re: Taskbar Issues
Thursday, January 6, 2005 at 3:46 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by matt
(876 messages posted)
NEVER disable your firewall and antivirus if you are connected to the net. And never
listen to anyone that would tell you to disable them.
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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