hovering over clock

[dave]

hi

a handy feature in windows (xp) is that when i hover the mouse cursor over
the clock in the bottom right corner, i get a little yellow box showing the
date.

but, sometimes, this doesn't happen

can anybody tell me why ??

thanks , dave

 

[richard]

hi

a handy feature in windows (xp) is that when i hover the mouse cursor over
the clock in the bottom right corner, i get a little yellow box showing the
date.

but, sometimes, this doesn't happen

can anybody tell me why ??

thanks , dave

I think this is a bug in XP. Same problem here.

 

[Phil Weldon]

'dave' wrote:
| a handy feature in windows (xp) is that when i hover the mouse cursor over
| the clock in the bottom right corner, i get a little yellow box showing
the
| date.
|
| but, sometimes, this doesn't happen
|
| can anybody tell me why ??
_____

It is a bug. The symptom and work-arounds have been posted in several
different threads of this newsgroup just in April.

Phil Weldon

| hi
|
| a handy feature in windows (xp) is that when i hover the mouse cursor over
| the clock in the bottom right corner, i get a little yellow box showing
the
| date.
|
| but, sometimes, this doesn't happen
|
| can anybody tell me why ??
|
| thanks , dave
|
|

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Tooltips behind the Taskbar

This is a known problem. A couple of ways to band-aid this. Reboot or
logoff and log back on. Hide the Taskbar then show it again.

Or kill explorer.exe and restart it.

Open Task Manager...
Ctrl + Shift + Escape | Processes tab | Right click explorer.exe |
Select: End Process | Click Yes to Warning | Click File |
Click New Task (Run...) | Type: explorer | Click OK

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

Microsoft has come out with a KB article. Unfortunately the KB article does
not offer any real reason for the CAUSE, or a fix.

Tooltips for some taskbar icons are hidden behind the taskbar on a Windows
XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=912650

Here's another method, I mean band-aid.

Click Start
Click All Programs
Right-click ANY folder OR shortcut that appears ABOVE the taskbar
Click Sort by Name
from...
Tooltips behind taskbar - FIXED! (Or not)
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mi...tvc=1&q=tooltip+behind&hl=en#8fcf735bff473a64

Somebody posted a program that they created that supposedly fixes the
problem for 9.95 USD. Not worth 10 bucks to me.

I am *not* recommending this program, but here ya are..

[[ Check out this web site for more information and a fix:
http://www.acquaviva.us/tooltipmanager

Tool Tip Manager specifically fixes this problem by looking at various
taskbar window messages and resetting the tooltip's "topmost" window
style automatically as needed.

Regards,

Nick Acquaviva]]
from...
Tooltips behind taskbar - FIXED!
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...nsubject:FIXED!&rnum=1&hl=en#3cb1244c1c472bd4


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[dave]

Tooltips behind the Taskbar

This is a known problem. A couple of ways to band-aid this. Reboot or
logoff and log back on. Hide the Taskbar then show it again.

Or kill explorer.exe and restart it.

Open Task Manager...
Ctrl + Shift + Escape | Processes tab | Right click explorer.exe |
Select: End Process | Click Yes to Warning | Click File |
Click New Task (Run...) | Type: explorer | Click OK

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

Microsoft has come out with a KB article. Unfortunately the KB article
does
not offer any real reason for the CAUSE, or a fix.

Tooltips for some taskbar icons are hidden behind the taskbar on a Windows
XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=912650

Here's another method, I mean band-aid.

Click Start
Click All Programs
Right-click ANY folder OR shortcut that appears ABOVE the taskbar
Click Sort by Name
from...
Tooltips behind taskbar - FIXED! (Or not)
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mi...tvc=1&q=tooltip+behind&hl=en#8fcf735bff473a64

Somebody posted a program that they created that supposedly fixes the
problem for 9.95 USD. Not worth 10 bucks to me.

I am *not* recommending this program, but here ya are..

[[ Check out this web site for more information and a fix:
http://www.acquaviva.us/tooltipmanager

Tool Tip Manager specifically fixes this problem by looking at various
taskbar window messages and resetting the tooltip's "topmost" window
style automatically as needed.

Regards,

Nick Acquaviva]]
from...
Tooltips behind taskbar - FIXED!
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...nsubject:FIXED!&rnum=1&hl=en#3cb1244c1c472bd4


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

thank you wesley great stuff

seems the easiest is to go start , programs, sort by name
- appears to bring xp back to its senses

thx for the detailed reply
dave

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Even though I have a calendar on the wall, that all I have to do is turn my
head to the right to see it, I still seem to hover over the clock to see the
date. That is the only tool/balloon tip I ever look at. And wouldn't you
know it, when I want to see the date, you guessed it.

Keep having fun, Dave. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Tooltips behind the Taskbar

This is a known problem. A couple of ways to band-aid this. Reboot or
logoff and log back on. Hide the Taskbar then show it again.

Or kill explorer.exe and restart it.

Open Task Manager...
Ctrl + Shift + Escape | Processes tab | Right click explorer.exe |
Select: End Process | Click Yes to Warning | Click File |
Click New Task (Run...) | Type: explorer | Click OK

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

Microsoft has come out with a KB article. Unfortunately the KB article
does
not offer any real reason for the CAUSE, or a fix.

Tooltips for some taskbar icons are hidden behind the taskbar on a
Windows XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=912650

Here's another method, I mean band-aid.

Click Start
Click All Programs
Right-click ANY folder OR shortcut that appears ABOVE the taskbar
Click Sort by Name
from...
Tooltips behind taskbar - FIXED! (Or not)
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mi...tvc=1&q=tooltip+behind&hl=en#8fcf735bff473a64

Somebody posted a program that they created that supposedly fixes the
problem for 9.95 USD. Not worth 10 bucks to me.

I am *not* recommending this program, but here ya are..

[[ Check out this web site for more information and a fix:
http://www.acquaviva.us/tooltipmanager

Tool Tip Manager specifically fixes this problem by looking at various
taskbar window messages and resetting the tooltip's "topmost" window
style automatically as needed.

Regards,

Nick Acquaviva]]
from...
Tooltips behind taskbar - FIXED!
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...nsubject:FIXED!&rnum=1&hl=en#3cb1244c1c472bd4


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

thank you wesley great stuff

seems the easiest is to go start , programs, sort by name
- appears to bring xp back to its senses

thx for the detailed reply
dave