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Apr 17, 2013 3:24 PM in response to rangerchanby Eustace Mendis,Try resetting the PRAM
- Shut down your Mac.
- Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
- Turn on the computer.
- Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys before the gray screen appears.
- Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
- Release the keys.
If that works, I would suspect you need to replace the PRAM battery.
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Apr 17, 2013 6:50 PM in response to Eustace Mendisby rangerchan,Thanks for responding!
I have reset the PRAM and it still does the same thing - desktop background with no icons.
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Apr 17, 2013 10:49 PM in response to rangerchanby Ramón G Castañeda,If you can boot from an install CD or DVD, try doing an Archive and Install of the OS, reboot and Repair Permissions with Apple's Disk Utility then run the Tiger 10.4.11 Combo Updater over the new install (or the 10.6.8 Combo Update if you install Leopard) and Repair Permissions once again.