Button remains on taskbar from Screensaver

"win98" <win98.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I heard about this problem very often in the last time.
> I suggest you use Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition or not?
>
> Please read this article about the "Icon Is Displayed on the Taskbar After
> Closing the Screen Saver" problem:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280722

Thanks, but from there: "When you close the screen saver, an icon that is
titled "screen saver" is displayed on the taskbar." Kristen doesn't say, but
what I get is a button, same size and shape as the button from any running
application, but with nothing - icon or text - on it at all, i. e. a blank
grey rectangle. (Also, I'm unimpressed with the above article: it basically
says, this can happen if you applied a certain hotfix - and gives as a
solution, remove the hotfix. [It's a hotfix to fix "Windows Stops Responding
During Shutdown with Mapped Drives"; since I don't use Mapped Drives {why in
capitals?}, I'm unlikely to have installed it.])
>
> If this doesn't help ,try restoring original user32.dll,user.exe
> maybe with Start->Run->"sfc"
>
> HTH
>
> "J. P. Gilliver" schrieb:
>
>> "Kristen" <Kristen.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4BD644DE-4BC7-43C5-BA26-273B85229632@microsoft.com...
>> > After my screensaver has been running for a while, and when I move my
>> > mouse
>> > to "wake up" my computer, a button remains on my taskbar that is very
>> > annoying. I had this problem before, but do not remember how I made it
>> > stop
>> > appearing. I know it doesn't have to do with the specific screensaver
>> > product
>> > though. Does anyone know how I can stop this from happening? Thanks!
>>
>> _I_ found it _did_ depend on the 'saver: basically, old Windows 3.x
>> screensavers were most likely to (I _think_ would always) leave that
>> button
>> there. It always goes away if I click on it. I just accept it as penalty
>> for
>> being able to use some old 'savers I like; if you do get a solution that
>> works, please share (-:!
>>
>>
>>
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"J. P. Gilliver" <john.gilliver.RemoveThis@baesystems.com> wrote in message
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> "win98" <win98.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5DFEAF3A-68D0-428F-A410-B7693F7EA0E9@microsoft.com...
>>I heard about this problem very often in the last time.
>> I suggest you use Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition or not?
>>
>> Please read this article about the "Icon Is Displayed on the Taskbar After
>> Closing the Screen Saver" problem:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280722
>
> Thanks, but from there: "When you close the screen saver, an icon that is titled
> "screen saver" is displayed on the taskbar." Kristen doesn't say, but what I get
> is a button, same size and shape as the button from any running application, but
> with nothing - icon or text - on it at all, i. e. a blank grey rectangle. (Also,
> I'm unimpressed with the above article: it basically says, this can happen if you
> applied a certain hotfix - and gives as a solution, remove the hotfix. [It's a
> hotfix to fix "Windows Stops Responding During Shutdown with Mapped Drives"; since
> I don't use Mapped Drives {why in capitals?}, I'm unlikely to have installed it.])

That hotfix was installed by many OEMs when they built their systems, so you may
very well have it on yours. It would certainly be quite simple to find out: search
for a file named 260067un.inf.....if it exists, the update is installed. To remove,
right-click 260067un.inf and click Install (the article mistakenly states the file
name as 260067.inf).

Here is my old standard blurb on the issue of "ghost buttons"....whether they are
blank or they contain text:

Switching screensavers and/or updating the video drivers sometimes helps.

These ghost buttons are often caused by one of these MS updates:
The Win98SE Mapped drives Shutdown update
The Win98SE 1394 Storage Supplement

They may have been installed by the manufacturer, or by Windows Update...if you
don't need them, uninstall them. Search for these INF files:

260067un.inf
242975un.inf

Right-click the INF files and click Install from the context menu, to remove the
updates.

You must have Folder Options>View tab set to "Show All Files", as INF files are
"hidden" files.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


>> "J. P. Gilliver" schrieb:
>>
>>> "Kristen" <Kristen.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:4BD644DE-4BC7-43C5-BA26-273B85229632@microsoft.com...
>>> > After my screensaver has been running for a while, and when I move my
>>> > mouse
>>> > to "wake up" my computer, a button remains on my taskbar that is very
>>> > annoying. I had this problem before, but do not remember how I made it
>>> > stop
>>> > appearing. I know it doesn't have to do with the specific screensaver
>>> > product
>>> > though. Does anyone know how I can stop this from happening? Thanks!
>>>
>>> _I_ found it _did_ depend on the 'saver: basically, old Windows 3.x
>>> screensavers were most likely to (I _think_ would always) leave that button
>>> there. It always goes away if I click on it. I just accept it as penalty for
>>> being able to use some old 'savers I like; if you do get a solution that
>>> works, please share (-:!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
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>>I heard about this problem very often in the last time.
>> I suggest you use Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition or not?
>>
>> Please read this article about the "Icon Is Displayed on the Taskbar After
>> Closing the Screen Saver" problem:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280722
>
>Thanks, but from there: "When you close the screen saver, an icon that is
>titled "screen saver" is displayed on the taskbar." Kristen doesn't say, but
>what I get is a button, same size and shape as the button from any running
>application, but with nothing - icon or text - on it at all, i. e. a blank
>grey rectangle. (Also, I'm unimpressed with the above article: it basically
>says, this can happen if you applied a certain hotfix - and gives as a
>solution, remove the hotfix. [It's a hotfix to fix "Windows Stops Responding
>During Shutdown with Mapped Drives"; since I don't use Mapped Drives {why in
>capitals?}, I'm unlikely to have installed it.])

I have same problem here. When screen saver stops plain grey button /
box remains in taskbar. Not icon.
 >> Stay informed about: Button remains on taskbar from Screensaver 

Here is my old standard blurb on the issue of "ghost buttons"....whether they are
blank or they contain text:

Switching screensavers and/or updating the video drivers sometimes helps.

These ghost buttons are often caused by one of these MS updates:
The Win98SE Mapped drives Shutdown update
The Win98SE 1394 Storage Supplement

They may have been installed by the manufacturer, or by Windows Update...if you
don't need them, uninstall them. Search for these INF files:

260067un.inf
242975un.inf

Right-click the INF files and click Install from the context menu, to remove the
updates.

You must have Folder Options>View tab set to "Show All Files", as INF files are
"hidden" files.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"The Polish-Kraut" <krautDELETE7540722.RemoveThis@yahooo.com> wrote in message
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>
>>>I heard about this problem very often in the last time.
>>> I suggest you use Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition or not?
>>>
>>> Please read this article about the "Icon Is Displayed on the Taskbar After
>>> Closing the Screen Saver" problem:
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280722
>>
>>Thanks, but from there: "When you close the screen saver, an icon that is
>>titled "screen saver" is displayed on the taskbar." Kristen doesn't say, but
>>what I get is a button, same size and shape as the button from any running
>>application, but with nothing - icon or text - on it at all, i. e. a blank
>>grey rectangle. (Also, I'm unimpressed with the above article: it basically
>>says, this can happen if you applied a certain hotfix - and gives as a
>>solution, remove the hotfix. [It's a hotfix to fix "Windows Stops Responding
>>During Shutdown with Mapped Drives"; since I don't use Mapped Drives {why in
>>capitals?}, I'm unlikely to have installed it.])
>
> I have same problem here. When screen saver stops plain grey button /
> box remains in taskbar. Not icon.
>
>
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"glee" <glee29.RemoveThis@spamindspring.com> wrote in message
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>> I don't use Mapped Drives {why in capitals?}, I'm unlikely to have
>> installed it.])
>
> That hotfix was installed by many OEMs when they built their systems, so
> you may very well have it on yours. It would certainly be quite simple to
> find out: search for a file named 260067un.inf.....if it exists, the
> update is installed. To remove, right-click 260067un.inf and click
> Install (the article mistakenly states the file name as 260067.inf).

Ah - I built mine, so it's not there (-:.
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> They may have been installed by the manufacturer, or by Windows
> Update...if you don't need them, uninstall them. Search for these INF
> files:

(And - sacrilege I expect, from reading this 'group - I've never played with
Windows Updates. My desktop PC isn't connected to the internet [or anything
else!], and on both it and my laptop I run the '95 shell, by preference, so
am loth to try "updates".)
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>>>> _I_ found it _did_ depend on the 'saver: basically, old Windows 3.x
>>>> screensavers were most likely to (I _think_ would always) leave that
>>>> button
>>>> there. It always goes away if I click on it. I just accept it as
>>>> penalty for
>>>> being able to use some old 'savers I like; if you do get a solution
>>>> that
>>>> works, please share (-:!
[]
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