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Derwood · 08-31-2009, 10:27 AM

Often when I unplug my laptop, the taskbar "freezes". What happens is that the clock freezes, and floating the pointed over any part of it (start menu, programs, etc.) turns your pointer into an hourglass. You can't switch between programs (except with Alt-Tab....sometimes) and you lose your volume controls, etc. You can double click on the taskbar to get the option to restart it, but doing so loses the volume controls completely (along with most other programs in the system tray) unless you restart. This shouldn't be happening every time I unplug the thing.

Any ideas what could be causing this and how to solve it?

08-31-2009, 10:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
Derwood Who You Crappin? Location: Everywhere and Nowhere	Vista Issue (re: Taskbar Freezing) Often when I unplug my laptop, the taskbar "freezes". What happens is that the clock freezes, and floating the pointed over any part of it (start menu, programs, etc.) turns your pointer into an hourglass. You can't switch between programs (except with Alt-Tab....sometimes) and you lose your volume controls, etc. You can double click on the taskbar to get the option to restart it, but doing so loses the volume controls completely (along with most other programs in the system tray) unless you restart. This shouldn't be happening every time I unplug the thing. Any ideas what could be causing this and how to solve it?