Okay, I've finally managed to get it working again.
I ended up playing with the config files by turning things off & on &
eventually found the right thing that caused the problem.
I still have to uninstall whatever it was somehow that was messing it up,
but at least it works. I also went thru the Windows Live Scan & it at first
said there were 9 items detected & 1 issue found, however by the time it was
done, my computer was clean, so I'm not sure if I just missed seeing it fix
things or if it just decided there was nothing there afterall by the end of
it. Anyway, I'm just glad my taskbar is up & running properly again.
Thanks again to those that replied!
Dukesfan

"Dukesfan" wrote:

> Hi, since today I have not been able to get my taskbar or startmenu to work.
> All I get is the working symbol when I put my cursor over my taskbar or start
> menu. I can still access my stuff from the desktop folders etc. but nothing
> thru the taskbar or even start menu. I also cant run msconfig or anything
> that requires accessing the start menu. The only way it works is if I boot
> into safe mode as the administrator but not as my computer name account (if
> that makes sense). I have to go right now & will add more later. Any help
> would be appreciated.
> Thanks.