After Windows updates no clock no start menu.

OT: incognito.

After waiting two hours for microsoft to upgrade my computer, which is an absolute pain, I have now no clock, no icons and the start menu does not work.  No, I got a message saying I'm incognito mode. How to get out this please? Thank you. Marnie.

Hello

Welcome to the Microsoft community.

Looks like something was wrong just by doing an update of windows. We will have to return to an earlier point and then repeat the process of updates of Windows.

What operating system is installed on the computer?

You can read the following article to find out how to return to a previous point.

What is system restore?

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-in/Windows/what-is-system-restore#1TC=Windows-7

Note: Windows updates are available again, make sure that you install them in small bunches.

Kind regards

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