My Start menu moved!

[Guest]

Hi, I'm a bit embarrassed really! I don't know how, possibly someone used my
pc while I was out and now my start menu/toolbar thingy has moved from being
horizontally along the bottom of the screen, to being vertical on the left
hand side.It makes browsing annoying as I no longer have the full width of
the screen and no searches of the help files or anywhere else seem to answer
my problem.
I'm a bit of a noob at these issues, so any help/insight would be greatly
appreciated!
Thanks in advance.

 

[David Candy]

My Taskbar has Moved
a.. The taskbar is locked by default in XP, other operating system may or may not be locked. Right click a blank area of the taskbar, choose Lock The Taskbar on the menu if it is already ticked, else press escape or click away from the menu.
b.. Press Ctrl + Esc to open the Start Menu
c.. Press Esc to close the Start Menu but leaves it selected
d.. Press Alt + Space to open the System Menu for a window
e.. Press M to select Move (the M is underlined) on the System Menu
f.. then press an arrow key till the mouse cursor is in the middle, then down arrow till it reaches the bottom. Watch the mouse cursor as the taskbar snaps so won't do anything till the mouse cursor is 1/2 way. Note the arrow keys are moving the mouse cursor not the mouse.
g.. press Enter to accept changes or Esc to cancel the move.
The taskbar can also be dragged with the mouse unless it locked.

 

[Guest]

Hi stevo,
just right click on the toolbar and make sure it does not had a check mark
on the option of "lock my taslbar" and if it does just left click will do the
trick to take it off
once remode, you drag the taskbar anywhere you please.
hope this will help.

thank you
Jose