the panel encountered a problem
 

the panel encountered a problem while loading oaf11d:gnome_ fast user switching applet

When the desktop comes up the error shows and the backround is not the default one that loads. Am I to assume since the backround is not the default that the load was bad and I could be missing other panels?

In recovery mode when I run:
apt-get remove gnome applets
apt-get install gnome applets
apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

and watch the monitor I see several fails to fetch from us.archive.ubuntu.com and I can't help to wonder if this is the problem all along.

It should be gnome-applets