Strange XP Taskbar...

It's an XP system with an AMD Athlon 2000+, 1Gb RAM, so on, so forth.

Trouble is, the taskbar is acting very weird. I can't see any of the programs on the taskbar, and the Quick Launch area doesn't have a right end like my computer's does. Thus, I can't see any taskbar items other than the task area and clock. There is also the Language bar thing, but it's on the other side.

Thanks,
Josh

 

Oh, and if I remove the Quick Launch, the whole taskbar disappears!

 

Disabling the language bar had no effect, and we're having to Alt-Tab between windows...

 

BTT, this is really simple, but I can't figure it out!

 

I was having some nasty taskbar problems last week. Somebody told me to check out my monitor. Sure enough, it was my monitor. When I investigated further, my screen resolution settings were not favorable to the monitor. Once I reset the resolution, my taskbar was back to normal.

 

You're thinking of the whole taskbar disappearing. This isn't the case. It's software.

 

Well, it's still kinda getting set up... we're uninstalling AOL and Google Desktop Search, and all the other crap.

For an idea of what I see:
Look at your typical XP taskbar with the Quick Launch enabled. See the little bunch of dots on the right end of that? This comp-in-question doesn't have them.
As for the taskbar disappearing, it looks like it's minimized but you can't make it stretch back up or reappear. You have to right-click and do properties and re-enable it.

 

Negatory, dude. I unlocked it and moved it around, trying to fix it.

(My mom at the moment --> )

And she's not wanting to do that malware check yet. I'm gonna take it over... or try and do Remote control on her comp if I have to >.>

I'll post once I've got the checks done... hope this works....
(Thanks Halo! I shall return..)

 

Still trying to figure it out.... scanned with everything, got a bunch of spyware out but no viruses... And it hasn'tt corrected... Yet.

 

The taskbar fix at the link below may help.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

 

Damn, thanks Franklin, that fixed it!