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November 6th, 2001 16:00

TASK BAR ICONS

Since installing Windows XP on my Dimension 8100 the same Task Bar Icons(next to the clock on the right) don't appear upon reboot. Out of four total, Norton Anti-Virus 2002 and Windows Messaging are always available. HP Desk Jet and Dell Solution are always never there. When this happens I can go directly to that icons target, click on it, and nothing happens. Tried going to msconfig, and unchecking and rechecking one by one, all the startup icons. At first if I unchecked Norton, the HP icon would appear. Then after a number of reboots, the HP icon disappeared. Playing around with Norton in startup did nothing. Next I found that by unchecking Windows Messaging in startup that the HP icon would reappear as would Dell's. Now both HP and Dell's icon are gone. It doesn't appear this is directly related to a particular item in startup. Any directions would be most appreciated.

Thanks

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    Zupe

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    Posted November 6th, 2001 16:00

    I had this exact problem after upgrading to XP from Windows 98SE and running the conversion utility to convert the drive to NTFS after the upgrade (assuming the icons aren't hidden as suggested above). Unfortunately, the only way I found to resolve this was to eventually do a clean install.







































    Dimension XPS B1000r (Bios v. A08)
    256MB RDRAM
    Windows XP Home Edition
    IBM 45GB ATA66 HD
    NEC 12x DVD-Rom Drive
    Sony 8X/4X/32X CD-RW
    Dell FP1701 Flat Panel Display
    NVIDIA 64MB GeForce 2 GTS (Det. 3 v21.83 Drivers)
    3COM 56k "Hawk" Modem
    TB Santa Cruz Sound Card
    Altec Lansing ADA 885 Speakers
    Epson 610u Scanner
    HP 952C Printer

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    danmyhre

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    Posted November 6th, 2001 16:00

    Check to see if there is a small arrow on the left of the task bar...Windows XP can hide inactive icons so you don't have to see then all..

    If you want to see them, right click the task bar area and choose properties...then uncheck the box that says "Hide inactive icons" at the bottom.

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    rbliss

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    Posted November 6th, 2001 17:00

    Unfortunately they're not hidden. Someone else on this site had a problem with Desktop Icons and it was suggested there was a Desktop Icon Cache file that might have gotten corrupt. It would be nice if a solution similar to this was available.

    Any thoughts? I'm not going to attempt a clean install. I haven't the patience.

    Just found another way. Go to Control Panel...User Accounts..Change the way users log on or off...then uncheck the box next to Use the Welcome Window. When you reboot all the Task Bar Icons appear, and stay there.
    Does this mean that Microsoft will have to work up a patch to enable things to work using the Welcome Window?

    Lastly now when the system boots a window appears asking for a password. I just hit enter and the boot continues. Is there a way to stop that little window from appearing each time the system starts?


    Message Edited on 11/06/01 03:53PM by rbliss
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    Adelec

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    Posted November 6th, 2001 20:00

    have the same problems i finally got sound, network and remove hardware safely to show by clicking at least one item in the msconfig. but i would like the task manager to show and it wont. I also want to be able to see the hidden icons and used to have the arrow button but that has gone. do not know how to get it back.

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