Re: Start/taskbar takes up half the screen

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I'm sure the UPS is not designed to meet my needs - sadly, there is very
little choice here. I realise reinstalling won't help the power problems but
I'm really hoping I can fix the PC problem I have.

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Jo



"Xandros" <arron.neus*remove*@gmailcom> wrote in message
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The problems you are seeing are not going to change by reinstalling XP as
that will have no impact on how your power company delivers power to you.

It sounds like your UPS is not handling things well at all. You may wish
to check here to see if the UPS you have is designed to meet your needs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uninterruptible_power_supply

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Xandros


"josie1one" <jolerosspamoff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Where I live there are a number of power surges, my UPS doesn't handle
these
too well.
After several surges within 3 minutes I ended up with half the screen
being
green which is "active" - ie mousing over produces "Click here to begin"
anywhere over it. I can drag it down to a small width and use "auto hide"
to
reduce the annoyance. This is short-term, however. No icons available on
the
taskbar. My Office toolbar has lost the shortcut icons as well (not
serious,
only a further indication of the problem). Everything else works.

I hate the idea of reloading Windows and no guarantee of success.
Formatting
and starting over holds even less appeal.
Does anybody have an idea as to how I can fix this please?


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Jo on a small Greek island






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