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Dr Watson says...

Feb 22, 2004 10:55AM PST

Hi!
Compaq Presario AMD Duron 800MHZ
Microsoft Windows ME

I took a snapshot with Dr. Watson and here is what it says: If the Taskbar is behaving strangely, try exiting Internat.

Module Name: INTERNAT.EXE
Description: Internat
Version: 4.90.1000.0
Product: Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) Operating System
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation

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If the Taskbar is behaving strangely, try exiting Multimedia
background task support module.

Module Name: mmtask.tsk
Description: Multimedia background task support module
Version: 4.90.3000
Product: Microsoft Windows

on the desk top, I have tried to restore my taskbar without success, using the above info, I tried to exit internat and mmtask but don't know how...

Anyone can help I would appreciate!
Tks

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Re:Dr Watson says...
Feb 22, 2004 6:52PM PST

Here are three things you can try to restore a missing taskbar:

OPTION #1

Boot to safe mode. Then restart in normal mode.


OPTION #2

Press Ctrl + Esc, Alt + space, S, then use arrow keys to enlarge taskbar, then press enter


OPTION #3

* Launch Regedit.
* Back up your Registry.
* Drill down to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ StuckRects and delete it.
* Reboot.

Incidentally, when the same thing happened to me (no taskbar), the boot to safe mode method did the trick.

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Re:Dr Watson says...
Feb 22, 2004 9:26PM PST

INTERNAT.EXE is the alternative language input processor and it's up to you if you need it. In short, I find the less I run, the better behaved a machine is. I would not diddle with MMTASK for the moment.

Read http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/t1015550905 as to how others have deal with INTERNAT.EXE.

Bob