This tip and many others are available on my website. ----- Have you ever lost your taskbar from the bottom of your screen, and you have no idea how to get it back? A couple of things may have happened. You may have shrunk it down accidentally. You may see it as just a thin line at the bottom of your screen. To get it back, place your mouse pointer at the bottom of your screen til you see a two-headed arrow. Hold the left mouse button down, and drag your pointer up til your taskbar is restored. If that doesn't work, you may have the taskbar set to 'Auto hide'. To change this you have to open the Start menu with your keyboard. If you have a Windows key on your keyboard, press it (it's the one with the Windows logo, and located on the bottom row between the Ctrl and Alt keys). If not, press the Esc and Ctrl key at the same time. When the Start menu opens your taskbar should also be visible again, at least temporarily. To make sure 'Auto hide isn't selected, go to Start, Settings, Taskbar & Start Menu, Taskbar Options tab. Make sure you have a check beside 'Always on top', but DON'T put a check beside 'Auto hide'. Click OK.

To avoid getting scandisc after the blue screen has required you to hit the reset power button...Shut down by going to Start/Shutdown.

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