Windows XP taskbar freezes-unresponsive
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From: undisclosed on 22 Sep 2009 21:35 I am having this too. I can move the mouse to other programs on my task bar but the clicks are unresponsive. When this happens, I can also not move the task bar. I get get around the unresponsive taskbar by 1) Using ALT + Tab to move between programs. 2) Using Ctrl + ALT + Delete to start up the Task Manager, after which the task bar becomes responsive again. But then after a while the task manager becomes unresponsive again. I have checked for viruses but apparently there are none in my system (according to more than one program) but perhaps it is a hidden virus. I have used the task manager & services console to turn off as many services as I could. I have not located the service/program that is causing the problem. I am glad that I have been able to delete some unwanted services, but at the same time I do not want to delete too many. In Vista apparently there is something called GDI object leak (Graphical display objects are not mapped properly by the system, and so clicking them does not work, and microsoft has published a fix for it). There have been some updates to windows lately so there is an outside chance that it is a Windows problem. Any help greatefully recieved. Should I do a highjack this and send it somewhere? -- timtak
From: undisclosed on 23 Sep 2009 06:50 I suspect 1) A Windows update since there were a lot of updates recently. But then, you'd think it would be all over the net. I suspect some OS malfunction because just starting up the manager cures the problem temporarily. It perhaps could be that a virus turns itself off to remain hidden when the task manager is on. 2) My SD MS CF etc card reader which is a bit dogdy lately. It is a cheapo card reader. I have problems with the same piece of equipment before, since replaced with one by the same manufacturer. At the moment it is refusing to recognise CF cards at times. 3) A virus of course but the virus software I have tried says not. This is driving me around the bend. I keep my task bar at the top of the screen (since I used a Mac before Windows had a taskbar). But alas the problem remains when I move the taskbar back to its default position. Some keywords to make this thread more searchable. "taskbar does not work" "taskbar not working" "taskbar malfunction" "task bar can't be clicked" "can't click taskbar" -- timtak
From: undisclosed on 23 Sep 2009 07:36 More symptoms 1) The problem is intermittant. Sometimes I can come to the task bar after a while and it will work. I am not sure why. Virus activity? 2) I have one piece of software that assumes that the taskbar is at the bottom and does not work properly, having its top area obscured by the taskbar. I should try unistalling that software but I don't think it is the problem. 3) INTERESTINGLY, *sometimes* when I go to the top right (remember my task bar is at the top) of unresponsive taskbar to where the system clock is displayed, I get a tooltip, one of those little explicative yellow popup boxes, that corresponds to the explanation that should occur I were pointing at a program-top-bar, top right hand corner button, i.e. it says "close" or "return to original size" (by the way I am using a non-English language windows, so my back translation may not be exact). This suggests, that the problem is some sort of mapping. The OS thinks that there is the top bar of a program (that fad from dark blue to light blue thing at the top of program windows) where my task bar should be. Hence it could be a registry corruption issue, possibly due to (2) above. Somewhere along the line I have moved my task bar off the top of my screen? -- timtak
From: undisclosed on 24 Sep 2009 23:06 I edited my original post because the "solution" did not work. I still have the problem in my new admin user as the old. -- timtak
From: Kelly on 24 Sep 2009 23:25
What was your original question/post? -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "undisclosed" wrote in message news:4819f9b300507d4f75a5e7268a7d6587(a)nntp-gateway.com... > > I edited my original post because the "solution" did not work. > > I still have the problem in my new admin user as the old. > > > -- > timtak |