Taskbar DOES NOT WORK, Unclickable

I have recently installed vista Bus. No problems.... then after a re-start
the taskbar next to the start menu does not long respond, i cant click my
quick launch, open windows, nothing at all????? has ne one had or solved this
problem ???

We've put up several posts on this so far.

Especially after using my Logitech webcam 10, the taskbar become transparent
and unusable. The Start button also is unusable and I have to do a hard
reboot.

A bug, yes. The solution, unsure.

Dan
Sudbury, Canada

Same issue here, or similar.

After a while (no pattern known yet) the taskbar is unusable. Only thing to
do is hard reboot or CTRL-ALT-DELETE and shut down. The start button, while
it pop up some buttons, is non-functional.

Dunno if this is a graphics card thing or a vista thing.

Dan
Sudbury Canada

Same problem here. I even got a new Dell with a Vista certified graphics
card, and changed flat screens and upgraded the drivers. I've noticed that
this only happens with the computer is docked. Same for you? Any resolution
to this problem yet?

After hours talking with Microsoft, and after disabling one process after
another and not finding the answer, I finally did. Sort of. I installed the
new Tweak for Vista
(http://www.totalidea.com/content/twe...kvi-index.html) and enabled
some of that program's taskbar options (fade, etc.), and Tweak seems to have
either stabilized the taskbar, or taken control of it. Either way, my taskbar
now works, and keeps working. I'm giving up on finding a fix other than Tweak.

"Daniel Côté" wrote:

> Same issue here, or similar.
>
> After a while (no pattern known yet) the taskbar is unusable. Only thing to
> do is hard reboot or CTRL-ALT-DELETE and shut down. The start button, while
> it pop up some buttons, is non-functional.
>
> Dunno if this is a graphics card thing or a vista thing.
>
> Dan
> Sudbury Canada
>
>

Nevermind.... got up this AM, woke the 'puter up from the screensaver, and
the taskbar was messed up. Back to seeing if it might be the keyboard, mouse
or something else connected to the docking station. I'll report back.

"Missoula" wrote:

> After hours talking with Microsoft, and after disabling one process after
> another and not finding the answer, I finally did. Sort of. I installed the
> new Tweak for Vista
> (http://www.totalidea.com/content/twe...kvi-index.html) and enabled
> some of that program's taskbar options (fade, etc.), and Tweak seems to have
> either stabilized the taskbar, or taken control of it. Either way, my taskbar
> now works, and keeps working. I'm giving up on finding a fix other than Tweak.
>
> "Daniel Côté" wrote:
>
> > Same issue here, or similar.
> >
> > After a while (no pattern known yet) the taskbar is unusable. Only thing to
> > do is hard reboot or CTRL-ALT-DELETE and shut down. The start button, while
> > it pop up some buttons, is non-functional.
> >
> > Dunno if this is a graphics card thing or a vista thing.
> >
> > Dan
> > Sudbury Canada
> >
> >

After playing with the computer undocked, I found a fix... don't use the
digital connector from the docking station to the computer. There's a slight
degrading of images using analog, but it doesn't cause the taskbar to
corrupt. That's my fix until someone finds out how to get to the root of the
problem.

"Daniel Côté" wrote:

> Same issue here, or similar.
>
> After a while (no pattern known yet) the taskbar is unusable. Only thing to
> do is hard reboot or CTRL-ALT-DELETE and shut down. The start button, while
> it pop up some buttons, is non-functional.
>
> Dunno if this is a graphics card thing or a vista thing.
>
> Dan
> Sudbury Canada
>
>

Never mind. That didn't do it either. Anyone find a solution?

