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Offline BIG_J

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Frozen Desktop
« 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. >:( >:(
ith all there is, there is nothing.  Nothingness plagues us everyday.  Everyday nothingness consumes all leaving the void which cannot be filled.  The void, that eternal darkness seeps out from the cracks and devours all the light leaving only nothingness to consume all.  Nothingness is everything

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Re:Frozen Desktop
« Reply #1 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!
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Re:Frozen Desktop
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2004, 22:56 »
Have you tried doing a system restore?  That might just do the trick for you.

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Re:Frozen Desktop
« Reply #3 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!!!
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Re:Frozen Desktop
« Reply #4 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


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