Re: Task Manager Icon Missing in XP Home/Pro???

"pcbutts1" <pcbutts1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:RngCe.3323$mN1.1410@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Why does that bother you so much? you don't open the task manager from
> there, what do you need that icon for?
>
> --

I can't speak for the original poster but it's an annoying inconsistency.
Would it bother you if everytime you clicked on an icon to launch a
program that the program would only launch 1 in 5 times? I could say just
click on it a few more times and it WILL work. The icon certainly isn't
needed but, like an altenator guage on a car, does relay information that
may or may not be useful to the driver.

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> "HTFiddler" <htfiddler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1121553940.085687.179050@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Previous topic reference at microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
>> from Dec 2002 thru Jan 2003:
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=
3E0D006A.89B8
>> 2B06%40earthlink.net&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3D%2522task%2Bmanager%
2Bico
>> n%2Bmissing%2522%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26scoring%3Dd%26selm%
3D3
>> E0D006A.89B82B06%2540earthlink.net%26rnum%3D1
>>
>> Attention all MVP's at this newsgroup! This KNOWN AND REPORTED BUG has
>> been in existence for WELL OVER 2 YEARS, and:
>>
>> 1. IT STILL EXISTS!
>> 2. THERE IS STILL NO KB ARTICLE ON IT!
>>
>> This bug is present in my brand spankin' new IBM ThinkPad T43 laptop
>> which just arrived in a sealed box from the factory with Win XP Pro SP2
>> installed.
>>
>> Please note in the above linked thread at this newsgroup, message #40
>> from Microsoft's own Online Support Professional, Steven Liu, in which
>> he clearly states: "I have re-produce the bug"!!!, and yet nothing has
>> been done to date.
>>
>> Symptom:
>>
>> You open the Windows Task Manager, but sometimes the icon doesn't
>> appear in the system tray (notification area) down by the clock on the
>> Taskbar. In order to get the icon to appear, it is sometimes necessary
>> to close and reopen Task Manager several dozen times.
>>
>> Cause:
>>
>> This is a known bug in Windows XP, however it only rears its ugly head
>> when using Windows Classic. In other words, if you go to the Display
>> Properties control panel, then to the Appearance tab, on a new install
>> you will see under Windows and buttons: Windows XP style. If you
>> change that setting to: Windows Classic style, then this bug shows up.
>>
>> This raises another question:
>>
>> How are we supposed to report bugs and/or create KB articles? I have
>> been told that the mswish program is only for requested improvements &
>> enhancements. There appears to be no simple and obvious way for users
>> to submit bug reports or initiate KB articles.
>>
>> ????????????????
>>
>> Please expedite getting this bug into the KB and getting a hotfix for
>> it.
>>
>> Henry Fiddler
>>
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