RE: xp professional -- taskbar nuisance
From: mwong911 (mwong911_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/10/04
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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 18:11:06 -0700
thanks elysium. it is largely a case of OCD on my part. it just didn't seem
unreasonable to ask for a predictable taskbar notifications. why on earth do
these icons "behave" in such an unruly fashion.
i've restored back to SP1 and that didn't even help. the only way i can get
the two icons i am stuck on having in certain order (power and volume) is to
keep restoring system back to a restore point i had set manually right when
the taskbar was in a certain configuration i like. this restore point is
right after downloading SP2 since even going back to SP1 doesn't solve this
erratic "behavior."
i have a g40 ibm thinkpad that i started using in march this year. i won't
even go into the squirrely stuff happening on my wife's desktop. but thanks
for "commiserating" with me.
don't think i've overwritten any of ibm's factory installed OS. came with xp
professional, but i have my own copy -- wonder if i should re-install. but as
you say, don't want to get invasive. i fear getting even more c**p than i've
bargained for.
"elysium" wrote:
> Not much help but be advised...you are not alone! I thought the taskbar
> notification area had become more intuitive; i.e. it was recognizing
> notifications I didn't consult much and saving resources by not displaying
> them however I too have realized that the start-up is not loading correctly
> despite toggling between selective/diagnostic & normal. Seeing as the OS
> seems stable and that the only other problem I have is System Restore having
> problems and causing system rundll32 hangs I'm holding off getting more
> invasive. I consulted my OEM (HP) on-line help; they can't help...I thought
> it was a driver/hardware vs installed OS conflict but can't resolve that
> satisfactorily. Experts seem to recommend sticking with XP SP2 (I agree it's
> stable), but I notice that if I uninstall to SP1 the taskbar/start-up,
> notification & System Restore work perfectly. Are you running a Hewlett
> Packard machine & maybe have over-written the original installed OS + bundled
> utilities?
>
> "mwong911" wrote:
>
> > i'm searching for advice to resolve a nuisance that seem to be related to SP2
> > update that i performed a few days ago. now the task bar is totally
> > unpredictable, or even more unpredictable than it used to be. typical windows
> > SNAFU. everytime i restart my thinkpad the taskbar reappears with icons all
> > jumbled up.
> >
> > this is worse than ever before. now the power icon appears somewhere else,
> > and the volume icon and other things appear at random.
> >
> > it's a nuisance because it takes time to search for the dozen or so icons if
> > they keep changing locations. some icons don't even appear that i want,
> > others appear even though i've "deleted" them. any help would be appreciated.
> > thanks!
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