You may be having trouble loading a driver. Reinstalling it may help.
A device driver is not installed, or a hardware device does not function
correctly after you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948187
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Mark L. Ferguson
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"k1190" <> wrote in message
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> This problem of mine just started to happen the same time i installed SP1,
> so
> i think they are related. Whenever i log off my account, then log back on,
> my
> desktop becomes screwed up. First sign, the Sound and Netwrok icons on the
> system tray do not load and my Anti-Virus icon doesnt show up; Second
> sign,
> When i click Computer i get a blank explorer (however i can still navigate
> to
> other folders via the Links), Third Sign, Sidebar gadgets dont appear but
> the
> actual sidebar does, Fourth Sign, the taskbar doesn't display any open
> windows.
>
> When i try to access the Sound settings via Control Panel nothing loads.
> In
> Explorer, the quick links on the blue taskbar below the address bar is
> blank.
>
> So far i haven't found any more messed up things.
>
> This only happens when i Log Off then back on, but it fixes with a
> restart.
> Does anyone know why this is happening? And has anyone encountered this
> before? I would appreciate any help.
>
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