- Browser
- Firefox
- Other Info
- The gateway laptop model MD2614U died because a voltage regulator on the motherboard went poof. The Gateway laptop has been scraped.
