Re: Taskbar Problem

I'm having a bit of trouble with my computer and I'm wondering if anyone can help me out on this issue.  Essentially my anti-virus subscription ran out a while ago and I forgot to renew it.  Got a virus on my computer and then got the 2011 Norton to deal with it.  I was able to load Nortons and get it to scan but for some reason now my desktop is all that comes up when I turn the computer on.  The icons and the taskbar at the bottom are gone.  I can get programs to run by getting the task manager up but I'm a bit clueless as to what happened and if there is still some sort of issue with my comp.  I'm running Windows XP for my OS.  Thanks for all the help with this.