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Title: Frozen Desktop
Post by: BIG_J on November 30, 2004, 22:07

>:( >:( >:( AH!  Someone came into my room and did something to my computer.  I cannot click on anyone of my desktop icons and everything is frozen to the time when this person did this.  It is currently around 4 in the afternoon for me but my clock says 12:58 around the time that this person did this to my pc.  How do I get this off or back to normal???  I tried rebooting and that didn't work. >:( >:(

Title: Re:Frozen Desktop
Post by: Simon on November 30, 2004, 22:40

Might be a stupid question, but can you ask them what they did?

Just wondering, maybe they took a screenshot of your desktop, at 12:58, and used it as Wallpaper, which is what you are seeing?  They would have had to hide your normal desktop icons in a folder somewhere, and also hide the taskbar.  All you may need to do is find out where they've hidden them!

Title: Re:Frozen Desktop
Post by: Clive on November 30, 2004, 22:56

Have you tried doing a system restore?  That might just do the trick for you.

Title: Re:Frozen Desktop
Post by: BIG_J on November 30, 2004, 23:15

:D Thanks guys you were both right.  I changed the desktop background and all my icons were gone, meaning, like you said Simon, that they hid them in a folder somewhere.  However I did check the system restore and that put everything back to normal.   ;D Thanks again, you guys are the best!!!

Title: Re:Frozen Desktop
Post by: Clive on November 30, 2004, 23:22

Glad you managed to sort it out BIG_J.  Now you must learn how to boobytrap your computer next time you leave it.   ;D