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Just to the right of the start button there is a retangle with a little white
square inside it on the far left side like an application is tunning. It
does not do anything. If you click on it it just changes color light blue to
a darker blue. Any idea what it is and how to get rid of it? Thank you
 
If you rest your mouse pointer on the icon, does a balloon tip appear to
describe the icon? What does the balloon tip say?
 
No. Nothing appears when the mouse is put over it as it does when an
application is running. It is there from boot up untill I shut the computer
down.
 
Is this icon in the "Quick Launch" bar or to the left or right of the quick launch bar?

| No. Nothing appears when the mouse is put over it as it does when an
| application is running. It is there from boot up untill I shut the computer
| down.
|
| "Leonard Grey" wrote:
|
| > If you rest your mouse pointer on the icon, does a balloon tip appear to
| > describe the icon? What does the balloon tip say?
| > ---
| > Leonard Grey
| > Errare humanum est
| >
| > cupton50 wrote:
| > > Just to the right of the start button there is a retangle with a little white
| > > square inside it on the far left side like an application is tunning. It
| > > does not do anything. If you click on it it just changes color light blue to
| > > a darker blue. Any idea what it is and how to get rid of it? Thank you
| >
 
it is just to the right of the start button. It is where it shows aplication
that are running such as "windows xp newsgroups". On the FAR right of the
bar is where the things that are loaded at startup such as nvidia settings,
trend micro, anydvd, veoh tivo, and a few others.
 
Just to the right of the start button there is a retangle with a little
white square inside it on the far left side like an application is
tunning. It does not do anything. If you click on it it just changes
color light blue to a darker blue. Any idea what it is and how to get
rid of it? Thank you
Click to expand...

Can you provide an image of the icon? Please keep the image size small.

With the "retangle with a little white square inside it" present on the
taskbar and on the monitors screen:
Press the "PrtScr" (PrintScreen) key on the keyboard.
Open "Paint" or any other graphic editing application.
In "Paint" press CTRL+V on the keyboard to paste the screen capture.
Click on any tool button on the left other then the dotted rectangle.
Click on the dotted rectangle.
If needed, scroll to where the "retangle with a little white square inside
it" is in the graphic.
Place your cursor on the upper right corner of the "retangle with a little
white square inside it".
Press/hold down the Left mouse button and drag it across/down to the bottom
left corner of the "retangle with a little white square inside it".
Press CTRL+C.
On the Menu bar click File > New.
Click the "No" button in the "Save changes to......" popup message box.
In the new file window press CTRL+V.
Click once outside of the new pasted graphic.
Place your cursor on the lower left corner of the graphic background area so
it becomes a diagonal double pointer.
Press/hold down the Left mouse and drag the background to the edge of the
graphic.
On the Menu bar click File > Save.
In the Save As window change "Save in" to your desktop, leave "File name" as
untitled, click the "Save as type" dropdown arrow, click JPEG and click
"Save".
Attach the "untitled" graphic in a response in this thread.

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Brian A. Sesko
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http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
 
It is exactly as I decribed it. If you have Explorer running and you have 3
sites you are looking at on the web it shows them in the same spot except to
the right of the one I'm talking about. Such as one of them will show the
explorer icon with Windows XP Newsgroups in the retangle. The retangle I am
talking about is empty except for a little white retangle where the icon
would be. It is where a minimized screen would go. If you still can't picture
it I will post I copy of it. I'm quite excited that this is the first time
this has ever come up in Windows XP. Maybe they will name this oddity after
me since I discovered it. lol
 
Just to the right of the start button there is a retangle with a little white
square inside it on the far left side like an application is tunning. It
does not do anything. If you click on it it just changes color light blue to
a darker blue. Any idea what it is and how to get rid of it? Thank you
Click to expand...

Right click , properties , ..........?
 
If you right click on it nothing happens. No properties.
Brian- As for getting a picture of it I don't know how. I have a
Logitech keyboard and when you hit "print screen" nothing happens. Pressing
"CTRL+V" with paint open nothing happens. I did everything you said in your
post. By the way it is one half inch to the right of the start button. At
this time to the right of the unnamed oddity are 3 more retangles--(Lycos
Mail - Windows)(Windows XP Newsgroups)(Reply - Windows Internet Explorer).
They are the exact same size as the "oddity". The only thing that is new is
a new Labtec wireless mouse usb and yes I have dissconnected it with the same
results.
 
If you do not have IrfanView, download and install the latest version and
the plugins for it from:
http://www.irfanview.com/

Once installed run it.
In IrfanView on the Menu bar click Options > Capture/Screenshot.
Select to "Capture whole screen".
Select "Hot key" for the capture method, take note of the hot key.
Select to "Show captured image in viewer".
Click the "Start" button.
Irfanview will minimize to the taskbar.
Press the hot key to capture the screen.
Irfanview will pop back up with the captured screenshot.
Place your cursor at the top-left corner of the Start button in the
screenshot.
Press/hold down the Left mouse button and drag it to a bottom-right corner
of a button ont the taskbar in the screenshot.
On the Menu bar click Edit > Cut-Selection.
On the Menu bar click Edit > Delete (Clear display).
On the Menu bar click Edit > Paste.
Save it as a .jpg (JPEG) to your desktop.
Attach it to a response in this thread.

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Brian A. Sesko
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
 
I have it as a jpeg on my desktop now. I have copied it but I can't get it
to paste in the response. The paste slection is not highlighted.
 
I see you're posting from the MS CDO web ng's which I don't use or know if
it's possible to attach a file when posting from there. It is possible to
attach a file using a mail application such as OE or Thunderbird.

To use OE for newsgroups see:
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/communities.htm#setupmsnews

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Brian A. Sesko
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
 
can you give me an email address that I can send you the picture? I don't
know what MS CDO web ng's are.
 
Placed for others to view at:
http://basconotw.mvps.org/inq3.htm

That looks like icons I've seen in Sysinternals Autoruns application that
appear to associate with "File not found", doesn't mean it is though. Have
you tried booting into Safe Mode to see if it appears on the taskbar or not?

If it doesn't appear in Safe Mode, see if any of these help track it down.
How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353/en-us

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434/en-us

How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560/en-us

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Brian A. Sesko
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
 
Well beleive it or not the "oddity" has dissappeared on its on. I just
rebooted again and boom it was gone. Thanks for all the help.
 
Well the oddity is back. #1 how do I start in safe mode? It has been years
since I have had to do that. #2 it seems to come up during boot up after the
twelth icon in the taskbar after the (Asus Realtek HD Audio Manager) icon
comes up. The oddity does not always come up. It comes up about 75% of the
time now. Also I am now get the BSOD withe the error of
"IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL". It's getting to the point that Im thinking of
fixing it with a 12 guage and building another one. This used to be my hobby
now it is my nightmare. Thanks
 
For a " boot to Safe Mode" refresher course that includes images see:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/safemode.html

Once booted into Safe Mode, have a read of the linked "Clean Boot"
articles previously provided to help track the cause and possibly resolve
the issue. Also have look at "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" articles here:
http://www.aumha.org/a/stop.php#0x0a


Brian A. Sesko
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
 
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