Toolbars on Taskbar- Greyed or "ghosted...XP SP2

[gagreen]

I am completely baffled why the toolbars on taskbar have become "ghosted" (greyed) since upgrading to SP2.

I read about various entrys in the REGISTRY, such as NOTOOLBARSONTASKBAR, but so far I can not get the toolbars to restore functionality.

Strangely, you can add new toolbars to the taskbar...but ALAS they are also "ghosted.

Can anyone walk me thru the entire sequence of files and registry values which SP2 uses to:
1. Bring up toolbars in taskbar
2. Check if valid and executable.

This is a normal DELL OPTIPLEX GX260, 256Meg, 2.66Mhz
system. I ask for help as we have 2 "EXACT MATCHING" machines.......my wife is blind and uses JAWS adaptive reading. Therefore, I want to track this bug as my
"100% match" is the test machine I use to 'debug' before we add/update/install anything on hers.

Thanks in advance. Gregg

 

[bcastner]

I believe it is malware.

See as a related issue:

http://www.winxptutor.com/wsaremove.htm

. Follow the steps in faq608-4650
. Consider an examination of your system with "Toolbar Cop"

http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/toolbarcop.htm

 

[linney]

A good check to see if it is malware or a corrupt third party program is to look at the situation from within Safe Mode.

This thread has some other ideas to try including the Taskbar fix from Kelly Theriot.

Taskbar problem: Tabs of current objects invisible
thread779-859906