Windows halts on loading explorer

I hope this is the right section for this thread, But I'm working on an
old acer 1.6 Ghz processor 512Mb ram running vista home premium.
Porblem is that Explorer will not load. Task manager will not respond
nor will Alt+Ctrl+Del do anything. I checked the reg key for the shell
but it is fine. I am running out of ideas on how to get windows to
continue to load.

Using restore disks are out of the question. They are what I want run
in the end, but the restore disk that I have apears to need to be run
from a program from within windows. does anyone have an idea on how to
coax this thing back to life?

Thanks


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Dave-UK, I have a Barts' PE disk that let me in to check the registry.
And the only Vista dvd that I have access to is Vista Business Corp. I
my experience using one version of windows to fix another have neve
been a good idea

Cody, I would assume it did, I have seen computers like this boot, bu
take 15min to fully load. Our problem is that it came in with a massiv
virus infection and was booted straight into Barts' PE for several viru
scans. I am assuming it was the removal of a virus that is causing th
problem to begin with

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