re: Taskbar Issues
Thursday, January 6, 2005 at 3:01 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by rob
(721 messages posted)
Does this happen when your anti-virus or firewall is
disabled?
Also, what apps would you have open - which flash and have difficulty opening?
On Thursday, January 6, 2005 at 2:40 pm, Alena wrote:
>This is one of the weirdest problems I've encountered with my computer, and I can't
>seem to trace it to anything or fix it.
>
>My taskbar is totally acting up and I find it more than annoying. The quick launch
>and notification areas seem to work fine, but I'm having major issues with open
windows/applications.
> As an example, I have three windows open right now, and they are displayed in the
>taskbar. The current window's tab is highlighted as normal. When I click on another
>window's tab, instead of opening that window, the tab flashes orange. After about
>five seconds, it stays solid orange. When I click on the orange tab, the window
>does not appear. Clicking on any other tab only causes it to flash orange, too,
>without opening the window. In order to stop the madness, or if I want to use
the
>taskbar to get to another program, I have to minimize all the windows but the one
>I want.
>
>I'm able to open already minimized windows and it works the way it's supposed to,
>but that's where the working-like-it's-supposed-to ends. I'm very frustrated and
>annoyed.. I tried searching for my problem but I'm not even sure what to search
for!
>
>I fiddled around in Taskbar Properties, restarted.. I just noticed this problem
today
>after the installation of a Wi-Fi adapter and new software/drivers for it.
>
>Please help me!
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Alena
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