start menu disapeared

[KillToy]

Ok i just installed a sound bolaster soundcard in my computer i brought home from college for winter break and after i installed it and it asked me to restart it booted up and there is no start menu now... the bottom of the screen is just blank.

 

[KillToy]

and im using xp pro if that matters

 

[Direwolf20]

Hold control and press escape (this opens the start menu) what happens there?

Move the mouse to the bottom of the screen, is there any way you can click-hold and drag the mousebar upwards? It might have been shrunken down nothingness.

Check for spyware and viruses with the stuff in my signature .

Let me know how that goes.

 

[KillToy]

well after making zero changes and waiting several hours of working on my familys spyware infested pos gateway my start menu has reappeared and is now working just fine.