No Taskbar Buttons are Visible

try F11

f11 did not work

My first thought is that you might have some toolbar that's occupying the whole taskbar. Right-click the taskbar and select Toolbars and uncheck all the other toolbars. If that doesn't work, try this:

I found this in answers.google.com

Subject: Re: Missing taskbar task icons/buttons
From: millo-ga on 20 Apr 2005 13:32 PDT It happened to me, too. I still don't know *what* happened, but I was able to recover from it. First, make sure both RegEdit and the Task Manager are running. From the Task Manager, kill "explorer.exe". In RegEdit, select "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" in the left pane. Rename the key to "Explorer.old" Then, from the Task Manager start Explorer again (File::New Task...) You will loose all your explorer/start menu/taskbar settings but at least you get the machine back... It is left as an exercise for the reader to determine what difference between the Explorer.old and the recreated Explorer keys caused this behavior...

I too have had taskbar troubles, an errant keystroke and....disaster!

Try doing a sys restore to earliest possible date. If this works and you get the 'puter going OK again, I've been a "preachin' " to AGAIN go to syst restore and then CREATE a restore point for the current time, label it "a good point".

The reason this should be done is XP trails off the restore points. Many restore points have "bad things back then"...viruses re-appear etc.

If you install a valuable program you want to keep, CREATE another restore point afterward so you can come back to that.

CR4 has some pretty
"sharp cookies" in computers but it would be real handy to have a blog devoted to and supported by some real geeks! Our society is quickly coming under the spell and control of the "damn computer" me included, and its so frustrating when they act up.

Good luck...you'll need it.