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Posted on Aug 17, 2008
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Start, Desktop, Task Manager wont work

I posted on the problem you answered some time ago. I have Windows 2000 server Professional at work, and I have no desktop, start menu and if I try to use the Task manager nothing happens. I can't try most of the solutions I have found because they all require use of the desktop and/or the task manager. Also, I tried starting in safe-mode with Command prompt and nothing came up on the screen such as the command prompt. Help Please?

  • ritter726 Aug 18, 2008

    Is there any way to restore Windows 2000 to date in the past without the use of the desktop or task manager, such as before the boot sequence during start up? Or is it possible to get into the computers files and remove the latest updates without having a desktop? Would this require the recovery disk.

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Hi - I have no direct experience with this in Win 2k.
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