"Missoula" wrote:

> After playing with the computer undocked, I found a fix... don't use the
> digital connector from the docking station to the computer. There's a slight
> degrading of images using analog, but it doesn't cause the taskbar to
> corrupt. That's my fix until someone finds out how to get to the root of the
> problem.
>
> "Daniel Côté" wrote:
>
> > Same issue here, or similar.
> >
> > After a while (no pattern known yet) the taskbar is unusable. Only thing to
> > do is hard reboot or CTRL-ALT-DELETE and shut down. The start button, while
> > it pop up some buttons, is non-functional.
> >
> > Dunno if this is a graphics card thing or a vista thing.
> >
> > Dan
> > Sudbury Canada
> >
> >

I am having exactly the same problem.

The workaround I've found - to avoid a complete reboot - is to go to
task manager (via ctrl-alt-delete), select and end the process
"explorer" and then re-run it using the "new task" function.

But it'd be great to work out why this is happening and fix it. Thanks
for any help (please e-mail me directly if you can)

Mike

I've got both Microsoft and Dell working on the problem, and I've tried
everything from clean and safe boots, to reinstalling Vista Business, to
upgrading to Vista Ultimate. Heck, in the beginning I even thought it was a
problem with my Dell 610, so I got a 620. I'll be sure and let you know if I
find a fix, and of course I'd appreciate knowing if you do. I didn't see your
e-mail address.

"rebelmc" wrote:

> I am having exactly the same problem.
>
> The workaround I've found - to avoid a complete reboot - is to go to
> task manager (via ctrl-alt-delete), select and end the process
> "explorer" and then re-run it using the "new task" function.
>
> But it'd be great to work out why this is happening and fix it. Thanks
> for any help (please e-mail me directly if you can)
>
> Mike
>
>

=?Utf-8?B?TWlzc291bGE=?= <Missoula@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:9941FFAC-9994-432F-850E-C0DEA121CD34@microsoft.com:

> I've got both Microsoft and Dell working on the problem, and I've
> tried everything from clean and safe boots, to reinstalling Vista
> Business, to upgrading to Vista Ultimate. Heck, in the beginning I
> even thought it was a problem with my Dell 610, so I got a 620. I'll
> be sure and let you know if I find a fix, and of course I'd appreciate
> knowing if you do. I didn't see your e-mail address.
>
> "rebelmc" wrote:
>
>> I am having exactly the same problem.
>>
>> The workaround I've found - to avoid a complete reboot - is to go to
>> task manager (via ctrl-alt-delete), select and end the process
>> "explorer" and then re-run it using the "new task" function.
>>
>> But it'd be great to work out why this is happening and fix it.
>> Thanks for any help (please e-mail me directly if you can)
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>

Hello,
Try and reboot with everything turned off, and see what still loads.
SOmething is making explorer die, or freeze i would say some program
which add's an plugin to explorer like Nero or say Symantec not fully
compatible with Vista so explorer freezes. Kept on having issues with
Nero and explorer, dllhost breaking upgraded to the newest and now my
system is stable with no hick up's.

-Chris

Either Microsoft or Dell had me disable all but Microsoft stuff a couple
times last week, to no avail. By the way, the taskbar problem began happening
right after upgrading to Vista Business, and before I added anything except
Office 2007.


"cpet" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?TWlzc291bGE=?= <Missoula@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:9941FFAC-9994-432F-850E-C0DEA121CD34@microsoft.com:
>
> > I've got both Microsoft and Dell working on the problem, and I've
> > tried everything from clean and safe boots, to reinstalling Vista
> > Business, to upgrading to Vista Ultimate. Heck, in the beginning I
> > even thought it was a problem with my Dell 610, so I got a 620. I'll
> > be sure and let you know if I find a fix, and of course I'd appreciate
> > knowing if you do. I didn't see your e-mail address.
> >
> > "rebelmc" wrote:
> >
> >> I am having exactly the same problem.
> >>
> >> The workaround I've found - to avoid a complete reboot - is to go to
> >> task manager (via ctrl-alt-delete), select and end the process
> >> "explorer" and then re-run it using the "new task" function.
> >>
> >> But it'd be great to work out why this is happening and fix it.
> >> Thanks for any help (please e-mail me directly if you can)
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >>
> >
>
> Hello,
> Try and reboot with everything turned off, and see what still loads.
> SOmething is making explorer die, or freeze i would say some program
> which add's an plugin to explorer like Nero or say Symantec not fully
> compatible with Vista so explorer freezes. Kept on having issues with
> Nero and explorer, dllhost breaking upgraded to the newest and now my
> system is stable with no hick up's.
>
> -Chris
>

My problems started even before I installed Office2007.

