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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Performance / August 2006Button remains on taskbar from Screensaver
After my screensaver has been running for a while, and when I move my mouse to "wake up" my computer, a button remains on my taskbar that is very annoying. I had this problem before, but do not remember how I made it stop appearing. I know it doesn't have to do with the specific screensaver product though. Does anyone know how I can stop this from happening? Thanks! Switching screensavers and/or updating the video drivers sometimes helps. These ghost buttons are often caused by one of these MS updates: The Win98SE Mapped drives Shutdown update The Win98SE 1394 Storage Supplement They may have been installed by the manufacturer, or by Windows Update...if you don't need them, uninstall them. Search for these INF files: 260067un.inf 242975un.inf Right-click the INF files and click Install from the context menu, to remove the updates. You must have Start> Settings> Folder Options> View tab set to "Show All Files", as INF files are "hidden" files.  SignatureGlen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > After my screensaver has been running for a while, and when I move my mouse > to "wake up" my computer, a button remains on my taskbar that is very > annoying. I had this problem before, but do not remember how I made it stop > appearing. I know it doesn't have to do with the specific screensaver product > though. Does anyone know how I can stop this from happening? Thanks! Thanks for your help. Unfortunately this didn't take care of the problem, even though I got rid of both those INFs. Any other suggestions anyone? Thank you. > Switching screensavers and/or updating the video drivers sometimes helps. > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > appearing. I know it doesn't have to do with the specific screensaver product > > though. Does anyone know how I can stop this from happening? Thanks! Did you right-click the INF files mentioned, and click Install from the context menu that appeared for each? SignatureGlen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > Thanks for your help. Unfortunately this didn't take care of the problem, > even though I got rid of both those INFs. Any other suggestions anyone? Thank [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > > appearing. I know it doesn't have to do with the specific screensaver product > > > though. Does anyone know how I can stop this from happening? Thanks! Yes I did, but unfortunately this hasn't taken care of it for some reason. :( Any other ideas anyone? Thank you very much! > Did you right-click the INF files mentioned, and click Install from the context menu > that appeared for each? [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > > > appearing. I know it doesn't have to do with the specific screensaver product > > > > though. Does anyone know how I can stop this from happening? Thanks! Update your video drivers. SignatureGlen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > Yes I did, but unfortunately this hasn't taken care of it for some reason. :( > Any other ideas anyone? Thank you very much! [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > > > appearing. I know it doesn't have to do with the specific screensaver product > > > > > though. Does anyone know how I can stop this from happening? Thanks! > After my screensaver has been running for a while, and when I move my > mouse [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > product > though. Does anyone know how I can stop this from happening? Thanks! _I_ found it _did_ depend on the 'saver: basically, old Windows 3.x screensavers were most likely to (I _think_ would always) leave that button there. It always goes away if I click on it. I just accept it as penalty for being able to use some old 'savers I like; if you do get a solution that works, please share (-:! I heard about this problem very often in the last time. I suggest you use Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition or not? Please read this article about the "Icon Is Displayed on the Taskbar After Closing the Screen Saver" problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280722 If this doesn't help ,try restoring original user32.dll,user.exe maybe with Start->Run->"sfc" HTH "J. P. Gilliver" schrieb: > > After my screensaver has been running for a while, and when I move my > > mouse [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > being able to use some old 'savers I like; if you do get a solution that > works, please share (-:! >I heard about this problem very often in the last time. > I suggest you use Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition or not? > > Please read this article about the "Icon Is Displayed on the Taskbar After > Closing the Screen Saver" problem: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280722 Thanks, but from there: "When you close the screen saver, an icon that is titled "screen saver" is displayed on the taskbar." Kristen doesn't say, but what I get is a button, same size and shape as the button from any running application, but with nothing - icon or text - on it at all, i. e. a blank grey rectangle. (Also, I'm unimpressed with the above article: it basically says, this can happen if you applied a certain hotfix - and gives as a solution, remove the hotfix. [It's a hotfix to fix "Windows Stops Responding During Shutdown with Mapped Drives"; since I don't use Mapped Drives {why in capitals?}, I'm unlikely to have installed it.]) > If this doesn't help ,try restoring original user32.dll,user.exe > maybe with Start->Run->"sfc" [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> being able to use some old 'savers I like; if you do get a solution that >> works, please share (-:! >>I heard about this problem very often in the last time. >> I suggest you use Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition or not? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > hotfix to fix "Windows Stops Responding During Shutdown with Mapped Drives"; since > I don't use Mapped Drives {why in capitals?}, I'm unlikely to have installed it.]) That hotfix was installed by many OEMs when they built their systems, so you may very well have it on yours. It would certainly be quite simple to find out: search for a file named 260067un.inf.....if it exists, the update is installed. To remove, right-click 260067un.inf and click Install (the article mistakenly states the file name as 260067.inf). Here is my old standard blurb on the issue of "ghost buttons"....whether they are blank or they contain text: Switching screensavers and/or updating the video drivers sometimes helps. These ghost buttons are often caused by one of these MS updates: The Win98SE Mapped drives Shutdown update The Win98SE 1394 Storage Supplement They may have been installed by the manufacturer, or by Windows Update...if you don't need them, uninstall them. Search for these INF files: 260067un.inf 242975un.inf Right-click the INF files and click Install from the context menu, to remove the updates. You must have Folder Options>View tab set to "Show All Files", as INF files are "hidden" files. SignatureGlen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm >> "J. P. Gilliver" schrieb: >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >>> being able to use some old 'savers I like; if you do get a solution that >>> works, please share (-:! [] >> I don't use Mapped Drives {why in capitals?}, I'm unlikely to have >> installed it.]) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > update is installed. To remove, right-click 260067un.inf and click > Install (the article mistakenly states the file name as 260067.inf). Ah - I built mine, so it's not there (-:. [] > They may have been installed by the manufacturer, or by Windows > Update...if you don't need them, uninstall them. Search for these INF > files: (And - sacrilege I expect, from reading this 'group - I've never played with Windows Updates. My desktop PC isn't connected to the internet [or anything else!], and on both it and my laptop I run the '95 shell, by preference, so am loth to try "updates".) [] >>>> _I_ found it _did_ depend on the 'saver: basically, old Windows 3.x >>>> screensavers were most likely to (I _think_ would always) leave that [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >>>> that >>>> works, please share (-:! [] >>I heard about this problem very often in the last time. >> I suggest you use Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition or not? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >During Shutdown with Mapped Drives"; since I don't use Mapped Drives {why in >capitals?}, I'm unlikely to have installed it.]) I have same problem here. When screen saver stops plain grey button / box remains in taskbar. Not icon. Here is my old standard blurb on the issue of "ghost buttons"....whether they are blank or they contain text: Switching screensavers and/or updating the video drivers sometimes helps. These ghost buttons are often caused by one of these MS updates: The Win98SE Mapped drives Shutdown update The Win98SE 1394 Storage Supplement They may have been installed by the manufacturer, or by Windows Update...if you don't need them, uninstall them. Search for these INF files: 260067un.inf 242975un.inf Right-click the INF files and click Install from the context menu, to remove the updates. You must have Folder Options>View tab set to "Show All Files", as INF files are "hidden" files. SignatureGlen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm >>>I heard about this problem very often in the last time. >>> I suggest you use Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition or not? [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > I have same problem here. 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