Taskbar and Start Menu Windows XP

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Dick

On my daughters laptop, we cannot access the Taskbar or
start menu. When I go to control panel to try and open
that section - it will not open. The Taskbar and start
menu were visible earlier but now is off the screen (and
2 little blue lines show up. We can access everything
else on the desktop and can enter programs via Windows
Explorer. This seems to be some kind of lock out but I
am clueless on what to do next - as we have tried most
avenues several times.

Thanks,

Dick
 
On my daughters laptop, we cannot access the Taskbar or
start menu. When I go to control panel to try and open
that section - it will not open. The Taskbar and start
menu were visible earlier but now is off the screen (and
2 little blue lines show up. We can access everything
else on the desktop and can enter programs via Windows
Explorer. This seems to be some kind of lock out but I
am clueless on what to do next - as we have tried most
avenues several times.

Thanks,

Dick
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Dick,

If you carefully position the mouse pointer over those two little blue
lines, then hold down the left mouse button, the cursor should change
to a double headed arrow. If you drag the arrow up, the taskbar
should move back up too.

If that doesn't work, check in Settings - Control Panel - Taskbar, and
make sure "Lock the taskbar" isn't checked.

Cheers,

Chuck
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