I found a microsoft support page which i think could be talking about
the same problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932406/en-us

It talk about a "hotfix" bit I have no idea how to get it. Can anybody
help with this?

Thanks so much

[and my e-mail, by the way, is mike.conradi@DELETETHIS.kemplittle.com]


On 19 Mar, 03:16, Missoula <Misso...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Either Microsoft or Dell had me disable all but Microsoft stuff a couple
> times last week, to no avail. By the way, the taskbar problem began happening
> right after upgrading to Vista Business, and before I added anything except
> Office 2007.
>
>
>
> "cpet" wrote:
> > =?Utf-8?B?TWlzc291bGE=?= <Misso...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >news:9941FFAC-9994-432F-850E-C0DEA121CD34@microsoft.com:
>
> > > I've got both Microsoft and Dell working on the problem, and I've
> > > tried everything from clean and safe boots, to reinstalling Vista
> > > Business, to upgrading to Vista Ultimate. Heck, in the beginning I
> > > even thought it was a problem with my Dell 610, so I got a 620. I'll
> > > be sure and let you know if I find a fix, and of course I'd appreciate
> > > knowing if you do. I didn't see your e-mail address.
>
> > > "rebelmc" wrote:
>
> > >> I am having exactly the same problem.
>
> > >> The workaround I've found - to avoid a complete reboot - is to go to
> > >> task manager (via ctrl-alt-delete), select and end the process
> > >> "explorer" and then re-run it using the "new task" function.
>
> > >> But it'd be great to work out why this is happening and fix it.
> > >> Thanks for any help (please e-mail me directly if you can)
>
> > >> Mike
>
> > Hello,
> > Try and reboot with everything turned off, and see what still loads.
> > SOmething is making explorer die, or freeze i would say some program
> > which add's an plugin to explorer like Nero or say Symantec not fully
> > compatible with Vista so explorer freezes. Kept on having issues with
> > Nero and explorer, dllhost breaking upgraded to the newest and now my
> > system is stable with no hick up's.
>
> > -Chris- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I had the same sort of problem, and the hotfix solved it. What you have to
do is contact Microsoft customer support and ask for it. They will email you
a link to a location where the file can be downloaded. The file installs
like any other Vista update.

"rebelmc" wrote:

> My problems started even before I installed Office2007.
>
> I found a microsoft support page which i think could be talking about
> the same problem:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932406/en-us
>
> It talk about a "hotfix" bit I have no idea how to get it. Can anybody
> help with this?
>
> Thanks so much
>
> [and my e-mail, by the way, is mike.conradi@DELETETHIS.kemplittle.com]
>
>
> On 19 Mar, 03:16, Missoula <Misso...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Either Microsoft or Dell had me disable all but Microsoft stuff a couple
> > times last week, to no avail. By the way, the taskbar problem began happening
> > right after upgrading to Vista Business, and before I added anything except
> > Office 2007.
> >
> >
> >
> > "cpet" wrote:
> > > =?Utf-8?B?TWlzc291bGE=?= <Misso...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > >news:9941FFAC-9994-432F-850E-C0DEA121CD34@microsoft.com:
> >
> > > > I've got both Microsoft and Dell working on the problem, and I've
> > > > tried everything from clean and safe boots, to reinstalling Vista
> > > > Business, to upgrading to Vista Ultimate. Heck, in the beginning I
> > > > even thought it was a problem with my Dell 610, so I got a 620. I'll
> > > > be sure and let you know if I find a fix, and of course I'd appreciate
> > > > knowing if you do. I didn't see your e-mail address.
> >
> > > > "rebelmc" wrote:
> >
> > > >> I am having exactly the same problem.
> >
> > > >> The workaround I've found - to avoid a complete reboot - is to go to
> > > >> task manager (via ctrl-alt-delete), select and end the process
> > > >> "explorer" and then re-run it using the "new task" function.
> >
> > > >> But it'd be great to work out why this is happening and fix it.
> > > >> Thanks for any help (please e-mail me directly if you can)
> >
> > > >> Mike
> >
> > > Hello,
> > > Try and reboot with everything turned off, and see what still loads.
> > > SOmething is making explorer die, or freeze i would say some program
> > > which add's an plugin to explorer like Nero or say Symantec not fully
> > > compatible with Vista so explorer freezes. Kept on having issues with
> > > Nero and explorer, dllhost breaking upgraded to the newest and now my
> > > system is stable with no hick up's.
> >
> > > -Chris- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
>
>

