Hi, as the title says, when I turned on my computer, the taskbar would not show the windows that I had opened. Also, the location of the quick launch icons is messed up as well. I first used my own norton antivirus and scanned 3 viruses. I deleted 2 of them and quarantined the other one. But that didn't solve the taskbar problem. Then I tried to use the symantec online virus scanner but for some unknown reason the scanning refused to start. Therefore, I then used trend micro online scanner and deleted 2 more viruses. However, the taskbar still doesn't not show the windows that I have currently opened. Finally, I ran Kaspersky online scanner and then cleared the files in the java cache. Still, my taskbar problem is not fixed. (I believed I have successfully eliminated the virus) What's going on?
My OS is winXP.
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If you see the virus come back, then make sure your turn off system restore, then remove the virus (again), just in case windows cached the virus for you, and it may put it back on your PC after a reboot. http://www.xinn.org/annoya
-rich
myplace, you asked 3 questions in a row before I had a chance to answer. Virus likely corrupted your registry, and the registry edit should fix it.
You should back up the registry before modifying. If you had save file in notepad and save it as a taskbar.reg. Then you could just click on the file and the patch would be installed correctly.
System restore restores your registry and some system file. But it may restore the virus. Run the virus scan or what ever you did to remove the virus, to make sure it did not come back.
Sorry about that, war1. I didn't do all of those when I downloaded and imported the file from line117 into the computer. The file named was nodesktop, not taskbar.reg. Anyways, I did a system restore and the taskbar is working fine now. I'm also running an online virus scanner (kaspersky) right now to check for virus. For some reason I still can't use the symantec online scanner that I use most of the time when I want a virus scan. At this moment the kaspersky virus scanner is showing that there's only one virus in the norton AV quarintined folder (It can't be repaired. Is it safe to delete it?). The rest of the viruses that were detected this morning did not show up. Has the system restore saved my computer? I knew the time of day when my computer caught the virus, so I used system restore to return the computer to the day before it caught the virus. What I'm conerning right now is whether the virus has already did some permanent damage to my computer even after I performed system restore.
That's one person it's helped! I've never used System Restore sucessfully, or rather to my satisfaction. Personally I turn it off when ever I get the chance and I leave it off. It's possible the virus is still there somewhere, and most quarantined files are safe to delete. I preffer McAfee to Norton also. If you scan your PC with an up2date AV, and it comes back clean, then it's pretty safe to assume your ok. I'm told the secret to using system restore successfully is making restore point's often... I'd rather not have to personally, but I do make backup's of my data often. http://www.microsoft.com/w
-rich
You are welcome, myplace! Does TrendMicro Housecall online scanner work for you?
http://housecall.antivirus
myplace, the reason I asked is because a virus can block scan of computer. But fi it blocks NAV, it would block other popular antivirus scanners like TrendMicro. Since it did not, you do not likey have a virus. I don't know why Symantec online scan is not working, unless it is taking a Thanksgiving holiday. :-)
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by: war1Posted on 2005-11-23 at 09:32:11ID: 15351901
Greetings, myplace !
Use the registry edit on line 117 of this page to restore the Taskbar
http://www.kellys-korner-x
Best wishes!