Re: start menu disappears

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Just the Start button or the whole Taskbar?

Windows key, then u, .....
One of the Windows key is between Control and Alt keys.
Or Control + Escape, then u, ....
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Ron Sommer

"hd" <hd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> my pc works fine apart from when i click on the start button the menu
> sometimes disappears for no apparent reason. sometimes i need to click on
> the
> start button several times because it keeps on just disappearing every
> time,
> usually within a split second, sometimes after a few seconds.
>
> after a few attempts, the start menu remains. i am running windows XP home
> with SP2. does anyone have any ideas what might be causing this
> frustrating
> problem?
>
> it usually only happens much later, usually just after i disconnect from
> the
> internet and just before i switch off my pc. Here's the sequence of
> events:
>
> when i have finished on my pc, i close all programmes/window browser
> windows, then i disconnect from the internet, then i click on the start
> button, and it's usually at that point that it does its disappearing trick
> (and usually three or four times). this means i have to click the start
> button a few times before the menu stays there long enough to allow me to
> then click "Turn Off Computer".
>
>
> i have done a virus scan and anti spam check, and there are no viruses or
> spam. so not sure what else could be causing the problem.
>
>
> thanks
>
>
>


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