Desktop screen blank after power loss

This problem seems to have several solutions, but I think I've tried most of them.  I have Windows XP SP3.  Was in the middle of a copy of a floppy disk drive hard when the power failed suddenly.

Now, the computer starts to an empty office of light blue, but without icons or the Start button.  Can use CTRL-ALT-DEL to run Explorer and run programs.  I can not start Internet Explorer from the Explorer.  Microsoft Help however starts Internet Explorer and I can move around the Internet.  Norton Internet Security begins at the start so I did not have a virus problem.  I tried the recovery system back to before the disaster but I get the same result.  I just tried the Microsoft Hotfix but still the same result.  This program, however, wiped out all my previous Restore Points.  I have tried all the suggestions of Regedit because I am not sure how they correct the problem.  My best guess is that a. DLL or. SYS file is corrupt.  Is it possible to determine what is bad by the processes or Services that are not running?

Any other suggestions or corrections?

PROBLEM SOLVED.

Registry required a change to the value of Shell.

REGEDIT

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "Shell" = "explorer.exe".

I found that the value has been replaced by "progman.exe.

After the reboot, the computer reported that he could not find a Restore Point from 26/10/2010.  I said not restore at a different point and he finished with a few slight differences in my usual startup; but the Desktop buttons and start were in place.

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