Two Taskbars on Install?

[psymon119]

I just installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and when it first booted up, I had 2 task bars. Is there a reason this is happening? Anything I can do to fix it short of reinstalling?

 

[Lordbob75]

open command prompt (run as admin) and type:
sfc /scannow

If that doesn't help, try a repair install. If that still doesnt work, then do a new install.

I have never seen this before...

~Lordbob

 

[garrettnichols]

Don't know if this will work, but try opening task manager and killing explorer.exe and restart the process manually and see if that solves your problem.

 

[psymon119]

Neither worked. Reinstalling now. One of my friends just told me it could somehow be a HDD issue. I'll try another one if it happens after this install.

Ty, Lordbob75

 

[Dom]

Searched google, similar to your problem but not the same.
Why Do I have 2 taskbars (Screenshot)?
I suggest you download CCleaner and scan for corrupt or most likely duplicate registry files, and then run a full scan with Malwarebytes.

If neither of these work, this is one confusing issue
I think the only other possibilities is that it is a corrupt installation, or a pirated version of Windows has gone wrong.

 

[psymon119]

SOLVED: The problem was with my RAM. I had a bad 2gb stick. When trying to install with that stick inserted, or with a 3rd stick that didn't have another to complete the dual-channel setup (i have 4 ram slots), windows would install corrupted. I was kind of 'forcing' the install when i used a usb stick. My bad RAM forced a corrupted install.

That bad stick also causes my AMD display driver when using it with a good install, in case any of you are having problems with that. RAM actually causes all kinds of problems that can seem unrelated. When i searched for corrupted installs, or the 0x80070570 error, absolutely no useful information came up regarding RAM, but it makes a whole lot of sense. All that information is passed through the RAM so corrupt RAM can easily lead to corrupt installations or failures altogether(like the 0x80070570 error).

I have no explanation for that other user who discovered his with a computer he bought, other than that his installation may have been corrupt as well.

 

[Dom]

SOLVED: The problem was with my RAM. I had a bad 2gb stick. When trying to install with that stick inserted, or with a 3rd stick that didn't have another to complete the dual-channel setup (i have 4 ram slots), windows would install corrupted. I was kind of 'forcing' the install when i used a usb stick. My bad RAM forced a corrupted install.

That bad stick also causes my AMD display driver when using it with a good install, in case any of you are having problems with that. RAM actually causes all kinds of problems that can seem unrelated. When i searched for corrupted installs, or the 0x80070570 error, absolutely no useful information came up regarding RAM, but it makes a whole lot of sense. All that information is passed through the RAM so corrupt RAM can easily lead to corrupt installations or failures altogether(like the 0x80070570 error).

I have no explanation for that other user who discovered his with a computer he bought, other than that his installation may have been corrupt as well.

Glad its sorted
Hmm, weird

 

[psymon119]

Oh and i forgot to finish my thought. When i was searching for possible solutions to my 0x80070570 error, as i stated before, RAM errors didn't appear as a solution anywhere. But after i searched for RAM errors having discovered that as my problem, i found a long list of problems, even 0x80070570, that bad RAM can cause. Someone on the interwebs needs to make the connection, i feel i may be the first =-P

 

[Dom]

Oh and i forgot to finish my thought. When i was searching for possible solutions to my 0x80070570 error, as i stated before, RAM errors didn't appear as a solution anywhere. But after i searched for RAM errors having discovered that as my problem, i found a long list of problems, even 0x80070570, that bad RAM can cause. Someone on the interwebs needs to make the connection, i feel i may be the first =-P

Yep

 

[Lordbob75]

Odd indeed. Glad it is all sorted now.

Thanks for posting the solution.

~Lordbob