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Disappearing balloons ??
This falls into the gategory of "annoyance" rather than "crisis" but I'd
like to know why it happens. I'm running XP Home SP 1 on a system with 512 Kb and 40 Gb. On boot-up, the icons in my Quick Launch and Notification Area display balloons that define them when the cursor is hovered over each one. If the screen display is allowed to revert to "screen saver" or is turned off by going to "stand-by", the ballons fail to appear when the display is re-established. If I expand the notification area to display all the hidden icons and hover the cursor over any of them, I can see that the ballons are again appearing, but they are now BEHIND the task bar so that only the tops of them can be seen. Once the hidden icons are again hidden, the balloons disappear altogether. Re-starting the system corrects the condition temporarily. Any ideas would be appreciated! Jim Murphy |
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Disappearing balloons ??
It is not necessary to restart the system. You get the same effect by
logging the user off and then on again. -- Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine] (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested) "Jim Murphy" wrote in message ... This falls into the gategory of "annoyance" rather than "crisis" but I'd like to know why it happens. I'm running XP Home SP 1 on a system with 512 Kb and 40 Gb. On boot-up, the icons in my Quick Launch and Notification Area display balloons that define them when the cursor is hovered over each one. If the screen display is allowed to revert to "screen saver" or is turned off by going to "stand-by", the ballons fail to appear when the display is re-established. If I expand the notification area to display all the hidden icons and hover the cursor over any of them, I can see that the ballons are again appearing, but they are now BEHIND the task bar so that only the tops of them can be seen. Once the hidden icons are again hidden, the balloons disappear altogether. Re-starting the system corrects the condition temporarily. Any ideas would be appreciated! Jim Murphy |
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Disappearing balloons ??
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
"It is not necessary to restart the system. You get the same effect by logging the user off and then on again." Thank you for the assistance. It seems that I do not even have to actually log off. Simply opening the Log Off dialogue box from the Start menu and then closing it again after a few moments is enough to restore the balloons to their proper location. Jim Murphy |
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