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    Toolbar problem

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by someone777, Mar 16, 2007.

  1. someone777

    someone777 Notebook Evangelist

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    i don't know what happened but
    it went weird.
    at the toolbar place (the blue line at the bottom) doesn't show the running programs or things like that
    like in the picture that i took
    i have google or internet explorer with taskmanager running
    but it doesn't show up in the bar... only the language tool
    also if i remove it, bar goes missing or minimized..
    how do i fix this???
     

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    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    System64, Mar 17, 2007
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    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    Oh well.

    Emergency!

    I've got a friend whose laptop also got this problem. System restore did not do magic on it though.

    Is there anyway to solve this problem without

    a) reinstalling/formatting?
    b) living with the problem?
    c) alt-tab?
    Any help is greatly appreaciated!
     
    System64, Mar 17, 2007
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    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Performing a OS repair is the first thing that comes to my mind. Stick in your XP CD, reboot, select Install New OS, then Repair Installed OS after a few screens.
    And I strongly recommend you to change your resolution to a widescreen one. Aren't you annoyed by the fact that everything on your machine is stretched?
     
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    someone777 Notebook Evangelist

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    well i could that if i installed on just xp, but mine is on recovery disk
    should i run it??
    well if i minimize then i just go to taskmanager and click on the swich too
     
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    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    Oh ya...how could i have forgot. Maybe it's because i keep formatting to get a new OS. That's right, my OS is also an image from ASUS, not an XP CD like someone777. So, what should we do?

    edit - Answered my own question. There should be a recovery partition on the hard drive hidden. (i formatted mines). Pressing a key while on startup will do.

    to repair, check out here
    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx
     
    System64, Mar 18, 2007
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  7. System64

    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    Two questions regarding this thread's problems.

    A) Is the taskbar button disappearing a bug in XP? I've read that it is a bug caused by the language bar.
    B) Can it be solved?

    Thanks
     
    System64, Apr 2, 2007
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