hi I had this problem a few times and each time i reinstalled windows because i couldn't fix it. I created an unattended windows XP-SP3 DVD + all the hotfixes + dotnetfx 3.5 + microsoft office 2007 + many other softwares that are installed through the windows setup automatically. as you can see in the picture that i attached to this post, sometimes, after installation, the first time that windows starts, the "explorer.exe" crashes and reloads again and then my desktop changes to this. It is the "desktop folder" that is stuck on my desktop. there is no background image and no icons. I really need to know how can i fix it ? is there any registry key that can help ? thanks