taskbar apps vanished xp

[Guest]

I know I'm not the only one to have this problem,but when I minimize an
application it fails to appear on the taskbar,and I have to access them
through alt+tab.
Now before you tell me to go to http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
to get the fix,I am having trouble accessing this site and many others,for
example www.majorgeeks.com.
I have run a full virus with NOD32,spybot,adaware,and removed everything
found.
All the links I've found for Taskbar repair plus tool lead to Kellys,so what
can I do?,and why can't I access Kelly-Korner?
thanks

 

[Malke]

I know I'm not the only one to have this problem,but when I minimize
an application it fails to appear on the taskbar,and I have to access
them through alt+tab.
Now before you tell me to go to
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm to get the fix,I am
having trouble accessing this site and many others,for example
www.majorgeeks.com. I have run a full virus with
NOD32,spybot,adaware,and removed everything found.
All the links I've found for Taskbar repair plus tool lead to
Kellys,so what can I do?,and why can't I access Kelly-Korner?
thanks

Check your hosts file; it may have been compromised by the malware you
had on your system.

1. In XP's Search preferences, set the files and folders handling to
Advanced, and then check the box that will make Search look in hidden
files/folders.
2. Now enter the search term "hosts" without the quotes.
3. You will get several hosts and lmhosts files. Double-click each one
to open it. When you do this, you'll get a Windows dialog box saying
that Windows cannot open this file, do you want to use the web or
select from a list to find the proper program. Choose "select from a
list" and highlight Notepad. Make sure the box to always use this
program to open this type of file is not checked.
4. Now carefully examine the file. Lines that begin with a # are
comments and don't count. Leave them alone. Unless you know you use a
proxy server to get to the Internet or you added entries yourself, the
only uncommented entry that should be there is:

127.0.0.1 localhost

If you see any other entries, delete them and Save the file. Make sure
you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the window if there is a
scrollbar. Do this for each file you found. Now you should be able to
get to antivirus and spyware-fighting websites.

Malke