Taskbar location

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My taskbar is on the top of my screen and won't move. Can't drag right
click,etc.
In its place at the bottom of the screen is a white i/2 inch space. If I
try to move the white, I freeze. Any suggestions?
 
In dummy had this to say:

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My taskbar is on the top of my screen and won't move. Can't drag
right click,etc.
In its place at the bottom of the screen is a white i/2 inch space.
If I try to move the white, I freeze. Any suggestions?
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Right click on the taskbar and select unlock and then try to move it back
into place. When you've got it dragged back into place right click the task
bar again and lock it again.

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Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
 
Sorry Galen, but it didn't work.

Galen said:
In dummy had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:


Right click on the taskbar and select unlock and then try to move it back
into place. When you've got it dragged back into place right click the task
bar again and lock it again.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
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dummy said:
Sorry Galen, but it didn't work.
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Possibly you've locked your Desktop. Go to the Display applet in Control
Panel and look on the Desktop tab. Click on Customize Desktop, and then
click on the Web tab. You will see that there are checkmarks next to
"My Current Home Page" and probably "Lock Desktop Items". Uncheck
these, Apply/OK out. Then try to move the Taskbar per Galen's good
advice.

Malke
 
In Malke had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Possibly you've locked your Desktop. Go to the Display applet in
Control Panel and look on the Desktop tab. Click on Customize
Desktop, and then click on the Web tab. You will see that there are
checkmarks next to "My Current Home Page" and probably "Lock Desktop
Items". Uncheck these, Apply/OK out. Then try to move the Taskbar per
Galen's good advice.

Malke
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And if what Malke wrote doesn't do the last of it then... Hmm... (This is
more a question to Malke.) What are the off-chances of it being a dorked
malware install that sent the taskbar to the top and then tried to load
something as the desktop - thus the white space at the bottom? That's the
part that made me a bit curious as to the "normal" fix working or not. There
isn't normally a white space at the bottom or at least there hasn't been any
time I've had the kids over... I realize it is a long shot but... Hmm... The
white space at the bottom throws me off.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
 
Galen said:
In Malke had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:


And if what Malke wrote doesn't do the last of it then... Hmm...
(This is more a question to Malke.) What are the off-chances of it
being a dorked malware install that sent the taskbar to the top and
then tried to load something as the desktop - thus the white space at
the bottom? That's the part that made me a bit curious as to the
"normal" fix working or not. There isn't normally a white space at
the bottom or at least there hasn't been any time I've had the kids
over... I realize it is a long shot but... Hmm... The white space at
the bottom throws me off.
Click to expand...


The white space on the bottom *is* odd, and is why I didn't contribute to
this thread earlier. But I wonder if the white space at the bottom is just
an anomaly of the video driver. I'd like to ask "dummy" if that white space
survives rebooting, or disappears after rebooting.

I'm going to guess that it goes away when you reboot, and I'd like to
suggest the following: follow Galen's original advice, but don't drag the
task bar directly to the bottom of the screen. Drag it to one side first,
and then to the bottom.
 
Ken:

He should also check to see if they are using a Widescreen Resolution width.
Also, did they try right-click on the white space to see if Windows thinks
it's a toolbar, and all they have to do is Close Toolbar?
 
Could this be improperly set resolution, refresh rate or timing? Have
you recently adjusted any of these? Please provide details about your
monitor, video card, and video drivers.

monitor make:
model:
resolution:
video card make:
model:
video driver version:
etc..
 
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Local Disk (non-partitioned) WDC WD600BB-75CAA0

(C:) Capacity - 55.87 GB
Used: 7.34 GB
Free: 48.52 GB






Display
Type: Plug and Play Monitor
Color: True Color (32 Bit)
Resolution: 1024 x 768
Screen Saver: Active


Modem
Manufacturer: Unknown
Model: BCM V.92 56K Modem
Driver: Unknown


USB Controller
Manufacturer: Intel
Model: Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C2
Driver: usbuhci.sys
Thursday, July 31, 2003
Not Supported

USB Controller
Manufacturer: Intel
Model: Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C4
Driver: usbuhci.sys
Thursday, July 31, 2003
Not Supported

USB Controller
Manufacturer: Intel
Model: Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C7
Driver: usbuhci.sys
Thursday, July 31, 2003
Not Supported

USB Controller
Manufacturer: Intel
Model: Intel(r) 82801DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD
Driver: usbehci.sys
Tuesday, September 03, 2002
Not Supported


CD-ROM Drive (D:)
Manufacturer: (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Model: Lite-On LTN486S 48x Max
Driver: cdrom.sys
Tuesday, September 03, 2002
Not Supported

CD-ROM Drive (E:)
Manufacturer: (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Model: _NEC CD-RW NR-9100A
Driver: cdrom.sys
Tuesday, September 03, 2002
Not Supported


Video Card
Model: Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller
Driver: ialmnt5.sys
Thursday, July 31, 2003
Not Supported


Sound Card
Manufacturer: Analog Devices, Inc.
Model: SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
Driver: smwdm.sys
Thursday, July 31, 2003
Not Supported


Network Card
Model: Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Driver: bcm4sbxp.sys
Thursday, July 31, 2003
Not Supported


Floppy Drive (A:)
Installed


Memory (RAM)
Capacity: 256 MB



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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005
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Friday, August 01, 2003
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