mattlucas 0 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Somehow my toolbar has been moved from the bottom of my screen to the right side. Now the START button is in the upper right corner with all open pages listed below that It's annoying and I have no idea how to get it back to normal I'm using XP Please help Link to post Share on other sites
AK 77 0 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Just turn your computer on its side. Link to post Share on other sites
SA 0 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Left click on an empty part of the taskbar and drag it right to the bottom of the window. Should relocate to the usual position. You can lock it afterwards to stop it happening again if you want: right-click on toolbar >> lock the task bar. Link to post Share on other sites
holo 0 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 can you not clik and drag it back. If not read this http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/toolbars.mspx Link to post Share on other sites
SA 0 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 haha..I prefer AK 77's solution, that's lateral thinking for you Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Toques the best one-handed typer out there Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by AK 77: Just turn your computer on its side. Tried that last night but the porn just wasn't the same Thanks Who knew it would be so easy. Dragging it over worked Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 I got a message to update Windows last night and did so. After I did it, I couldn't open Excel. It kept on asking for the Excel CDs. Which I didn't have with me. VERY annoying. Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by LiquidX: I got a message to update Windows last night and did so. After I did it, I couldn't open Excel. It kept on asking for the Excel CDs. Which I didn't have with me. VERY annoying. just run "open office" its free Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 windows problem.. I could have told you that windows is a problem Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 That has happened to me before LiquidX. Luckily I had the disc at hand. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 I always have my bar on the right side. Mousing over to the bottom left seems unnatural. Since the screen is shorter top to bottom, and hence from an economic point of view it has more value, it makes more sense to fill the left to right space with the low value task bar. Link to post Share on other sites
SA 0 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 The bar is pretty wide, stacked vertically. It takes up more real estate that way. Of course if you have a BFO 19 or 21" screen I guess it doesn't much matter. For the rest of us... Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 > It takes up more real estate that way. No it doesn't. It takes up less total real estate, and less valuable real estate. And the total size has nothing to do with it - we're talking relative size here. Link to post Share on other sites
SA 0 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 If I view the Sydney Morning Herald site with the taskbar on the right, I lose about a third of the RH column and it means I have to scroll horizontally as well as vertically. This is running at 1024x768. The horizontal bar takes up 30.5 square cms, and the vertical 69 square cms on my screen. It takes up more space in absolute size terms, as well as relative to the fixed screen size. Lucky we can do it either way - I find it more valuable the other way *shrug* Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Sorry, I was assuming one would squash it up so you just get the icon and the first couple of characters displayed... Since top and bottom menu bars tend to proliferate needlessly, impinging on vertical viewing space, bunging one of the biggest offenders into the horizontal space seems to make a lot of sense. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 You could always use the auto-hide feature. Combined with a 21" Trinitron monitor, that give me plenty of space Link to post Share on other sites
SA 0 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 I see what you mean O11. Didn't occur to me to squish it down. Thanks for that. soub - 15.1" laptop screen. 21" might be a little heavy to hump around Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderpants 0 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Slightly off topic, but: Anyone here with an "Un-updatable windows"? (the kind that cannot pass windows genuine advantage check) i have a better solution than getting that hacked LegitCheckControl.dll go to http://www.shavlik.com/pDownloadForm4.aspx?productid=74 and get free trial on their update application. (i got one year for free) works great. It even updates computers over local networks. Link to post Share on other sites
minus 1 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 I don't know where my Office CDs are. I'd be shafted if I had to use the disc. (Might just go find them now) Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 I like the bar on the bottom because it gives me more space to pick from the sometimes many windows I have open I can easily switch from SJ -> gmail -> lesbo strap on anal porn -> bivouac -> and what ever homework I'm working edit: Just realized that if it's on the side they are stacked one on top of the other and I could have a dozen open at the same time... Still keeping it on the bottom though Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 I had same task bar problem on my computer at work. I couldn't find this easy solution for a month... thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Ocean11: I always have my bar on the right side. I have my Google Desktop residing over there as a autohide sidebar. My windows Task bar is on autohide the bottom. I like them to disappear from view like a good butler when I dont need them. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 fugg me, this has been a read I'll remember for a while. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted October 14, 2006 Author Share Posted October 14, 2006 Yah I didn't really start a real controversial topic eh Link to post Share on other sites
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