Taskbar problem

[Jeanne Fromer]

Hi,

For reasons unknown to me, my taskbar suddenly became
enlarged. The icons in the tray are stretched out to the
point of nonrecognition. Furthermore, in addition to the
display of the time, the day of the week is displayed. I
have already tried unlocking my taskbar to make the
taskbar smaller, but it seems to be at its smallest. Does
anyone know what I can do to get rid of this annoying
problem?

Thank you very much,
Jeannie

[Nicholas]

Go to Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore
and select a Restore Point that was created prior to the time the problem
became known.


--
Nicholas

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"Jeanne Fromer" <jfromer@post.harvard.edu> wrote in message:
news:046401c34ec5$7acc5080$a301280a@phx.gbl...

| Hi,
|
| For reasons unknown to me, my taskbar suddenly became
| enlarged. The icons in the tray are stretched out to the
| point of nonrecognition. Furthermore, in addition to the
| display of the time, the day of the week is displayed. I
| have already tried unlocking my taskbar to make the
| taskbar smaller, but it seems to be at its smallest. Does
| anyone know what I can do to get rid of this annoying
| problem?
|
| Thank you very much,
| Jeannie

[Jeanne Fromer]

If I've installed a number of programs and hardware
devices in the meantime and I select a restore point that
is prior to these installs, would I have to install these
programs and devices again?

>-----Original Message-----
>Go to Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools >

System Restore

>and select a Restore Point that was created prior to the

time the problem

>became known.
>
>
>--
>Nicholas
>
>---------------------------------------------------------

--------------------

>
>"Jeanne Fromer" <jfromer@post.harvard.edu> wrote in

message:

> news:046401c34ec5$7acc5080$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>
>| Hi,
>|
>| For reasons unknown to me, my taskbar suddenly became
>| enlarged. The icons in the tray are stretched out to

the

>| point of nonrecognition. Furthermore, in addition to

the

>| display of the time, the day of the week is displayed.

I

>| have already tried unlocking my taskbar to make the
>| taskbar smaller, but it seems to be at its smallest.

Does

>| anyone know what I can do to get rid of this annoying
>| problem?
>|
>| Thank you very much,
>| Jeannie
>.
>

[dan shier]

yes you would.

>-----Original Message-----
>If I've installed a number of programs and hardware
>devices in the meantime and I select a restore point

that

>is prior to these installs, would I have to install

these

>programs and devices again?
>

>>-----Original Message-----
>>Go to Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools >

>System Restore

>>and select a Restore Point that was created prior to

the

>time the problem

>>became known.
>>
>>
>>--
>>Nicholas
>>
>>--------------------------------------------------------

-

>--------------------

>>
>>"Jeanne Fromer" <jfromer@post.harvard.edu> wrote in

>message:

>> news:046401c34ec5$7acc5080$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>>| Hi,
>>|
>>| For reasons unknown to me, my taskbar suddenly became
>>| enlarged. The icons in the tray are stretched out to

>the

>>| point of nonrecognition. Furthermore, in addition to

>the

>>| display of the time, the day of the week is

displayed.

>I

>>| have already tried unlocking my taskbar to make the
>>| taskbar smaller, but it seems to be at its smallest.

>Does

>>| anyone know what I can do to get rid of this annoying
>>| problem?
>>|
>>| Thank you very much,
>>| Jeannie
>>.
>>

>.
>

[Sharon F]

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 06:47:37 -0700, "Jeanne Fromer"
<jfromer@post.harvard.edu> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>For reasons unknown to me, my taskbar suddenly became
>enlarged. The icons in the tray are stretched out to the
>point of nonrecognition. Furthermore, in addition to the
>display of the time, the day of the week is displayed. I
>have already tried unlocking my taskbar to make the
>taskbar smaller, but it seems to be at its smallest. Does
>anyone know what I can do to get rid of this annoying
>problem?
>

Suggestions:
-- Is there a toolbar on the taskbar? If yes, right click within it's
boundarys. Check that View> Small Icons is selected.

-- Remove any presently displayed toolbars from taskbar and then try
resizing it.

-- Check Display> Settings> Advanced. Are Fonts set to "Normal [96dpi]"?

-- Also in Display but under Appearance, check the Scheme being used.
May want to try reapplying your desired "theme" and/or "scheme" to
re-establish normal dimensions for various elements within the GUI.
NOTE: Changing value of Icon Spacing [Vertical] can cause the taskbar to
"grow" in height.

-- Check Control Panel> Accessibility Options. Turn off anything that
would enable "large" display (Magnifier, for example).

PS in regards to another question you asked in this thread: Yes, you
would have to reinstall programs that were installed after the date/time
of any particular restore point. If you are in the habit of storing
important items on the desktop (documents, for example), you could lose
those too.

Sharon F
MS MVP
[Windows XP - Shell/User]

[Jeanne Fromer]

Thank you all for your help. By resetting my scheme to
the basic one for Windows XP, the problem solved itself!

>-----Original Message-----
>On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 06:47:37 -0700, "Jeanne Fromer"
><jfromer@post.harvard.edu> wrote:
>

>>Hi,
>>
>>For reasons unknown to me, my taskbar suddenly became
>>enlarged. The icons in the tray are stretched out to

the

>>point of nonrecognition. Furthermore, in addition to

the

>>display of the time, the day of the week is displayed.

I

>>have already tried unlocking my taskbar to make the
>>taskbar smaller, but it seems to be at its smallest.

Does

>>anyone know what I can do to get rid of this annoying
>>problem?
>>

>
>Suggestions:
>-- Is there a toolbar on the taskbar? If yes, right

click within it's

>boundarys. Check that View> Small Icons is selected.
>
>-- Remove any presently displayed toolbars from taskbar

and then try

>resizing it.
>
>-- Check Display> Settings> Advanced. Are Fonts set

to "Normal [96dpi]"?

>
>-- Also in Display but under Appearance, check the

Scheme being used.

>May want to try reapplying your desired "theme"

and/or "scheme" to

>re-establish normal dimensions for various elements

within the GUI.

>NOTE: Changing value of Icon Spacing [Vertical] can

cause the taskbar to

>"grow" in height.
>
>-- Check Control Panel> Accessibility Options. Turn off

anything that

>would enable "large" display (Magnifier, for example).
>
>PS in regards to another question you asked in this

thread: Yes, you

>would have to reinstall programs that were installed

after the date/time

>of any particular restore point. If you are in the habit

of storing

>important items on the desktop (documents, for example),

you could lose

>those too.
>
>Sharon F
>MS MVP
>[Windows XP - Shell/User]
>
>.
>