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i logged on to my computer this morning, to find that half of the desktop icons had disapeared and my background had gone back to the default picture. i then looked down the start menu to find that again half of the programs had disapeared. I looked in program file in my computer and all the programs are still there. But some of them arent working properly, e.g. msn, wont let me send messages because it come up with the messgae ..... was unable to receive your message. Every one elses desktops are fine. if any one knows what i can do or what the problem is i would be very grateful, thanks

cheers for you help, i did a system restore and its working fine now,problem sorted, thanks again : )

Try re-enabling your username with TweakUI from Microsoft's powertoys section.

Why don't you do a system restore if your not getting anywhere?

i just went through to the documents and settings, in my computer, it has all the screen names and another one called 'temp' i clicked on this and it has all the same setting as the screen name im on, and was created at the time i logged into the computer this morning, so i must be logged on to 'temp' but i cant see how it happened as i clicked the link to my screen name. any one know how to change it

thinking about it, it does seem like i have logged on as guest, cos i look in my pictures etc, and there is nothing there, but i i find my user name in documents and settings, i can access all of my pictures etc as they are all there. But there is one problem, the guest account is deactivated and when i log into it, it comes up as my account 'michael', so im not sure whats wrong. its as if it is on a different desktop, but still as my name. any ideas? thanks

Sounds like you've logged on as guest.

Er... Try running a spyware scan, or whatever Anti-Virus software you have.

Or/And run these;

[URL]http://housecall.antivirus.com/[/URL]

[URL]http://www.pandasoftware.es/activescan/activescan-com.asp[/URL]

[URL]http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/[/URL]

i logged on to my computer this morning, to find that half of the desktop icons had disapeared and my background had gone back to the default picture. i then looked down the start menu to find that again half of the programs had disapeared. I looked in program file in my computer and all the programs are still there. But some of them arent working properly, e.g. msn, wont let me send messages because it come up with the messgae ..... was unable to receive your message. Every one elses desktops are fine. if any one knows what i can do or what the problem is i would be very grateful, thanks