Windows XP taskbar freezes-unresponsive

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Guest

Hi

I am having a problem with the taskbar in Windows. Every now and again it
does not respond to input ie clicking on the start button, right clicking
etc. The OS is not frozen, clicking on the desktop works OK.

Eventually the taskbar begins responding again and all the previous attempts
to access the taskbar occur at the same time ie start menu
opens/closes/opens/closes etc.

I have had the task manager open when this has occured and the system does
not show any activity (CPU usage 0-1%).

Any help would be appreciated.
 
A

Ayush

If you manage to solve this, tell me too. I have exactly same problem.

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Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
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| Hi
|
| I am having a problem with the taskbar in Windows. Every now and again it
| does not respond to input ie clicking on the start button, right clicking
| etc. The OS is not frozen, clicking on the desktop works OK.
|
| Eventually the taskbar begins responding again and all the previous
attempts
| to access the taskbar occur at the same time ie start menu
| opens/closes/opens/closes etc.
|
| I have had the task manager open when this has occured and the system does
| not show any activity (CPU usage 0-1%).
|
| Any help would be appreciated.
 
G

Guest

Hi,
I too just had a similar problem (go to this post :
Taskbar & startup menu not working & read my problem) & spent all day
yesterday working on it. Some of the suggestions at least helped me at least
to get into my Msconfig. I too didn't have any action on the Taskbar, all I
had was the busy signal when I would move my mouse over it. I had tried
different Restore points & Goback & nothing worked, I must have rebooted my
computer about 50 times with all the trials.
Anyway, I tried booting into Safe Mode & it worked, so I figured it had to
be something that loads up normally. I finally just played with the config
files by first trying Diagnostic mode/startup & then using Selective startup
by unselecting & then selecting items in the Services tab & also Startup tab
& finally managed to turn off the right item that was messing up my taskbar.
Since then it's works fine again.
I still have to uninstall whatever it was somehow that was messing it up but
at least it works. I hope this makes sense.
Dukesfan
 
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M

undisclosed said:
I am having this too. I can move the mouse to other programs on my task
bar but the clicks are unresponsive. When this happens, I can also not
move the task bar.

I get get around the unresponsive taskbar by
1) Using ALT + Tab to move between programs.
2) Using Ctrl + ALT + Delete to start up the Task Manager, after which
the task bar becomes responsive again.

But then after a while the task manager becomes unresponsive again.

I have checked for viruses but apparently there are none in my system
(according to more than one program) but perhaps it is a hidden virus.

I have used the task manager & services console to turn off as many
services as I could. I have not located the service/program that is
causing the problem. I am glad that I have been able to delete some
unwanted services, but at the same time I do not want to delete too
many.

In Vista apparently there is something called GDI object leak
(Graphical display objects are not mapped properly by the system, and so
clicking them does not work, and microsoft has published a fix for it).
There have been some updates to windows lately so there is an outside
chance that it is a Windows problem.

Any help greatefully recieved.

Should I do a highjack this and send it somewhere?
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The time you've taken to try and fix XP is more than it would have taken
to reinstall XP, the only sure way to know you're malware free.

M
 
M

M

undisclosed said:
Hmm...I have done a lot of things to my desktop, taskbar, quick launch
bar, start bar, IME...Will these things remain changed after a repair?

More than one different types of anti virus software tell me that I am
malware free.
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Malware are not just viruses. I would back up my data and reinstall, not
repair, if I were you.

M
 

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