Hi after a fresh install of vista I keep have to pressing the following CTRL / ALT / DELETE , Then press Task Manager , then FILE , then TASK MANAGER , then type in "explorer.exe. If i don't do this the Black screen just stays and nothing happens? This is the only way the desktop then reappears .any help in this please
It sounds as if you have some kind of infection or corruption that is latched onto or is the explorer.exe I have experienced this before, i would recommend a system restore. Or even run a few scans in safemode. All else fails try creating a new user account.
Maybe you got infected somehow... I've been experienced issues with one nasty virus on WinXP and ctrl+alt+dle
I had a similar problem, which was after a night of hitting a bunch of Runner blogs, so I figured it was a virus. I had Norton at the time, and ran a scan but it found nothing. I downloaded several free trials of AV, but the only one that found anything was cyberdefender, and it found 2 viruses on my computer. It was about $40 to get the full version, which is about what it costs for others, and it came with a money back guar so I figured why not? Anyway, it fixed some of the issues but not the ctrl alt del problem. It comes with a 24 x 7 call center, which I called and they were really helpful and told me that since I installed the software after I got the virus that they would need to fixed by remote access. 5 minutes later it was done and the system was clean and on reboot, the ctrl alt del problem was gone. Since then I have gotten a pop-up every now and then saying something is attacking my computer, and I click the button and it is blocked. Easy to use and I am happy with it. JMHO
It depends what you mean by the term 'fresh' if you did a low level wipe on the drive, then formatted it and then installed windows - it would kinda rule out the possibility of it being an infection (straight away) But, this could be down to other reasons... Was it a valid MS disc you used to install? If it was a copy chances are some of the files within windows are corrupt or something? I would look into your startup programs to identify if any of them are overruling explorer... Start > run > msconfig Then go to the startup tab and have a look for any suspicious files that are loading on bootup. www.mendmycomputer.com
You can also try running Malwarebytes. We use it at the hospital I work at and it finds and removes lots of things that other spyware/malware programs dont seem to be able to find or fix.
You could download Cyberdefender's free scanner and check it out. I used it just to check my system until it finally caught something and then I upgraded. Totally worth it.
