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Question

Taskbar freezing...

Oct 5, 2015 1:50PM PDT

When I put my computer to "sleep" for a long period time, why does the taskbar freeze and I have to hit the Window button a few times to bring up the start menu and it will hide the taskbar???

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I forgot to mention when I revive the computer...
Oct 5, 2015 1:54PM PDT

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That's been a complaint for, well, since about 1995
Oct 5, 2015 2:09PM PDT

Sleep and such showed up about then and when a PC comes back from sleep it may be a while for everything (apps and OS) to become ready.

About the only system I don't see this happen is on my iPad and Google Nexus tablets.

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Now, I think about it...
Oct 5, 2015 4:12PM PDT

you are right. It can be very frustrating that at times, I have to restart the computer.

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Here I use a faster method. I log out and back in.
Oct 5, 2015 4:47PM PDT

That stops and restarts just a little of the entire system.

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Thank you!
Oct 5, 2015 5:12PM PDT

I will do that for now on...