When I turn on my computer, only the background pic shows up, with no icons, taskbar, nothing. helpp

I know I have a lot of viruses. I was in the middle of installing antivirus programs and scanning and deleting when i restarted and ever since then when i restart I can never get anything to pop up. all you see is the background picture, no taskbar on the bottom, no icons.

occasionally i can get the task manager up, but i cant get any programs to run with it. nothing happens when i try. and when i try to end certain programs running that i think may be the problem, it doesnt work.

i have a windows xp home edition computer, service pack 2.

any tips/ideas would be appreciated!

When I turn on my computer, only the background pic shows up, with no icons, taskbar, nothing. helpp!?norton antivirus 2007

well yes u pc is gone my love but.... take it to a shop then that will cost u cause the virus is eveyrwhere so u pc will have to be allll changed sorry abt that just dont trust many sites ok

When I turn on my computer, only the background pic shows up, with no icons, taskbar, nothing. helpp!?product key

Turn on your computer and as it's booting, push F8 a few times, this will bring you to a screen that lets you choose different modes of running windows. Choose safe mode. Most viruses are not able to run in safe mode. If you still don't have a desktop, it means that the viruses/spyware have already messed up your explorer shell and in that case a reformat is the best option. If you do have icons, try to run your antispyware/virus solutions(some antivirus/spyware programs will not run in safe mode)
i think its infected with malware

boot your pc to safe mode

scan your hard drive with your antivirus / spyware remover

try pressing ctrl/alt/del

click file

new task run

browse

click your desktop

open your antivirus scan

and start scanning

hope this helps....