Annoying Window Task Bar bug

[Greg]

Often, when I put my cursor on an icon in the task bar, such as the clock, or in the image below, an application called Mother Board Monitor, the tool tip style text gets drawn behind the task bar making it unreadable (if it is visible at all).

Any idea how to fix this?

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/attachment.php?s=&postid=193083

Note: The following attachment is the visible image.

[Matthius]

hahahha. never had that problem before:D

[Riptide]

Have you tried locking and unlocking your task bar? Fooling with settings like auto hide?

[Greg]

Originally posted by Riptide
Have you tried locking and unlocking your task bar? Fooling with settings like auto hide?

No, but I will try that next time it occurs. It just happens every now and then on all the WinXp (and 2k?) machines I use at home and work.

[Xtreeem]

I also had that annoying little bug once.
Try this,
right click on the 'Start' button
click 'properties'
on the 'Taskbar' tab
put a check in the box 'keep the taskbar on top of other windows'
click apply.

Hope that works for ya. lmk

[saturnotaku]

Originally posted by Xtreeem
I also had that annoying little bug once.
Try this,
right click on the 'Start' button
click 'properties'
on the 'Taskbar' tab
put a check in the box 'keep the taskbar on top of other windows'
click apply.

Hope that works for ya. lmk

Ooh, good advice. I'll have to try that when I get home. I've experienced this problem occasionally myself.

BTW, are you neighbors with digitalwanderer or are you from a different part of the Crossroads of America?

[Greg]

Originally posted by Xtreeem
I also had that annoying little bug once.
Try this,
right click on the 'Start' button
click 'properties'
on the 'Taskbar' tab
put a check in the box 'keep the taskbar on top of other windows'
click apply.

Hope that works for ya. lmk

Just checked... already has that option checked.

With XP, I can always log out, then log back in, to fix all maner of silly problem (like CD-RW drive won't eject, or explorer crashed, etc., and task bar weirdness.)

[mrsabidji]

Originally posted by Xtreeem
I also had that annoying little bug once.
Try this,
right click on the 'Start' button
click 'properties'
on the 'Taskbar' tab
put a check in the box 'keep the taskbar on top of other windows'
click apply.

Hope that works for ya. lmk

Shouldn't he rather uncheck that box ?

mrsabidji

PS : I'm just guessing, I don't have that problem.

[Greg]

Originally posted by mrsabidji
Shouldn't he rather uncheck that box ?


Hehehe, I see where you're coming from, though I'm sure that option is supposed to refer to main windows, not tool-tip ones that should overlay their parent window.

[mrsabidji]

Yeah, that's why I felt the need to add a PS ;) .

mrsabidji

[Xtreeem]

That seems logical, but remember what were dealing with here,
a Microsoft operating system.
How many other things have you ever seen in their OS's that don't
make sense?
I really don't remember exactly what I did to fix that little bug, but I did check that box.
Guess that's why it's a 'bug'
Also, I run Norton WinDoctor every 2 or 3 weeks, maybe that's what
fixed it.

[Shion Uzuki]

hmm. Seems like you are using StyleXP. I just tried it here on my machine too, and same problem.

If you try to use the default Windows 9X / original Win XP themes, the problems will be eliminated.

[nIghtorius]

Originally posted by Shion Uzuki
hmm. Seems like you are using StyleXP. I just tried it here on my machine too, and same problem.

If you try to use the default Windows 9X / original Win XP themes, the problems will be eliminated.

Sorry to bust ya bubble.

this ain't that easy.. I also have sometimes this problem. that the tooltip text hides behind the taskbar. Only thing you can do is logoff / logon again.

And I am not running any style(rs) for WinXP.

[Greg]

Originally posted by Shion Uzuki
hmm. Seems like you are using StyleXP. I just tried it here on my machine too, and same problem.

If you try to use the default Windows 9X / original Win XP themes, the problems will be eliminated.

Although my screen shot used a hacked windows theme, I mostly see this problem at work, where I have the default W2k theme, and on another computer with default WinXP theme.