Bizarre bug in XP?

[Ferocious]

I want to hover my cursor over the clock so that it reveals the date.

If I put the cursor on the upper edge of the taskbar above the clock digits....the date appears just above the taskbar, and it's easily read. But if I put the cursor directly over the digits (middle of taskbar)...the date appears beneath the taskbar...and I can't make it out.

Also in the first scenario if I have window open down to the taskbar...the date appears underneath the window.

I somehow don't remember running into this much trouble before. Is there a bug or is it me?

 

[oog]

It always appears in the same place (just above the taskbar) for me.

 

[Blayze]

Originally posted by: oog
It always appears in the same place (just above the taskbar) for me.

same here

 

[RalfHutter]

You're not crazy. I've heard of this happening before. I don't remember whether or not there was a fix for it but at least you're not alone.

 

[Ferocious]

After several hours of messin around I couldn't find a fix.

But I did a restore one week back and all is fine now.

Not sure what happened in the last week that may have caused it.

EDIT: Well fixed good enough anyways. When I put the cursor over most of the digits (not the bottom edge) the date appears correctly. But when I put the cursor over the bottom edge of the digits.....the date appears just partially underneath the taskbar.

 

[earthman]

Do you have your taskbar at the default size? Try stretching it a little taller.

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: RalfHutter
You're not crazy. I've heard of this happening before. I don't remember whether or not there was a fix for it but at least you're not alone.

I have had this happen, albeit rarely.

 

[PowerMacG5]

All it takes is a reload of explorer and it fixes itself. That restore was completely uneccesary. I have had this problem appear in all versions of Windows, albeit very rarely and usually after Explorer has crashed once, and I kept on chugging away.