Annoying taskbar problem.
 

I don't know if anyone like me often hovers over the clock to see the date?
Well, I used to be able to but have lost this ability now, and even after a reinstall?
The time and date shows behind the taskbar as below.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2007/02/16.jpg

Anyone have any idea how to fix this?

Thanks.

Re: Annoying taskbar problem.
 

It's a bug in Windows that has supposedly been fixed in Vista. You can sometimes avoid the problem by deselecting 'Keep the taskbar on top of other windows' in the Taskbar property sheet, but that is annoying if you're used to having it permanently there. Sometimes disabling the option, applying changes then re-enabling it again can fix the problem. Using the 'Show Desktop' shortcut or WinKey + D can sometimes cause it too - better to use WinKey + M (minimise all).

Re: Annoying taskbar problem.
 

Hiya Rich,

Thanks for that. You know,I looked for that 'keep taskbar on top' option to uncheck it and couldn't see it for looking.
That does fix it, but like you say, no good if you actualy 'do' want the taskbar to stay on top!
I wonder if it was some update or other that introduced the bug. I can't recall it always being there.
Thanks for the info anyway, I'll hunt about to see if I can find some more comments on it and hopefully some way of fixing it.

Re: Annoying taskbar problem.
 

It was supposedly fixed on a number of occassions but it never totally went away to be honest.

Re: Annoying taskbar problem.
 

I found a little VB exe that does the trick.
Run it once and been fine since.
It's sat on my desktop waiting for the next time. If it proves to be a pain in the rear, I'll just admit defeat I think.
Extensive searching shows there's no real 'hands off' solution to it.
Here's the link for the file and a brief explanation of the bug if anyone's interested.

http://atpeaz.placidthoughts.com/ind...in/tag/taskbar

As always, I'd recommend a virus scan of the file before executing, though it seems to be fine here.

Re: Annoying taskbar problem.
 

The way I sort it is to right click the taskbar & bring up the Properties window, then:

1. Turn off the Lock option, turn on Auto-hide, & turn off always on top, then Apply & wait for CPU useage to drop back to idle [I keep Task Manager loaded all the time, so I get the little CPU meter in the system tray].

2. if you normally have the taskbar more than 1 row tall it will probably have reverted back to just single row height. If this is the case, then move the mouse down to make the taskbar appear, then resize the taskbar to the height you want.

3. switch the Lock, Auto-hide, & always on top options back to their previous state & Apply.

That usually sorts it, though if XP's in a really stubborn mood [IOW if the tooltips still aren't working properly], then going through the above steps again usually fixes it.

Re: Annoying taskbar problem.
 

Thanks Alien - I'll remember that.
It's still working today anyway, so I think I'll just pop the little .exe in the folder I have with a few other progs that are standalone's and navigate to it for a qiuck click when it goes to pot again.

Cheers.

Re: Annoying taskbar problem.
 

I just put tclock in the startup group... very tweakable add-on

http://homepage1.nifty.com/kazubon/t...ght/index.html

Re: Annoying taskbar problem.
 

Now, that I do like.
Thanks Taf.

Re: Annoying taskbar problem.
 

Freeware rules!

A word of warning though... some AVs complain about tclock... as there is a virus thingie of the same name out there...