TSGL: Task bar freezing

[H Davis]

Rayo,

You might try to get the Task Manager open when it hangs up. It might 
take a while for it to open since things seem to be "frozen" but if 
there's any processor idle time it may eventually open. This might show 
something using a lot of time and provide a clue.

If the freeze happens reliably try opening Task Manager ahead of time so 
you can switch to it easily. This might take some pre-planning since you 
presumably can't bring Task Manager to the front by clicking on its 
taskbar icon.

H Davis

Tilman Brandl wrote:
> Hi rayo,
>
> I don't know the reason for your freezing taskbar, and have no specific 
> solution since this does depend on your hard & software configuration. Just 
> a few hints:
>
> You should tell us whether this is a problem you encounter always, or just 
> sometimes. Also - does IE behave normal, or does it show any strange 
> behaviour, like freezing too?
>
> 0. clean out all temp files
> 1. check the system control panel / device manager for any indications of 
> missing or broken items (any yellow exclamation marks or such?). If yes, try 
> to either re-install the correct drivers, or delete the item and let Windows 
> find the hardware & create new settings after a reboot.
> 2. identify possible applications causing the freeze:
>     try to reboot XP without any of the startup items running ("run" 
> msconfig from e.g. the start button "Run" command, select the last tab and 
> click on 'deactivate' (or how it's called with your English system)). Then 
> reboot and see whether you still have the problems. If not, try to add item 
> after item, and see where the problems begin.
> 3. check system administration - events (application or system) that may 
> have occured (though I wouldn't expect any)
> 4. The problem may be network-related - see 
> http://www.ozzu.com/ftopic22061.html
>
> Otherwise, have you searched for answers on the web? For instance 
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=&cat=&meta=&num=&ie=utf-8&q=win+xp+taskbar+freezing
>
> Tilman
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: rayo
>   To: list at tsgserver.com
>   Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:50 PM
>   Subject: TSGL: Task bar freezing
>
>
>   Hi all
>
>   Working with XP PRO  (all current updates) and MS Office 2003 (all
>   updates) (2 GB RAM)
>
>
>   Every thing works good and I will have 3 or 4 files open and
>   minimized to the task bar.. and a couple of other tasks running
>
>   When I go to open an item that is on the task bar (or use the Window
>   Key (IE for the windows Explore)  the pc hangs for anywhere from a
>   few seconds to a few minutes.
>
>   What I have found tho is that All items on the task bar and the
>   window key will be frozen BUT any Icon that I have on my desk top
>   will still open right up.
>
>   any ideas
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