I told the Microsoft rep about your solution, and he found a "hotfix" that
may or may not be the one you're talking about. So, could you please do me a
biiiiig favor and post the exact URL to the hotfix that worked for you, or at
least the exact name of it? Many, many thanks!!!

"Conley" wrote:

> I had the same sort of problem, and the hotfix solved it. What you have to
> do is contact Microsoft customer support and ask for it. They will email you
> a link to a location where the file can be downloaded. The file installs
> like any other Vista update.
>
> "rebelmc" wrote:
>
> > My problems started even before I installed Office2007.
> >
> > I found a microsoft support page which i think could be talking about
> > the same problem:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932406/en-us
> >
> > It talk about a "hotfix" bit I have no idea how to get it. Can anybody
> > help with this?
> >
> > Thanks so much
> >
> > [and my e-mail, by the way, is mike.conradi@DELETETHIS.kemplittle.com]
> >
> >
> > On 19 Mar, 03:16, Missoula <Misso...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > Either Microsoft or Dell had me disable all but Microsoft stuff a couple
> > > times last week, to no avail. By the way, the taskbar problem began happening
> > > right after upgrading to Vista Business, and before I added anything except
> > > Office 2007.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "cpet" wrote:
> > > > =?Utf-8?B?TWlzc291bGE=?= <Misso...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > > >news:9941FFAC-9994-432F-850E-C0DEA121CD34@microsoft.com:
> > >
> > > > > I've got both Microsoft and Dell working on the problem, and I've
> > > > > tried everything from clean and safe boots, to reinstalling Vista
> > > > > Business, to upgrading to Vista Ultimate. Heck, in the beginning I
> > > > > even thought it was a problem with my Dell 610, so I got a 620. I'll
> > > > > be sure and let you know if I find a fix, and of course I'd appreciate
> > > > > knowing if you do. I didn't see your e-mail address.
> > >
> > > > > "rebelmc" wrote:
> > >
> > > > >> I am having exactly the same problem.
> > >
> > > > >> The workaround I've found - to avoid a complete reboot - is to go to
> > > > >> task manager (via ctrl-alt-delete), select and end the process
> > > > >> "explorer" and then re-run it using the "new task" function.
> > >
> > > > >> But it'd be great to work out why this is happening and fix it.
> > > > >> Thanks for any help (please e-mail me directly if you can)
> > >
> > > > >> Mike
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > > Try and reboot with everything turned off, and see what still loads.
> > > > SOmething is making explorer die, or freeze i would say some program
> > > > which add's an plugin to explorer like Nero or say Symantec not fully
> > > > compatible with Vista so explorer freezes. Kept on having issues with
> > > > Nero and explorer, dllhost breaking upgraded to the newest and now my
> > > > system is stable with no hick up's.
> > >
> > > > -Chris- Hide quoted text -
> > >
> > > - Show quoted text -
> >
> >
> >