Windows xp start bar problems

Corrupt entries in the Windows registry may also cause Start Menu problems. To prevent and fix these issues, you may use a good registry cleaner tool, such as RegServe to thoroughly scan and repair these problem entries. However, before you proceed with the clean up, remember to backup the registry. If you are using RegServe you need not worry about this, because the tool automatically backs up the registry before making any changes to it.

An Introduction to the Start Menu Most likely, one of first things you notice after turning on your Windows PC, is the Start button on the bottom-left corner of the screen. Causes of the Start Menu Not Working Problem Your Start menu may stop working and Desktop icons may not be visible due to one of the following problems: Your computer is infected with a virus or spyware. Some of the operating system files are corrupt. A Damaged Windows Registry.

Resolve the Windows XP Start Menu Problem Depending on the cause of the error, use one of the following methods to resolve the error message. I also have a machine that displays no taskbar, not even a double-arrow cursor on any edge where a taskbar might be. I can only get to Control Panel from a Windows Explorer desktop icon. Update: I found that the video card on the problem system supports multiple monitors and that a second monitor was enabled.

Same as others: when i minimize things they no longer go to my task bar and i cannot see where they go. I see my start menu, but it no longer shows any runninga applications. I have tried various changes, such as grouping and things. Anyone know how to get that back? Can someone take pity on me and give me a good reson and fix for this huh can someone. I have a bi problem. It is amazing!!!! I have my task bar, but I can not see the windows minimized. I do not know what to do!!!!!

Some can help me? My windows task bar is gone when I boot my machine it flashes for a second then its gone I have no desktop icons either. Hi Leo. I would like to ask u how can i change the colur f my taskbar in order to be in correspondence with the colour of the desktop? What DID work was to enable the quick launch. Windows when rebooted that time one time only see only seconds. Who to this solve. Task bar, start bar all gone.

Something int the svchost file changed it around and you were no longer ablew to see it…. Read [Steve at January 27, AM] who lost his start and task bars and systray.

It has nVidia GT dual display card. Not a problem with duality of display. You may need to select the wrong, then the original right parameter to activate the [Apply] button so you can remind it. Perhaps the big picture about a missing task bar etc. Please advise of fix to this problem.

Reply to Grumpah, my son was playing with his new pc for 1 day, next day he tells me the start bar was missing. The nview properties fix worked for me, thank you. I have lost my task bar on my windows XP. I followed your instructions and depressed Escape and Control and brought up the settings, control panel.

I opened up the task bar. It is not on auto hide and I do not have a thin line on my screen that I can stretch. It is also on unlock. This just happened a few minutes ago when I was typing an e-mail. Any other suggestions? Your start bar should come right back. That did the trick for me. I have always had my taskbar in the auto hide mode so that it stays out of the way when I do things.

Recently though, when I have a window open, internet, word or anything else the taskbar will not come back up unless I minimize the window first.

Can you help please. Thank you. I have my task bar window turned to vertical side of the desktop. How can i turn it back to horizontal default? Same problem…. I had to bring up the task bar-new task-msconfig. I was on selective startup and the boxies for win. I was doing some start up troubleshooting but I did not uncheck those boxes???? Hope this works for anyone else! Once this occurs, the partition boot sector takes over and begins loading Windows.

If the master boot record is corrupt, the partition boot sector can't do its job and Windows won't boot. If you suspect Windows XP won't boot because the master boot record has been corrupted, you can use the Recovery Console tool Fixmbr to fix it. For example, the device pathname format for a standard bootable drive C configuration would look like this:.

When Windows XP encounters a fatal error, the default setting for handling such an error is to automatically reboot the system. If the error occurs while Windows XP is booting, the operating system will become stuck in a reboot cycle--rebooting over and over instead of starting up normally.

In that case, you'll need to disable the option for automatically restarting on system failure. When Windows XP begins to boot up and you see the message Please select the operating system to start or hear the single beep, press [F8] to display the Windows Advanced Options Menu.

Now, Windows XP will hang up when it encounters the error and with any luck, it will display a stop message you can use to diagnose the problem. If you can't seem to repair a Windows XP system that won't boot and you have a recent backup, you can restore the system from the backup media. The method you use to restore the system will depend on what backup utility you used, so you'll need to follow the utility's instructions on how to perform a restore operation.

If you can't repair a Windows XP system that won't boot and you don't have a recent backup, you can perform an in-place upgrade. Doing so reinstalls the operating system into the same folder, just as if you were upgrading from one version of Windows to another.

An in-place upgrade will usually solve most, if not all, Windows boot problems. This screen will prompt you to press R to repair the selected installation or to press [Esc] to install a fresh copy of Windows XP. In this case, initiating a repair operation is synonymous with performing an in-place upgrade, so you'll need to press R. When you do so, Setup will examine the disk drives in the system.

It will then begin performing the in-place upgrade. Keep in mind that after you perform an in-place upgrade or repair installation, you must reinstall all updates to Windows. Greg Shultz is a freelance Technical Writer.