SP2 Download removes desk top icons

I downloaded SP2, seemingly without problem. Afterwards the PC was inactive
and screensaver activated, I moved the mouse to close te screensaver and all
that was on screen was my desktop background without any icons or menu bars.
I could raise task manager but with little or no effect so had to go for a
hard shutdown.
I rebooted but it was still the same, on the next reboot I used F8 and went
to safe mode and removed SP2 - Now all is back up and running OK, so is this
the same or similar to other SP2 problems posted and what is likely to be the
cause.
Is SP2 worth the pain of trying to re-load?

i have tried to install sp2 twice and seemed to have no problem and after
install had no internet connection considering i am on broadband,i checked ip
and it was fine the problem i have been told by my service provider is sp2 so
i have deleted download i am now looking for a solution to this problem

"grumpy189" wrote:

> I downloaded SP2, seemingly without problem. Afterwards the PC was inactive
> and screensaver activated, I moved the mouse to close te screensaver and all
> that was on screen was my desktop background without any icons or menu bars.
> I could raise task manager but with little or no effect so had to go for a
> hard shutdown.
> I rebooted but it was still the same, on the next reboot I used F8 and went
> to safe mode and removed SP2 - Now all is back up and running OK, so is this
> the same or similar to other SP2 problems posted and what is likely to be the
> cause.
> Is SP2 worth the pain of trying to re-load?