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Windows 7: Why won't the taskbar auto-hide?
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19 Jan 2010
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#1 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate Stoughton, WI |
Why won't the taskbar auto-hide?
Anyone else seen this. I cannot get the task bar to auto hide. I tell it to auto-hide, but it always stays on top, which is annoying because it covers other useful stuff.. Any help appreciated..
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Amd 5400+ dual core overclocked to 3.0 ghz
Motherboard EVGA 590 sli aM2
Memory 8gb 5-5-5-5-15 g-skill
Graphics Card Nvidia 9800gt 512mb
Sound Card M-Audio Delta 2496
Monitor(s) Displays Acer 22 inch lcd
Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050
Keyboard some rubbish I found in my garage
Mouse logitech
PSU 650 watts
Case Antec Sonata II
Cooling Zallmen Xpu cooler
Hard Drives Hmm
4.0 terabytes total..
Internet Speed caps at about 650kb down, 50kb up . Gigabit local network.
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19 Jan 2010
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#2 | |
W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE Indian Territory |
No problem here. I assume that by "telling" it to autohide, that you are selecting that option on the Taskbar tab of the Taskbar and Start Menu's properties. If that be the case, I don't know the solution to the problem. Has it always been that way, or did it change at some point? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DIY
OS W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
CPU Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3
Motherboard ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI
Memory 2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS
Graphics Card EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS
Sound Card Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1
Monitor(s) Displays Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080
Keyboard Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse
Mouse Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto
PSU CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000
Case HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB
Cooling 3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans
Hard Drives WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black
Internet Speed 3.3Mbps
Other Info SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
(** = 2nd rig)
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19 Jan 2010
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#3 | |
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Maybe you forgot "Apply". | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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20 Jan 2010
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate X64 43° 40' 0 N 79° 25' 0 W |
Did you do this?
I don't see any other issues. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number custom of course...built by grimreaper
OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz (3.6GHz 24/7) maxed 4.05GHz
Motherboard EVGA 790i Ultra SLi Model#132-CK-NF79-A1 BIOS P10
Memory 8GB OCZ DDR3 PC3-14400 @ 1800MHz NVIDIA SLi-Ready
Graphics Card 2XBFG GeForce GTX 280 OC Edition SLi'd
Sound Card SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro Series
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 52" 1080P LCD HDTV (LN52B550)
Screen Resolution 1920X1080 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech cordless Y-RAJ56A piece of ****
Mouse Logitech G7 Laser Cordless mouse black
PSU ThermalTake ToughPower 1200W P/N:W0133RU Modularized
Case ThermalTake P/N: VH6000BWS Armor Full-Tower
Cooling ThermalTake SpinQ P/N: P0466 CPU Cooler
Hard Drives 3xWestern Digital WD1001FALS Caviar Black 1TB Hard Drive(s) RAID 0 x2 encased in 3xMasscool KuFormula SHF1 HDD Cooler(s)
Internet Speed 10 Mbps DL-1Mbps UL wirelessly DWA-552 extreme N
Other Info 1XSamsung DVD burner SH-S223Q/BEBN SATA
1XSamsung DVD burner SH-S223L/BEBN SATA
1XLG GGW-H20L Blu-Ray burner
4XCooler Master 120mm Blue LED SickleFlow 2000 RPM
1XBelkin UPS F6C1500TWRK) backup power supply
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20 Jan 2010
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate Stoughton, WI |
Yeah.. that is the function I am selecting, as well as apply. For some reason the task bar does not auto-hide. I have tried it on my computer, as well as my father's. He is the one I am asking for, as I have no interest in auto-hiding the task bar. For him, it is really annoying.. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Amd 5400+ dual core overclocked to 3.0 ghz
Motherboard EVGA 590 sli aM2
Memory 8gb 5-5-5-5-15 g-skill
Graphics Card Nvidia 9800gt 512mb
Sound Card M-Audio Delta 2496
Monitor(s) Displays Acer 22 inch lcd
Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050
Keyboard some rubbish I found in my garage
Mouse logitech
PSU 650 watts
Case Antec Sonata II
Cooling Zallmen Xpu cooler
Hard Drives Hmm
4.0 terabytes total..
Internet Speed caps at about 650kb down, 50kb up . Gigabit local network.
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20 Jan 2010
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#6 | |
W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE Indian Territory |
I would guess that there is some program installed on both computers that is interfering with that operation. Have no idea what, but it would probably be one loading at boot. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DIY
OS W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
CPU Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3
Motherboard ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI
Memory 2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS
Graphics Card EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS
Sound Card Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1
Monitor(s) Displays Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080
Keyboard Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse
Mouse Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto
PSU CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000
Case HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB
Cooling 3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans
Hard Drives WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black
Internet Speed 3.3Mbps
Other Info SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
(** = 2nd rig)
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20 Jan 2010
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#7 | |
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
I think seekermeister is right. For a test, disable all startups and see whether it works. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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20 Jan 2010
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate Stoughton, WI |
k... will give that a go.. see if it works.. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Amd 5400+ dual core overclocked to 3.0 ghz
Motherboard EVGA 590 sli aM2
Memory 8gb 5-5-5-5-15 g-skill
Graphics Card Nvidia 9800gt 512mb
Sound Card M-Audio Delta 2496
Monitor(s) Displays Acer 22 inch lcd
Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050
Keyboard some rubbish I found in my garage
Mouse logitech
PSU 650 watts
Case Antec Sonata II
Cooling Zallmen Xpu cooler
Hard Drives Hmm
4.0 terabytes total..
Internet Speed caps at about 650kb down, 50kb up . Gigabit local network.
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20 Jan 2010
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#9 | |
Windows 7 Pro 64 SP1 East Bay Area, CA |
This thread is marked solved, It might be of some help to you, Auto hide Taskbar not working | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq sr5410f case
OS Windows 7 Pro 64 SP1
CPU AMD X2 4450E @ 2.3 ghz
Motherboard Biostar MCP6P M2+
Memory 4.0 g
Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT , 512mb
Sound Card onboard
Monitor(s) Displays auria eq2367
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard logitech wave cordless
Mouse logitech LX8 cordless laser mouse
PSU 250 watts
Case Compaq
Cooling couple fans
Hard Drives 1 tb Hitachi HDT721010SLA scsi, 500 gb external
Internet Speed comcast hi speed 19 dn 8 up
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser IE10
Other Info Laptop specs: HP g7-1365dx /
CPU: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics /
RAM: Crucial 8Gb (2x4Gb) /
SSD: Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device/ FW 000F /
GFX: AMD Radeon HD 6520G /
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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20 Jan 2010
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#10 | |
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
The solution in that thread made sense - active notifications blocking it. You probably don't want the taskbar hidden if there is e.g. a security notification awaiting your action. In fact, in such a case you want the taskbar popping up when it was hidden. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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