Taskbar disappear

[gamerxx13]

Hi, I have an old dell computer, and I just recently reformated it. I was doing the windows update, and I believe I did the service pack 2, and after I reset the computer's taskbar completely disappeared. I was wondering what the problem was, and how is this possible. Also is there a way of getting it back? This is nothing on the bottom of the screen, so it isnt hiding. I was wondering if anyone experienced this problem before.

 

[Bucksnort]

Go to control panel, taskbar start menu and check settings

 

[rkl]

I had the same problem. I had to uninstall service pack 2, and it worked fine, I also lost all of my desktop icons. I could get the taskbar back if I hit ctrl/alt/del (task manager) and logged myself off and then logged back in when sp2 was installed, but if I shut down and restarted the taskbar would disappear.

 

[Malak]

Sounds like explorer shut down. Explorer is the shell that displays desktop icons and the taskbar. You could try an alternative shell, but that really isn't a solution if sp2 is borking explorer. Personally, I just wouldn't download sp2. I haven't yet on this dell.