Taskbar Freezing/Unclickable
Posted by admin on May 19th, 2007
I've recently installed Windows Vista: Ultimate, and have ran into 2 problems that i've noticed. One problem is that my taskbar freezes after doubleclicking the speaker icon in the taskbar. I can hoover over the speaker with my mouse, and it would be ok, but once i doubleclick it, then the entire taskbar freezes, and only the Start button is accessible, as well as my entire desktop, but quicklaunch and system tray icons are all frozen. My second problem is when I rightclick my taskbar and I click "properties" and then remove check mark on "Show Quick Launch", and also Remove the check marks Under Start Menu tab "Store and display a list of recently opened files" and "Store and display a list of recently opened programs" the system then completely freezes, and become unresponsive. A error message comes up on my desktop showing "Windows Explorer has stopped Running". Has anyone came across this problem, or tried to see if they have any issues, or is this just a Vista bug unfound by Microsoft? Thanks you all for your Help!.
May 24th, 2007 at 06:52 pm
Lots of people are reporting this, as am I. I've switched computers and monitors, and it still happens. So far, no solution that I've seen. I have found that it only happens when my Dell 620 is docked."kraziet" wrote:
May 27th, 2007 at 10:57 am
I have the same problem with the taskbar. What we should do??"Missoula" wrote:
Jun 2nd, 2007 at 02:21 am
It's becomming clear that this is a problem that is related to the bios supplied in Dell computers. Another poster was working with Microsoft on the problem when they discovered that the Dell bios was not compatable with Vista. So, you have to go do the Dell web pages and find a bios that fits your computer, and is Vista compatable, and then flash your bios. But, BE CAREFUL! And, I'm also told that once you do that, you'll have to reinstall Vista because the bios flash corrupts some of the installed parts of Vista. Oh boy, huh? I'm not sure if this means you'll also have to reinstall all the rest of your programs and settings, also. If you get any other, or more, information, please post!!"Kodie" wrote:
Jun 6th, 2007 at 02:45 am
I've got a HP Compaq nx7300, Vista Business and am having the same issue...are they sure its a BIOS issue?"Missoula" wrote:
Jun 7th, 2007 at 06:16 am
Turns out that it is not a bios problem. Microsoft has what they call a "hotfix" for this problem, but you have to talk directly with MS's technical support people and get the URL and password to download and install it. Several of us have done that, and the problem has never come back. "sanjmonkey" wrote:
Jun 9th, 2007 at 03:34 pm
Fantastic... Do they have a KnowledgeBase article (KB) about the issue, or did you just call them up and describe the issue?"Missoula" wrote:
Jun 10th, 2007 at 06:20 pm
can you send me the hotfix at all?"Missoula" wrote:
Jun 13th, 2007 at 07:59 pm
Does anyone know the HOTFIX #... I just called microsoft and hey can't help me unless i have the hotfix #...Thats POOR customer service if i called with a problem and they know there is one but won't help me without a fix #.... Can anyonehelp or just post the link and password to save all of us the trouble...It should be public anyways..."sanjmonkey" wrote:
Jun 16th, 2007 at 03:40 pm
Refer the MS techie to this page: support.microsoft.com/kb/932406/enus "Dave" wrote: