unable to unlock taskbar help!!!

[L1FE]

So I've installed Windows XP a lot of times and I've never had this occur. Suddenly I cannot unlock my taskbar. The option is completely greyed out and then I cannot even make my start menu non-classic. There is no option for some reason!

 

[mechBgon]

Interesting. Is it WinXP Home or Pro? You're logged on as an Administrator-class user?

 

[L1FE]

windows xp pro administrator-class user. When I do log in as root administrator (not just class) I can, but I cannot for some reason as administrator-class. I can install programs, control panel, regedit, but for the life of me I cannot unlock the taskbar. I even went so far as to manually change the registry entries, but they go right back. It's really kind of bugging me out.

 

[mechBgon]

Fun! Well try this: Start > Run > Away Screaming-- oh wait. Uh... Start > Run > gpedit.msc, drill down to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu & Taskbar and see if you can jar it loose in there (there should be an item or two pertaining to disabling changes to the Taskbar). Good luck!

 

[L1FE]

figured it out...I had previously just copied and paste a bunch of registry optimizations. Didn't notice that one of them had a nice 1 for "LockTaskBar"...yes I'm retarded