Guest ferrymanr Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 I have two installations of XP Pro, both at SP2:- 1. Laptop 1024x768 LCD screen. Upgraded from Win2K. 2. Tower system 1024x768 LCD screen. Virgin install. On the laptop the taskbar is perfect and about 32 pixels high. Time only shown in corner. Icons are perfect. On the tower system the taskbar is much higher, around 40 pixels. Time and day of week are shown in corner. The icons look very chunky. Both taskbars appear to be set at minimum hight. Any ideas what could be the cause of the difference? Thanks Richard
Guest DL Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Re: XP Pro taskbar hight problem Display settings? Failure to install video drivers from hw manu site? "ferrymanr" <richardferryman@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:MdCdnU5BsO0AAk_bnZ2dnUVZ8s2mnZ2d@bt.com... >I have two installations of XP Pro, both at SP2:- > > 1. Laptop 1024x768 LCD screen. Upgraded from Win2K. > > 2. Tower system 1024x768 LCD screen. Virgin install. > > On the laptop the taskbar is perfect and about 32 pixels high. Time only > shown in corner. Icons are perfect. > > On the tower system the taskbar is much higher, around 40 pixels. Time > and day of week are shown in corner. The icons look very chunky. > > Both taskbars appear to be set at minimum hight. > > Any ideas what could be the cause of the difference? > > Thanks > Richard >
Guest spamsucks@tiscali.co.uk Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Re: XP Pro taskbar hight problem On 27 Aug, 10:55, "ferrymanr" <richardferry...@btinternet.com> wrote: > I have two installations of XP Pro, both at SP2:- > > 1. Laptop 1024x768 LCD screen. Upgraded from Win2K. > > 2. Tower system 1024x768 LCD screen. Virgin install. > > On the laptop the taskbar is perfect and about 32 pixels high. Time only > shown in corner. Icons are perfect. > > On the tower system the taskbar is much higher, around 40 pixels. Time and > day of week are shown in corner. The icons look very chunky. > > Both taskbars appear to be set at minimum hight. > > Any ideas what could be the cause of the difference? > > Thanks > Richard Start the Accessibility Wizard (Start Menu > All Programs > Accessories > Accessibility) and check that the text size is set to "Use Usual Text Size For Windows".
Guest ferrymanr Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Re: XP Pro taskbar hight problem <spamsucks@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:1188212095.777443.76190@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > > Start the Accessibility Wizard (Start Menu > All Programs > > Accessories > Accessibility) and check that the text size is set to > "Use Usual Text Size For Windows". > > Interesting. I went to accessibility and set high contrast on (apply) then set it off (apply). The taskbar is now perfect and icons no longer chunky! It must have forced some form of reset to defaults. Richard
Guest Elmo Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Re: XP Pro taskbar hight problem ferrymanr wrote: > I have two installations of XP Pro, both at SP2:- > > 1. Laptop 1024x768 LCD screen. Upgraded from Win2K. > > 2. Tower system 1024x768 LCD screen. Virgin install. > > On the laptop the taskbar is perfect and about 32 pixels high. Time only > shown in corner. Icons are perfect. > > On the tower system the taskbar is much higher, around 40 pixels. Time and > day of week are shown in corner. The icons look very chunky. > > Both taskbars appear to be set at minimum hight. > > Any ideas what could be the cause of the difference? > > Thanks > Richard Since the height of the Taskbar allows room for the date, the font size is probably normal. When you look at the Taskbar, are there two rows, one for running tasks, one for the QuickLaunch toolbar, or another toolbar? If so, right-click the Taskbar, click Toolbars, and deselect any Toolbar. Resize, the Taskbar, lock it, then add the Toolbar, if you prefer it be there. That should place them side-by-side without raising the height of the Taskbar. Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! Try the repairs on this page. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm -- Joe =o)
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