Hi Jer,

Do you have the google desktop installed? It's been known to cause this
issue. Otherwise, click start and type msconfig, then hit <enter>. On the
general tab, place the system in diagnostic mode, click apply/ok and reboot
as directed. See if the problem with the taskbar goes away.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
My thoughts [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/url]

"xpriestsxsyrinxx" <xpriestsxsyrinxx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> About every 10 minutes or more, the taskbar freezes and I can't do
> anything.
> I have to constantly open the task manager, end the exlporer process, and
> reopen explorer. I don't know how at all I'd be able to fix this.
>
> Another problem I've been having is with my start menu. Whenever I open
> it,
> the shortcut files aren't there. The program folder and all of the things
> on
> the right (including documents, computer, network, etc.) is still there. I
> don't know how I'd fix this either.
>
> If anyone has a solution to anyone of these 2 or both of these problems,
> please help me out and reply with an answer.
>
> Thanks,
> Jer[/color]