help with monitor please? taskbar not showing up opened program

when i start up any programs or open any documents, my task bar does not show up anything to say that file is open, so to switch between files i am having to use alt+tab which is quite annoying, i think that the problem may be because of an updated driver for my graphics card i got recently, -nvidia geforce4 mx440, ...

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when i start up any programs or open any documents, my task bar does not show up anything to say that file is open, so to switch between files i am having to use alt+tab which is quite annoying, i think that the problem may be because of an updated driver for my graphics card i got recently,
-nvidia geforce4 mx440, and as far as i am aware i have the latest driver.
Can anyone suggest any thing that may help??
Cheers Sam
 

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Does the taskbar work in safe mode?

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erm how do i find out this lol, never had to use safe mode, so dont know how to activate it.

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1. Restart the computer.
2. As soon as the BIOS loads, begin tapping the F8 key on your keyboard. Do so until the Windows Advanced Options menu appears.
(If you begin tapping the F8 key too soon, some computers display a "keyboard error" or similiar message. If this happens, restart the computer and try again.)
3. Select Safe mode and then press Enter.

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Thanks a lot everyone, got my taskbar workin agen, downloaded something off that site that sampson gave me, worked a treat. Cheers

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Hi I'm having the same problem as you where I can see the task bar but it doesn't show any of programs that are opened. You menioned downloading something from http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm. Could you tell me what exactley you downloaded as I im not sure which one I need.
Thanks

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Hello
 
I ran Minimized Programs Missing component and now i can see the programs on the taskbar.
 
Thankyou so much.