Minimized programs dont appear in the taskbar

I minimize programs in my taskbar and they never show up there

i have to alt tab to them--i have checked these sites "People"(Dumb People) say that its a virus--but im not running windows 98 im running xp home service pack 2

please help

 

I dont realy understand you, your programs dont minimize corectly??

well first of all send in a HijackThis log to be safe, i dont fully understand whats going on..

Instructions on how to do it and where to get it are im my sig, click "how to keep you secure online" and go down, you'll see HijackThis, also running a trend micro or panda online scan while your at it could be of some good..

 

Whenever i click minimize on an open window it minimizes but it doesnt show up on the taskbar on the bottom of the screen i checked out about 4 or 5 antispywares and antiviruses but my computer is clean.

Any other ideas because it sucks having to alt tab between everything

 

Scan with trend micro and Download install and update Ewido, scan with that too and get back to me, if still nothins found then you post a HJT log, im stil now sure what it could be, sounds like maybe a crappy virus , thats a geuss becasue i havent seen this before, but dont worry whatever it is we'll get it out

edited for crappy spelling

 

sweet thanks ill try that

 

Almost forgot, heres where youll find all that.


http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/292257

good luck

 

Hey man do you know how to rip ps2 games to a hdd.

I am planning on modding my ps2 and putting in a dms pro mod chip
but i need to be able load the ps2 games off the hdd.

 

Nah i dont play that no more, i dont know how to do that either sorry, im more of a pc guy to tell the truth,but i can help you, ask in one of the other forums and youll find gamers like yourself and youll get the answer there , anyway hows the scans goin?

 

Good i havnt found any spyware yet though. Thx for the advice

 

what are you scanning with at the min?

 

I am scanning right now with avg, mcafee, norton, avast and microsoft antispyware but they havnt found anything yet.

Its scanning slow(no kidding) but its scanning. Ill update you when its done.

 

NO stop all of them and scan with theese two.

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
or
http://www.pandasoftware.com/produc...5D4-4DA2-B310-B1DBEC2971F2}&NRCACHEHINT=Guest

Download,install and update this

http://www.ewido.net/en/download/

scan with theese like i told you before if you wanna get anywhere

 

There is a fix for that problem, its a .vbs file that fixes the corrupt registry entries. Normally I wouldn't advocate running a .vbs file since they can contain viruses, but kellys-korner is a reputable site.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Go to line 240 on the left hand side, download that and run it.

 

I tried the fix for computer the .vbs file but the computer said that there was some error..so i tried the same site and downloaded a thing called Taskbar Repair Tool just googled it and i found it.

Just for anyone who might need that same info-it only happened to me because i really tweak my laptop to do wierd things AND to learn from my mistakes.It can sometimes be fun but anyway

Later