Taskbar changes to 'Classic' a few minutes after reboot

[mistergoomba]

I have an issue where my taskbar returns to it's classic (pre-XP) view
rather than the standard XP blue after a few minutes when booting up.
Also, my audio fails to work and the Volume Control mixer will not show
up when double clicking the sound button on the taskbar.


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mistergoomba

[Rock]

"mistergoomba" > wrote>
> I have an issue where my taskbar returns to it's classic (pre-XP) view
> rather than the standard XP blue after a few minutes when booting up.
> Also, my audio fails to work and the Volume Control mixer will not show
> up when double clicking the sound button on the taskbar.

What is the history of these problems. Are they all recent? If so have you
tried a system restore to before the problems appeared?

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

[mistergoomba]

i had to do a system restore recently, which is why i'm reluctant to do
so again. this started happening a little bit after the windows update
error covered in this thread:

http://tinyurl.com/yt8suk


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mistergoomba

[Rock]

"mistergoomba" > wrote
> i had to do a system restore recently, which is why i'm reluctant to do
> so again. this started happening a little bit after the windows update
> error covered in this thread:


We haven't had any posts in here about that particular update causing the
types of problems you describe. I'm not sure why you are reluctant to try a
system restore but that's up to you.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

[warnerscorts]

i have been having the exact same problem as mistergoomba on only one (the
newest) of my 3 similarly configured laptops... sometimes the taskbar hangs
at Windows loading- the bar is there but not all the parts load (Quick launch
bar, system tray, etc.) and the system seems to just freeze and i reboot to
get it going again... eventually on rebooting it all loads properly, but then
a few minutes later the parts of the taskbar start changing to "classic" from
"xp"... it begins with the start button, and then the open windows buttons...
so i have 2 different styles on the taskbar at once... all i have noticed in
"classic" style is the taskbar, the rest of the system seems to stay in xp...
i can change it back to xp in the properties setting for the display, but it
doesn't stay that way... next time i have access to that computer i will try
a system restore, but the taskbar not loading fully has been an issue from
the get-go... i only noticed the "classic" style creeping in this past week!
if anyone has any further help info on this please let me know!

"Rock" wrote:

> "mistergoomba" > wrote
> > i had to do a system restore recently, which is why i'm reluctant to do
> > so again. this started happening a little bit after the windows update
> > error covered in this thread:
>
>
> We haven't had any posts in here about that particular update causing the
> types of problems you describe. I'm not sure why you are reluctant to try a
> system restore but that's up to you.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>

[Rock]

"warnerscorts" > wrote
>i have been having the exact same problem as mistergoomba on only one (the
> newest) of my 3 similarly configured laptops... sometimes the taskbar
> hangs
> at Windows loading- the bar is there but not all the parts load (Quick
> launch
> bar, system tray, etc.) and the system seems to just freeze and i reboot
> to
> get it going again... eventually on rebooting it all loads properly, but
> then
> a few minutes later the parts of the taskbar start changing to "classic"
> from
> "xp"... it begins with the start button, and then the open windows
> buttons...
> so i have 2 different styles on the taskbar at once... all i have noticed
> in
> "classic" style is the taskbar, the rest of the system seems to stay in
> xp...
> i can change it back to xp in the properties setting for the display, but
> it
> doesn't stay that way... next time i have access to that computer i will
> try
> a system restore, but the taskbar not loading fully has been an issue from
> the get-go... i only noticed the "classic" style creeping in this past
> week!
> if anyone has any further help info on this please let me know!
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> "mistergoomba" > wrote
>> > i had to do a system restore recently, which is why i'm reluctant to do
>> > so again. this started happening a little bit after the windows update
>> > error covered in this thread:
>>
>>
>> We haven't had any posts in here about that particular update causing the
>> types of problems you describe. I'm not sure why you are reluctant to
>> try a
>> system restore but that's up to you.

Interesting problem.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]