spoke too soon - taskbar/windows problem

Well, apparently even a fresh reinstall of windows hasn't managed to solve the problem. Definitely getting confused as to what it could be. Please see my original description of the problem here:

http://forums.whatthetech.com/awful_awful_…ion_t90476.html

I'm out of ideas …

Well, I hate to keep responding to my own threads, but I seriously drove myself crazy, but then was luckily saved.

Eventually I managed to find somebody who had the same exact problem. You'll never guess what the root of the problem was, it was the mouse!

http://forums.vnunet.com/message.jspa?messageID=739171

So, I exchanged my friends mouse for a different one, and voila, 100% working again, with no problems. Lesson: don't buy cheap cordless mice!!!

IT DROVE ME INSANE!!!

I spent no less than 5 hours updating all drivers, looking all over the web, and all it was was the cheap-a%% mouse … I couldn't believe it, I didn't think it would be relevant. Somebody sticky this thread or something!!!!!!!!

Excuse me…………………… Thats hilarious, never ever would I have thought of that…….Excuse me again Guess I made a right choice last time I bought mouse, non-cordless optical (For gaming) But nice enough you found out eventually, you still got hair?? Hope you can take some kidding and joking Regards Abydos

Amen to that.

Guess I need to add "Try a different/corded mouse if it's wireless" to my list of hardware things to replace when debugging a problem.