Taskbar and Start Button Has Disappeared - Help, Please!

[Ken]

Hi,
I had asked for help on 9/9 about my Taskbar and Start
Button not showing up at all on my Desktop in two of my
XP accounts. I had gotten a link as follows for a
downloadable fix:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
(go to line 117)
It seemed to be exactly what I needed, but it did not
work when I downloaded and installed it. Now the Taskbar
and Start Button is missing from ALL of my accounts in
XP. I actually would not mind fixing XP by reinstalling
it, but I don't have an XP disk because it came
preinstalled with my laptop. Can you please advise on
another solution?

Again, any help is appreciated.
Ken

[Leon]

Ken" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> I had asked for help on 9/9 about my Taskbar and Start
> Button not showing up at all on my Desktop in two of my
> XP accounts. I had gotten a link as follows for a
> downloadable fix:
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
> (go to line 117)
> It seemed to be exactly what I needed, but it did not
> work when I downloaded and installed it. Now the Taskbar
> and Start Button is missing from ALL of my accounts in
> XP. I actually would not mind fixing XP by reinstalling
> it, but I don't have an XP disk because it came
> preinstalled with my laptop. Can you please advise on
> another solution?
>
> Again, any help is appreciated.
> Ken

Taskbar Is Missing When You Log On to Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318027

Leon

[Ken]

Leon, thanks but I went to this particular article
first. Still no luck, which is why I was hoping there's
another fix. Any ideas?




>-----Original Message-----
>Ken" > wrote in message
...
>> Hi,
>> I had asked for help on 9/9 about my Taskbar and Start
>> Button not showing up at all on my Desktop in two of my
>> XP accounts. I had gotten a link as follows for a
>> downloadable fix:
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>> (go to line 117)
>> It seemed to be exactly what I needed, but it did not
>> work when I downloaded and installed it. Now the
Taskbar
>> and Start Button is missing from ALL of my accounts in
>> XP. I actually would not mind fixing XP by
reinstalling
>> it, but I don't have an XP disk because it came
>> preinstalled with my laptop. Can you please advise on
>> another solution?
>>
>> Again, any help is appreciated.
>> Ken
>
>Taskbar Is Missing When You Log On to Windows
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;318027
>
>Leon
>
>
>.
>

[Leon]

"Ken" > wrote in message
...
> Leon, thanks but I went to this particular article
> first. Still no luck, which is why I was hoping there's
> another fix. Any ideas?
>
If you press Ctrl+Esc do you get the Start menu?

If so, click Settings/Control Panel/Taskbar and Start Menu.

Be sure the "Auto-hide the taskbar" is not checked and that "Keep the
taskbar on top of other windows" is checked..

Leon

[Ken]

Sorry Leon,
I do not get the Start Menu when I hit Ctrl+Esc.
The Taskbar is now missing from all of my XP accounts
(they were missing on two accounts, now they're missing
on all three accounts).
Anything else to try?
Thanks,
Ken

>-----Original Message-----
>"Ken" > wrote in message
...
>> Leon, thanks but I went to this particular article
>> first. Still no luck, which is why I was hoping
there's
>> another fix. Any ideas?
>>
>If you press Ctrl+Esc do you get the Start menu?
>
>If so, click Settings/Control Panel/Taskbar and Start
Menu.
>
>Be sure the "Auto-hide the taskbar" is not checked and
that "Keep the
>taskbar on top of other windows" is checked..
>
>Leon
>
>
>.
>

[Leon]

"Ken" > wrote in message
...
> Sorry Leon,
> I do not get the Start Menu when I hit Ctrl+Esc.
> The Taskbar is now missing from all of my XP accounts
> (they were missing on two accounts, now they're missing
> on all three accounts).
> Anything else to try?
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >"Ken" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Leon, thanks but I went to this particular article
> >> first. Still no luck, which is why I was hoping
> there's
> >> another fix. Any ideas?
> >>
> >If you press Ctrl+Esc do you get the Start menu?
> >
> >If so, click Settings/Control Panel/Taskbar and Start
> Menu.
> >
> >Be sure the "Auto-hide the taskbar" is not checked and
> that "Keep the
> >taskbar on top of other windows" is checked..
> >
> >Leon
> >
Try the clean boot to determine if a driver is causing the problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310353

Leon