Re: Taskbar disappearing and reappearing

From: Venkatesh [MS India Community Star] (SAYNO2SPAM.venkatesh00_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/10/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:10:00 -0300

Hi,

As per your description, looks like the issue you are experiencing is due to
the low system resources. So, here is an interesing article from HP for
improving system performance:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&docname=buh06
569

HTH
Venkatesh

"harry.wj" <ranyart@mail.com> wrote in message
news:dJqdnTUTx-K-wH_cRVnyjA@eclipse.net.uk...
> Symptoms:
>
> Slow performance, files, folders and programs taking a while to load.
Often
> they hang then taskbar disappears, whatever I'm trying to open closes
down,
> taskbar reappears but quicklaunch icons all hidden. I have to unlock
> taskbar, right click to open quicklaunch toolbar then put icons back in
> order as they have been jumbled about.
>
> I keep a clean system: defrag regularly, scan for spyware and viruses
often.
> Why is this happening and what can I do to fix it?
>
> Regards
>
> Harry
>
>
> ****************************************************
> MSI KT4 Ultra
> AMD XP 3000+
> Thermaltake Venus Silentboost
> Crucial 2x512mb PC2700 CL2.5 DDR RAM
> Gainward Geforce 6800 GT (2400 TV-DVI Golden Sample)
> Pioneer DVD-106
> Plextor PX-716A
> Western Digital Caviar 7200 WD1200BB ATA 100 120Gb (Master)
> Western Digital Caviar 7200 WD800JB ATA 100 80Gb (Slave)
> Creative SB Live! 5.1
> Alcatel SpeedTouch USB ADSL
> Thermaltake Xaser III Super Tower
> Thermaltake 420W Silent PurePower Dual Fan PSU
> Win XP Pro SP2
>
>

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