TeaTimer or Spybot causing Taskbar malfunction
As I now got the update to the new version 1.6 of Spybot, I have recognized a malfunction of the taskbar (Taskleiste):
The PC:
Win2K with all the updates, ADSL-2, 512 MB RAM, 733 MHz
Working fine.
I have been using the following options:
- Immer im Vordergrund / Keep the taskbar on top of other windows
- Automatisch im Hintergrund / Auto-hide the taskbar
As I wanted to see the taskbar earlier, I just got down with the mouse and it popped up.
Now the taskbar always keeps up and does not lower it self down any more.
It simply does not disappear regardless of the settings.
Something is blocking the function and this is caused by Spybot.
I have disabled the Info ballons in Teatimer and rebooted the PC of no gain. I liked the Spybot-behaviour as it was earlier.
I have uninstalled Spybot, cleaned up the filesystem and the registry, without success.
(As Spybot is uninstalled, the taskbar works fine again.)
If I just disable Teatimer, it does not make any difference.
My workaround now is to keep the taskbar in the background and get it visible by the Windows key, but this is not fluently enough.
The mouse is better, because the eyes are following the pointer.
Is the issue known? Is there a solution? Update?
A conflict in the Registry? Registry key?
Report on my experiences so far. ("Erfahrungsbericht")
Hi Sandra,
thank you for your response!
Unfortunately I could not manage to build that file for this entry.
I made the following effort:
// info: This file blocks
:: ICQ Lite
File:"ICQLite.exe -trayboot","C:\Programme\ICQLite\ICQLite.exe","filesize=3142236,md5=2EAD5900356FD61DFDF27B1A819126E1"
AutoRunByFilename:"*\ICQLite.exe","","filesize=3142236,md5=2EAD5900356FD61DFDF27B1A819126E1"
As you can see, I could not find out the right syntax for the parameter "-trayboot".
I read some sites here as well:
Thank you for the link to this link! ^^
Safer Networking Forums > Software > OpenSBI Discussion
http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=50
I putted the *.sbi-file in the following folder:
C:\Programme\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Includes
There was an entry blocked after building the file but immediately (!) allowed again.
So it was not quite right and didn't change anything (no entries about this were visible in the Blacklist either).
If I wrote the needed entries directly in the file RegKeyBlack.sbe (Denied Registry Changes?) in the folder
C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Anwendungsdaten\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Excludes
all the entries were gone (nothing blocked any more) because this file is obviously protected of some reason.
So it's the wrong file to make manual entries anyway. (I just tried it out as well...)
These are probably the entries I'm missing now and as I can remember did be there earlier (Denied Registry Changes):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Runonce\ICQ Lite="C:\Programme\ICQLite\ICQLite.exe" -trayboot
Meanwhile I have made a workaround with Regedt32.exe:
I restricted the rights for the registry keys in "Runonce" and now the entry can't be made there any more.
This is of course not any optimal solution if any other programs want to write something there too.
It is not quite harmless to make such trials, because after a while I got an error message that something malicious were found in that process and I got three choises:
Per default ICQ.exe would have been deleted.
This file is clean and the PC is clean, just something went wrong.
I installed Spybot and ICQ once again.
Both programs are now working well.
(I'll wait and see...)
And of course, there was no entry in the Blacklist earlier, so there was nothing to delete and to be rebuild again.
On the other hand it might be useless to make this all if the process is clean anyway. But you never know when you'll need this knowledge and experience. And on the other site a clean process is not permanently active causing a lot of ballon messages (as it was)...
