Taskbar is missing following VirusScan

[Guest]

My friend has XP Home Edition (SP1). It has McAfee but had not been updated
in months (Microsoft or McAfee) and it was loaded with viruses. After getting
McAfee updated, I ran a scan and it found and cleaned dozens of memory
viruses, trojans, and potentially un-wanted programs. It looked like it
cleaned them successfully, but then upon rebooting, the taskbar is gone. Not
hidden; Gone. I can't resize it and CTRL-ESC doesn't bring it up. The only
way I could safely shut down the PC is to bring up the Task Mgr and select
Shut-Down from there.

I contacted McAfee, but all they told me to do was uninstall and Re-install
Security Center. Since the PC is not at my house, I can't do anything yet.
But it sounds to me like some Windows system files were either corrupted
and/or deleted.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

--- Gary

 

[Taurarian]

Perhaps one of these may assist:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q318027
Taskbar Is Missing When You Log On to Windows


Restore Taskbar and Desktop to Default Functionality (Line 164)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Restore Taskbar to default settings (Line 99)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm




Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm