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    start on top rather than the bottom

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    by madlizzy ·

    my daughter 5yr old touched something, now the start box is on
    the top of the screen rather than on the bottom. where it normally is
    i have windows xp

    thank you for your help

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    • #2827147

      Clarifications

      by madlizzy ·

      In reply to start on top rather than the bottom

      Clarifications

    • #2827144

      Here is a short video that should help you.

      by ron k. ·

      In reply to start on top rather than the bottom

    • #2827141

      More info.

      by ron k. ·

      In reply to start on top rather than the bottom

      I’m assuming that you have XP as you didn’t say.
      http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/movetaskbar.mspx

    • #2827136

      Well I have experience of answering this

      by oh smeg ·

      In reply to start on top rather than the bottom

      Place the Mouse Pointer on a unused part of the Task Bar push and hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse to the bottom of the screen.

      This will drag the Task Bar back tot he bottom of the screen. 😉

      Col

      • #2827132

        But, but, but…

        by ron k. ·

        In reply to Well I have experience of answering this

        You didn’t post a link to a video. :0
        I swear, I’m such a noob that I’ve only seen that ‘problem’ once, years ago. Today, for this OP, I even tried to create it on my computer and didn’t do it. I’ll try to ‘break’ my computer again later. I’m too busy cooking mystic pizzas.

        • #2827119

          The Kabbalah kind?

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to But, but, but…

          With special mushrooms?

        • #2827117

          The ingredients are secret from me.

          by ron k. ·

          In reply to The Kabbalah kind?

          Magic mushrooms may or may not be involved. It’s purplish, if that means anything.

        • #3033005

          RE: [i]It’s purplish

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to The ingredients are secret from me.

          If that’s the case Ron I would suggest that you drop everything and rush straight to a Doctor to get the Blood flowing again.

          Turning Purple is a [b]Very Bad[/b] sign. 😀

          Col

        • #3032978

          As they’re cooking in the E. Coli Cafe folks should be forewarned.

          by ron k. ·

          In reply to RE: [i]It’s purplish

          It looks good though, as long as you don’t look too hard.

        • #2827084

          Put down the mushroom

          by ic-it ·

          In reply to But, but, but…

          Then right click your Taskbar and Unlock it. 😉 🙂

        • #3033006

          Ron I don’t know if you where around at the time

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to But, but, but…

          But a while ago someone asked the same question and I sort of replied the same way as above but without the bit about placing the Mouse Pointer on a [b]Unused[/b] part of the Task Bar. To me that was so obvious that it didn’t need saying as only a complete idiot would click on a open Tab or so I thought at least. 😉

          The Poster there replied that he wasn’t an Idiot and jumped on me quite hard. Then several days latter they posted the fix which was exactly what i had said but included the [b]Unused[/b] word. :^0

          Col

        • #3032977

          I have fun here at home, talking my users through something.

          by ron k. ·

          In reply to Ron I don’t know if you where around at the time

          I can be confusing to them by assuming too much. On the bright side, they seem to feel glad that they have me while I feel bad that I’m all they have. 😀 We manage somehow.
          Nothing has broken in the past 15 minutes.

      • #2827008

        I still can’t reproduce her problem.

        by ron k. ·

        In reply to Well I have experience of answering this

        The Task Bar is unlocked and I can drag it up about halfway but I can’t get Start to the right and on top.

        • #2826985

          The 5-year-old

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to I still can’t reproduce her problem.

          Bribe the secret from her with candy. She did it by just touching something.

        • #2826864

          The five year old will be a computer whiz, I’m telling you.

          by ron k. ·

          In reply to The 5-year-old

          Stumped me. Maybe that’s a sign that I should hang it all up and go Facebook farming. I was working on my pink roses mastery.

    • #2827089

      CTRL-ALT-up/down/left/right? (nt)

      by nexs ·

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    • #2826963

      Did you try

      by sue t ·

      In reply to start on top rather than the bottom

      what NexS said? that should work. It sounds like she rotated the screen which is usually done by a hotkey. there is also sometimes a icon in the taskbar on the right (guess it is left now)that looks like a monitor that you can right click on and fix the orientation of the screen.

      • #3033004

        Could have been done as well in

        by oh smeg ·

        In reply to Did you try

        Something like Catalyst Display options I suppose.

    • #2826865

      I’ve seen a picture of the Start button on top.

      by ron k. ·

      In reply to start on top rather than the bottom

      There was a blue column beneath it for all of the programs. Of course I can’t find that picture again and I can’t create the problems.
      One solution not mentioned here is to reboot the computer into Safe Mode by repeatedly pressing the F8 key after your computers sounds the POST beep, before going to regular Windows. The Start button should be at the bottom. Simply click on a bare area of the task bar and choose to Lock the Taskbar then reboot into Windows normally. The start button should remain at the bottom of the window on the left.

      • #2826862

        Be aware, while entering Safe Mode it takes a few minutes.

        by ron k. ·

        In reply to I’ve seen a picture of the Start button on top.

        The screen seems to stall at mup.sys but if you leave it be it’ll load. I get impatient so I generally walk away for a few minutes.

      • #3033001

        RE: [i]Entering Safe Mode

        by oh smeg ·

        In reply to I’ve seen a picture of the Start button on top.

        Ron I tell people to [b]Press[/b] and [b]Hold Down[/b] the [b]F8 Key[/b] rather than continually pressing it as quite a few mess up and can not get the system to start in anything but the Normal Mode because they stop pressing the key at the wrong time.

        From dealing with End Users I find that none have any problems with the Instruction to [b]Hold Down the F8 Key till the Internal Speakers start going crazy.[/b] It’s simple and always works unlike them tapping it 2 or 3 times at the wrong time and missing the opportunity to start in anything of their choosing. 😉

        Col

        • #3032979

          I’ll remember that, Col.

          by ron k. ·

          In reply to RE: [i]Entering Safe Mode

          Thanks. Anything to make life easier is greatly appreciated. I was going by what I was taught via phone support many moons ago.

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