minimized programs in taskbar

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Cliff Bristow

The Dell laptop (Inspiron 8100) at the office has WinXP
Pro and whenever you minimize a program it is not showing
up in the taskbar. The only way to retrieve and maximize
the program back to its original state is to go into task
manager and pull it up that way. Did a search on the net
and could only pull up a similar problem with Win98
machines. Tried the Win98 solution (said to delete a
WinSRV file from "Add/Remove Programs" in Control Panel
but found no file named "WinSRV". There are many people
who use this computer and someone could have downloaded a
rogue program or changed a setting. Am unable to find it
and feel I'm missing something (probably right in front
of my face, but, I can't see it). Anybody have any ideas
as to why these programs are not showing up?
 
See if this helps.
Joan
I suspect that you have installed the FriendsGreeting worm which in addition
to sending unsolicited e-mails to everyone in your address book (something
you
will have agreed to when you installed this worm) also has the unpleasant
side
effect you are seeing of removing minimised applications from the task bar.
More information on this worm and how to remove it may be obtained from the
sites listed below.

FriendsGreetings worm.
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_FRIENDG
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.friendgreet.worm
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Hi Cliff,

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Tip 240: Programs Aren't minimized in the Taskbar

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The Dell laptop (Inspiron 8100) at the office has WinXP
Pro and whenever you minimize a program it is not showing
up in the taskbar. The only way to retrieve and maximize
the program back to its original state is to go into task
manager and pull it up that way. Did a search on the net
and could only pull up a similar problem with Win98
machines. Tried the Win98 solution (said to delete a
WinSRV file from "Add/Remove Programs" in Control Panel
but found no file named "WinSRV". There are many people
who use this computer and someone could have downloaded a
rogue program or changed a setting. Am unable to find it
and feel I'm missing something (probably right in front
of my face, but, I can't see it). Anybody have any ideas
as to why these programs are not showing up?
 
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