Hi everyone hows it going?

Wonderin' if any kind people on-line can help me.

I'm running windows xp sp2 i believe. But since installing a few things i've come up with a problem on my task bar.

You know the "ding", when you click on something inaccessible or when there's an error. That's what i'm getting when i click (left or right) anywhere on the task bar. The hover animations do not occur. However the task bar is not frozen, because anything i open using keyboard short cuts, works, (like the start menu). And the programs running still show themselves. I just can't click on them. This is only happening on my user (we have 4 accounts). And i am admin.

I've uninstalled internet explorer 7, because that was causing other problems. But they disappeared and this problem remained, so i don't think it was the cause.

Don't know what i can tell you. I really don't want to uninstall cubase (which i just installed). So if there is anyway of getting my user to work like everyone else's, i'd be eternally thankful.

PENGUINBOY

Have you Tried restarting your computer?

Press alt + tab to see if there are any hidden windows open?

CTRL + ALT + Delete > end explorer.exe then File > Run > explorer.exe ?



EDIT: Thanks, no problem

i have tried restarting my computer

alt tab is what i'm using to switch between windows, and there are no extra files

The start menu has just stopped working!

oooo it worked when i ended it and started it again!

thanks a load! have some rep!