windows 2000 taskbar not responding

Post by **4days** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:57 pm

had this problem on another machine and can't remember how i fixed it.

basically, the taskbar (and the items on it) intermittently stop responding to LMB or RMB clicks. can only get it working again by alt-tabbing to a running program and it's starting to get irritating.

problem started a few days ago - haven't installed any new software for weeks so not too sure where to start looking for the culprit, anyone else seen the same/similar problem and solved by an easier means than reinstalling?

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:18 pm

have you rebooted your machine at all?

Post by **4days** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:32 pm

aye, several times.

the only thing i've done that i don't normally do is use IE because i had to test a site for someone - nothing flashy on the site though, just checking IE didn't bollocks up the css too much.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:01 pm

i know that ive had these hickup's but usually its caused by the system backing up a little bit due to uptime..

usually restarting explorer flused it out, but if this is happening when you are running on a fresh boot, it must be something else..

go to your processes tab and post the processes that are running.

See if that helps.

Post by **4days** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:33 pm

edited original post, actually need to alt-tab to get it working again. hitting start does nowt - although that bit of the taskbar does respond to the mouse, which (like you've said) makes me wonder if it's something other than explorer just hanging.

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Name.................Version............Size
system idle process..Unknown............Unknown
system...............Unknown............Unknown
smss.exe.............5.00.2195.6601.....44.77 KB (45,840 bytes)
csrss.exe............Unknown............Unknown
winlogon.exe.........5.00.2195.6970.....178.27 KB (182,544 bytes)
services.exe.........5.00.2195.6700.....87.27 KB (89,360 bytes)
lsass.exe............5.00.2195.6902.....32.77 KB (33,552 bytes)
svchost.exe..........5.00.2134.1........7.77 KB (7,952 bytes)
spoolsv.exe..........5.00.2195.6659.....44.27 KB (45,328 bytes)
avgamsvr.exe.........7,1,0,299..........316.50 KB (324,096 bytes)
avgupsvc.exe.........7,1,0,285..........68.50 KB (70,144 bytes)
svchost.exe..........5.00.2134.1........7.77 KB (7,952 bytes)
mdm.exe..............7.10.3077..........328.00 KB (335,872 bytes)
nvsvc32.exe..........6.14.10.6177.......112.07 KB (114,755 bytes)
regsvc.exe...........5.00.2195.6701.....66.77 KB (68,368 bytes)
mstask.exe...........4.71.2195.6920.....116.77 KB (119,568 bytes)
winmgmt.exe..........1.50.1085.0100.....192.10 KB (196,706 bytes)
svchost.exe..........5.00.2134.1........7.77 KB (7,952 bytes)
explorer.exe.........5.00.3700.6690.....237.77 KB (243,472 bytes)
daemon.exe...........3.47.0.0...........80.00 KB (81,920 bytes)
avgcc.exe............7,1,0,298..........334.00 KB (342,016 bytes)
internat.exe.........5.00.2920.0000.....20.27 KB (20,752 bytes)
hotsync.exe..........4.0.4..............292.00 KB (299,008 bytes)
mozilla.exe..........1.7.3: 2004091008..98.39 KB (100,752 bytes)
explorer.exe.........5.00.3700.6690.....237.77 KB (243,472 bytes)
notepad.exe..........5.00.2140.1........49.77 KB (50,960 bytes)
mmc.exe..............5.00.2195.6601.....589.27 KB (603,408 bytes)

murphy's law being what it is, looking at system info or the task manager stops the problem - so i can't tell exactly what's happening when the taskbar freezes up.

going to leave it running a few bog-standard maintenance things (windows update, anti-virus, etc) and nip out for a swift half and see if that fixes it.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:04 pm

also, try giving her a defrag.

also, do you think that it could be something involving your palm hangin up?

Post by **4days** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:44 pm

set it to defrag all the disks tonight once the anti-virus has finished.

killed hotsync, d-tools and avg and the damn thing did it again 5 minutes later - so fairly sure 3rd party stuff's ruled out.

ah well, cheers for the suggestions. think i'll just start using geoshell again if it doesn't sort itself out tomorrow.