Ive acquired a blue band on the desktop, about 2 inches wide on the the left of the screen from top to bottom, I was messing about in the my docs folder at the time and when i closed it there it was. Its deffinately part of windows as its got 3 drop down lists at the top of it.
No matter what ive tried, i cant get rid of it, properties on task bar, desktop, appearance, settings, advanced, etc etc, it wont drag, it wont click, i cant get rid of the f****** thing and its driving me mad!

 

so what are the drop down lists?

have you not just moved the taskbar?

 

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Have you tried restarting, long shot but it could possibly be a graphics card artefact? Adaware software or a spyware remover?

 

MJ, the drop down lists are folder tasks, other places and details.
The task bar along the bottom is all normal.

Cheers for that angrynorth, what is that!
Its not addware or a spyware program as my spyhunter looks nothing like it!
Ive also tried restarting!
Thanks for the quick replys though chaps!

 

why dont you invite someone here onto your PC to have a look Do you get a menu if you hover or right click on the blue bar?

 

Try a System restore, Click start,go to programs,go to accessories,go to system tools,
click system restore,pick a date before problem started,follow instructions on screen,
you might lose some of your latest programs you were on before problem. hope this works for you.

 

Do a screen dump, save it as an image and post it here - then I'm sure you'll get an answer ins econds as it will make sense to someone...

 

Its possible your taskbar is locked which is why you cant drag it / close it. Right click on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen : ensure the Lock the Taskbar option *isn't* ticked and then try to move or close the blue bar. It sounds like youve accidentally dragged something into the taskbar.

 

If i left click on the buttons the menu's drop down, if you open ya docs page its the same as it is in there,ie, down the left side of the page.

 

Cheers Mach, thats an option i supose!

 

How do i do that

 

I wish it was MJ, tried all that m8, its deffinately a windows thing as its on the stupid preview video in the help bit and you can see it on various examples of pages they give you. Shame they dont tell you what its called and how to get it off though, tossers

 

go to your desktop, press ALT and print screen together.

open up ms paint, go to edit and click paste, you should now have a pic of your desktop.

save it as a jpeg and send it to my email in my profile, I will post it up for you.

 

forget hotmail - its fooked!


use mike@urquattro.co.uk

 

it's a Browser Hijacker/Spyware - supposed to be a hidden window but it has been written by amateurs - I see it a lot on my PC repair travels

I can remote connect if you want, to check it out....I'm trying to remember which one it is...it usually is connected to the MSN add ons and Coolweb 2 ( a bugger to remove!)

 

Thanks Mike, ive sent you a bitmap image.

 

Its a possibility although my spyhunter is prety good, strange!

 

is this not something to do with the crappy defauly XP tellytubby appearance settings?

 

I've had this on my XP desktop before. I can't for the life of me remember how I managed to remove it though.

 

Here is a fix

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...sk_desktop.htm

 

So what Britney Spears video is that on your desktop then ?

 

Soulgirl, your a star!

 

mate a' mine put it on the other night, dunno where he got it but its verging on the border of blue and shes fit

 

MJ, thanks for puting up the pic m8.

 

 

soulgirl - your just a medal stealer, you couldn't have done it without my pic

 

green pants don't suit you In fact, your picture didn't help... I knew what it looked like as it's the same as on windows explorer... a simple google found me the answer How he got it there is still a mystery as I tried to replicate that on my own box to no avail.

 

 

As far as i can remember, i was soding about in 'my documents' at the time, just moving icons around, still dos'nt realy explain how it got there though,
Thanks for your help you2 anyway, its gone now!