get a ur start up disk (floppy) boot into dos. check win.ini, io.sys, autoexec.
run a dir /s on the files (/s is to search using a sting wich is the same as start>search, look at whats loaded up go into C:\windows\desktop\startup and look at what it loads up also try dektop.ini.
dont delete anything important!
sry man never caught the first part of ur first post, i thought u got the start menu

preep