Taskbar Disappears - windows XP
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I think your good to go
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No I still have the problem. It has occurred two time since my last post.
I removed and reinstalled Outlook in an attempt to fix the corruption in the outlook forms library. That did not fix the problem so I setup a new user/profile and now Outlook works correctly. Something in the User profile was corrupt and was not corrected by removal/Install.
The new profile uses the standard task-bar (not the classic task bar like the old profile). Now when the problem occurs the standard task-bar does not go away, but simply becomes non responsive. Once when the problem occurred I was able to use the task-manager to switch users and sure enough the task bar was blank on the old profile. After the problem occurs I typically use the task manager and alt-Tab to shut-down and reboot as gracefully as possible. This is not always possible because the system if very slow and non responsive. If I get all applications shut down and then click restart, the system informs me that it is terminating several tasks. The last time it occurs the system shutdown AvastUI.exe.
So changes in the taskbar setup and hardware display acceleration did not help and all indications is that the task-bar issue is just a symptom of a much more subtle problem.
Thank you sooo much for your help...
I removed and reinstalled Outlook in an attempt to fix the corruption in the outlook forms library. That did not fix the problem so I setup a new user/profile and now Outlook works correctly. Something in the User profile was corrupt and was not corrected by removal/Install.
The new profile uses the standard task-bar (not the classic task bar like the old profile). Now when the problem occurs the standard task-bar does not go away, but simply becomes non responsive. Once when the problem occurred I was able to use the task-manager to switch users and sure enough the task bar was blank on the old profile. After the problem occurs I typically use the task manager and alt-Tab to shut-down and reboot as gracefully as possible. This is not always possible because the system if very slow and non responsive. If I get all applications shut down and then click restart, the system informs me that it is terminating several tasks. The last time it occurs the system shutdown AvastUI.exe.
So changes in the taskbar setup and hardware display acceleration did not help and all indications is that the task-bar issue is just a symptom of a much more subtle problem.
Thank you sooo much for your help...
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I get the following new error message after boot:
Application popup: Dropbox.exe - Entry Point Not Found : The procedure entry point SHGetKnownFolderPath could not be
located in the dynamic link library SHELL32.dll.
Also my XP system disk does not have any service packs. Do I now need to install the 3 service packs? Where would I get them?
Thank you sooo MUCH!!!
Roger
I get the following new error message after boot:
Application popup: Dropbox.exe - Entry Point Not Found : The procedure entry point SHGetKnownFolderPath could not be
located in the dynamic link library SHELL32.dll.
Also my XP system disk does not have any service packs. Do I now need to install the 3 service packs? Where would I get them?
Thank you sooo MUCH!!!
Roger
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From what I could find, Not found procedure entry point errors mean that you have a file that is not meant for your machine trying to run.
As it does so, it's looking for this entry point in the files you do have, but it's not there because it's the wrong version of OS most likely or you've installed a package that that did not update the file system properly to include the file with the missing procedure.
Download XP SP3, then do your Windows updates. Even though support has finished, all the old relevant updates should still available.
Let me also add, this may or may not fix the problem.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc507836.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
As it does so, it's looking for this entry point in the files you do have, but it's not there because it's the wrong version of OS most likely or you've installed a package that that did not update the file system properly to include the file with the missing procedure.
Download XP SP3, then do your Windows updates. Even though support has finished, all the old relevant updates should still available.
Let me also add, this may or may not fix the problem.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc507836.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
Ok.
I'm a little confused. If I go to system properties it shows that SP-3 is installed. When I go to the SP-3 link and review requirements it says SP-2 must be installed first. I can find a number of places to download SP-3, but none that look reliable.
So I assume that my system has all service packs installed, but that any files that were replaced by the repair program are now restored back to the original release. Not sure what will happen when I try to install SP-3 for a second time.
Do you have a recommended location to download SP-3 from??
Thank
I'm a little confused. If I go to system properties it shows that SP-3 is installed. When I go to the SP-3 link and review requirements it says SP-2 must be installed first. I can find a number of places to download SP-3, but none that look reliable.
So I assume that my system has all service packs installed, but that any files that were replaced by the repair program are now restored back to the original release. Not sure what will happen when I try to install SP-3 for a second time.
Do you have a recommended location to download SP-3 from??
Thank
If I'm right, Microsoft updates placed some SP3 updates on your machine without your knowledge.
Thats not out of the ordinary, it happens with all machines as in preparing them to receive new updates for coming security packages.
Prerequisites to install Windows XP SP3
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-before-you-install-windows-xp-service-pack-3
Installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc507836.aspx
No. I have Windows XP CD's with no Service Packs. Years ago I installed SP-1, SP-2 and SP-3. Then we used the "Repair Windows" program to fix my computer issues. Your instructions were to insert the Windows XP Service Pack-3 CD. But I do not have the service pack-3 CD, so I (inappropriately) used the Windows CD (with no service packs). That seems to have repaired the problem, except it created the error at boot. Now you have instructed me to install SP-3 again and the links you provided give me instructions, but no link for downloading the the service pack. Microsoft no longer supports and does have a download linkfor Xp service pack-3. I have found the major download sites (CNET, FillHippo, MajorGeeks,etc.) have a link to a Microsoft page that does not work. After searching a little more I found this link at zdnet.com, where I was able to download a copy of SP-3:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=24
http://www.zdnet.com/article/xp-sp3-download-it-while-you-still-can/
At this point everything seems to be ok. It has been almost 5 days since I reinstalled SP-3 and no problems! Fingers crossed!! LOL
Thank you sooo much...
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=24
http://www.zdnet.com/article/xp-sp3-download-it-while-you-still-can/
At this point everything seems to be ok. It has been almost 5 days since I reinstalled SP-3 and no problems! Fingers crossed!! LOL
Thank you sooo much...
Thank goodness.
Doing your own detective work has helped, your a good student!
Might be a good idea to save that link in case it's needed in the future.
You might want to consider upgrading computers in the future since you've seen first hand how hard it can be to work on and try to repair an XP machine.
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Doing your own detective work has helped, your a good student!
Might be a good idea to save that link in case it's needed in the future.
You might want to consider upgrading computers in the future since you've seen first hand how hard it can be to work on and try to repair an XP machine.
Safe surfing
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