Blue Icon In the taskbar

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Hi all

I woke uo this morning and my anti spyware icon in my
taskbar has turned blue!!!

any ideas?

thanks in advance
 
Kev said:
Hi all

I woke uo this morning and my anti spyware icon in my
taskbar has turned blue!!!

any ideas?
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Try doing a Log Off, and log back in. I found the 'blue icon' situation as
one of the hallmarks of the Disappearing Non-Hiding or Hiding Notification
Taskbar Bug, for which the only remedy offered is Log-Off/Log-On. Really
annoying, isn't it? :(

--
Stephen Goodman
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Blue icon is caused when you RDP or fast user switch on a computer. There is
no functionality issue when the icon turns blue.

--
-steve

Steve Dodson [MSFT]
MCSE, CISSP
PSS Security

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"RDP"? What if this happens and you're not using Fast User Switching, then?
I'd already put it down to the Taskbar bug acknowledged here.

Steve Dodson said:
Blue icon is caused when you RDP or fast user switch on a computer. There
is no functionality issue when the icon turns blue.

--
-steve

Steve Dodson [MSFT]
MCSE, CISSP
PSS Security

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SP Goodman said:
Try doing a Log Off, and log back in. I found the 'blue icon' situation
as one of the hallmarks of the Disappearing Non-Hiding or Hiding
Notification Taskbar Bug, for which the only remedy offered is
Log-Off/Log-On. Really annoying, isn't it? :(

--
Stephen Goodman
* Cartoons about DVDs and Stuff
* http://www.medialinenews.com
* http://www.earthlight.net/HiddenTrack
* http://www.earthlight.net/Gallery
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This relates to either Remote Desktop, Terminal Services, Fast User
Switching running.
 
If you can demonstrate the blue Icon when 1) Fast User Switching is not
enabled on the machine and 2) you've used neither Remote Desktop nor Remote
Assistance, this would be news. Probably not significant news given that
there's no functionality issue, but interesting, anyway.

--
FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

SP Goodman said:
"RDP"? What if this happens and you're not using Fast User Switching,
then? I'd already put it down to the Taskbar bug acknowledged here.

Steve Dodson said:
Blue icon is caused when you RDP or fast user switch on a computer. There
is no functionality issue when the icon turns blue.

--
-steve

Steve Dodson [MSFT]
MCSE, CISSP
PSS Security

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SP Goodman said:
Hi all

I woke uo this morning and my anti spyware icon in my
taskbar has turned blue!!!

any ideas?

Try doing a Log Off, and log back in. I found the 'blue icon' situation
as one of the hallmarks of the Disappearing Non-Hiding or Hiding
Notification Taskbar Bug, for which the only remedy offered is
Log-Off/Log-On. Really annoying, isn't it? :(

--
Stephen Goodman
* Cartoons about DVDs and Stuff
* http://www.medialinenews.com
* http://www.earthlight.net/HiddenTrack
* http://www.earthlight.net/Gallery
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If I knew what caused the Non-Hiding Disappearing Notification Icon Bug I
guess I'd be able to replicate what happened.

When I first began experiencing the problem I posted here shortly
afterwards, thinking that it was a worm of some kind that seemed to be
selectively disabling or otherwise knocking-out Spybot S&D and MSAS - in
Spybot's case it wasn't disabled, just invisible; in MSAS' case it was
disabled, and even re-setting it from inside the program's options had no
effect.

The first manifestation of the problem began immediately after the "<"
showing that there are hidden icons turned into a Blue Square icon. The
next time I rebooted (before finding out about the Log-off/Log-on temporary
workaround), icons stopped being hidden or loaded altogether, in MSAS' case.

Bill Sanderson said:
If you can demonstrate the blue Icon when 1) Fast User Switching is not
enabled on the machine and 2) you've used neither Remote Desktop nor
Remote Assistance, this would be news. Probably not significant news
given that there's no functionality issue, but interesting, anyway.

--
FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

SP Goodman said:
"RDP"? What if this happens and you're not using Fast User Switching,
then? I'd already put it down to the Taskbar bug acknowledged here.

Steve Dodson said:
Blue icon is caused when you RDP or fast user switch on a computer.
There is no functionality issue when the icon turns blue.

--
-steve

Steve Dodson [MSFT]
MCSE, CISSP
PSS Security

--

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rights.
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originated.

Hi all

I woke uo this morning and my anti spyware icon in my
taskbar has turned blue!!!

any ideas?

Try doing a Log Off, and log back in. I found the 'blue icon'
situation as one of the hallmarks of the Disappearing Non-Hiding or
Hiding Notification Taskbar Bug, for which the only remedy offered is
Log-Off/Log-On. Really annoying, isn't it? :(

--
Stephen Goodman
* Cartoons about DVDs and Stuff
* http://www.medialinenews.com
* http://www.earthlight.net/HiddenTrack
* http://www.earthlight.net/Gallery
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