We just had MS XP Home installed on our Dell computer. In the task bar near
the clock, the pop up text for several of the icons is hidden behind the task
bar. You can see just the top of the box, but not the text. Other icons
have the text pop up show clearly in front of the task bar. Any help on
getting the others to show? Thanks

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JBB

Mine will do that after making changes to the Taskbar or User Accounts but
after restarting the computer they will go back to normal.
Maybe someone can explain why.

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Good Day
River Rat




"JB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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We just had MS XP Home installed on our Dell computer. In the task bar near
the clock, the pop up text for several of the icons is hidden behind the
task
bar. You can see just the top of the box, but not the text. Other icons
have the text pop up show clearly in front of the task bar. Any help on
getting the others to show? Thanks

--
JBB

Thank you - you were correct. Now after a reboot it works fine - another MS
mystery, I guess.

"River_Rat" wrote:

> Mine will do that after making changes to the Taskbar or User Accounts but
> after restarting the computer they will go back to normal.
> Maybe someone can explain why.
>
> --
> Good Day
> River Rat
>
>
>
>
> "JB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4E080FCB-34CA-4D5A-BE40-(E-Mail Removed)...
> We just had MS XP Home installed on our Dell computer. In the task bar near
> the clock, the pop up text for several of the icons is hidden behind the
> task
> bar. You can see just the top of the box, but not the text. Other icons
> have the text pop up show clearly in front of the task bar. Any help on
> getting the others to show? Thanks
>
> --
> JBB
>
>
>

JBB,

This information from MVP Wesley Vogel should help:

<Quote>

Not really. This is a known problem. Either reboot or open the Task
Manager...

Ctrl + Shift + Escape | Processes tab | Locate and highlight
explorer.exe | Right click explorer.exe | End Process | Answer
Yes | File | New Task (Run...) | Type: explorer | OK

End Task on explorer.exe will make your Desktop and all programs disappear.
Restarting explorer will bring everything back.

</Quote>

Ref: http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?hl...0microsoft.com


Also see this from Raymond Chen [MS]
http://weblogs.asp.net/oldnewthing/a...27/143042.aspx

Q: "why the taskbar or the tray or taskbar toolbars sometimes lose their always on top setting and their tooltips show behind top level windows"

A: It's not that the taskbar loses always-on-top; it's that there are two always-on-top windows, the tooltip and the taskbar, and they end up fighting with each other.

More insight - from David Candy:
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?hl...author%3Acandy

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"JB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:4E080FCB-34CA-4D5A-BE40-(E-Mail Removed)...
We just had MS XP Home installed on our Dell computer. In the task bar near
the clock, the pop up text for several of the icons is hidden behind the task
bar. You can see just the top of the box, but not the text. Other icons
have the text pop up show clearly in front of the task bar. Any help on
getting the others to show? Thanks

--
JBB

I would think Logoff and logging back on should do it.

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"River_Rat" <nospam@nospam> wrote in message
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> Mine will do that after making changes to the Taskbar or User
> Accounts but after restarting the computer they will go back to
> normal.
> Maybe someone can explain why.
>
> --
> Good Day
> River Rat
>
> "JB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4E080FCB-34CA-4D5A-BE40-(E-Mail Removed)...
> We just had MS XP Home installed on our Dell computer. In the task
> bar near the clock, the pop up text for several of the icons is
> hidden behind the task
> bar. You can see just the top of the box, but not the text. Other
> icons have the text pop up show clearly in front of the task bar.
> Any help on getting the others to show? Thanks

L I B! I had the same problem and Ramesh's post showed me how to fix it in
about ten seconds.
--
Gary


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> JBB,
>
> This information from MVP Wesley Vogel should help:
>
> <Quote>
>
> Not really. This is a known problem. Either reboot or open the Task
> Manager...
>
> Ctrl + Shift + Escape | Processes tab | Locate and highlight
> explorer.exe | Right click explorer.exe | End Process | Answer
> Yes | File | New Task (Run...) | Type: explorer | OK
>
> End Task on explorer.exe will make your Desktop and all programs disappear.
> Restarting explorer will bring everything back.
>
> </Quote>
>
> Ref: http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?hl...0microsoft.com
>
>
> Also see this from Raymond Chen [MS]
> http://weblogs.asp.net/oldnewthing/a...27/143042.aspx
>
> Q: "why the taskbar or the tray or taskbar toolbars sometimes lose their always on top setting and their tooltips show behind top level windows"
>
> A: It's not that the taskbar loses always-on-top; it's that there are two always-on-top windows, the tooltip and the taskbar, and they end up fighting with each other.
>
> More insight - from David Candy:
> http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?hl...author%3Acandy
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "JB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:4E080FCB-34CA-4D5A-BE40-(E-Mail Removed)...
> We just had MS XP Home installed on our Dell computer. In the task bar near
> the clock, the pop up text for several of the icons is hidden behind the task
> bar. You can see just the top of the box, but not the text. Other icons
> have the text pop up show clearly in front of the task bar. Any help on
> getting the others to show? Thanks
>
> --
> JBB
>

Thanks for the feedback, Gary.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Gary" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5BCB6884-7C7C-4677-9CE5-(E-Mail Removed)...
L I B! I had the same problem and Ramesh's post showed me how to fix it in
about ten seconds.
--
Gary


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> JBB,
>
> This information from MVP Wesley Vogel should help:
>
> <Quote>
>
> Not really. This is a known problem. Either reboot or open the Task
> Manager...
>
> Ctrl + Shift + Escape | Processes tab | Locate and highlight
> explorer.exe | Right click explorer.exe | End Process | Answer
> Yes | File | New Task (Run...) | Type: explorer | OK
>
> End Task on explorer.exe will make your Desktop and all programs
> disappear.
> Restarting explorer will bring everything back.
>
> </Quote>
>
> Ref:
> http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?hl...0microsoft.com
>
>
> Also see this from Raymond Chen [MS]
> http://weblogs.asp.net/oldnewthing/a...27/143042.aspx
>
> Q: "why the taskbar or the tray or taskbar toolbars sometimes lose their
> always on top setting and their tooltips show behind top level windows"
>
> A: It's not that the taskbar loses always-on-top; it's that there are two
> always-on-top windows, the tooltip and the taskbar, and they end up
> fighting with each other.
>
> More insight - from David Candy:
> http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?hl...author%3Acandy
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org