Satellite P100: task bar sometimes appears as a gray square icon

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• Satellite P100: HARD drive sometimes fails to start or just not responding

  I have a satellite P100 on xp professional service pack 2. Sometimes it fails to start and appears as if the hard drive just stopped responding, does not require defragmentation.

  Checked all Diagnostics pass, can get it started by selecting the boot options multiple F12, HDD that appears first in the list.

  Although it seems not take a long time.
  Sometimes it seems to stall at the start to the top but picks up then after a few minutes and fortunately sometimes it starts without a problem.

  What is data corrupted in the bios? but then why it starts ok sometimes and not others? It doesn't matter if it's hot or cold.

  any ideas or help greatly received.
  David

  Post edited by: daviddean

  Hello David

  It's a very strange situation, and for me there is no explanation simply. In my opinion the laptop or HARD drive, the functionality must be tested properly. Here in the forum we can speculate just what is the problem here but mobile startup must be tested with the other HARD drive pre-installed with original recovery image.

  It will be interesting to know if the problem disappeared with new HARD drive. So what you can do now? If possible, try to get the second HARD drive and do the only testicles or make a call to the authorized service center and explain the situation. If the laptop is guaranteed to be valid, it will be better to check in service because they can replace free HARD drive (if the HARD disk is defective).

  Sorry, but I don't see another solution. Some test with the new HARD drive can help you to understand if this happens because of the HARD drive. I don't think that the BIOS can be responsible for the issue described.

• Satellite P100-429: sharp sound appears when 3rd device is connected

  I have a satellite P100-429 with a Conexant internal sound card.
  My problem is when I attach to any other electric audio device to record or play to, a high-pitched noise can be heard on the two pieces of equipment.

  When the power of the laptop is removed and it works on battery power, only the noise disappears as soon as the power is reconnected the noise returns

  I checked the section driver Toshiba and there is an available (V3.11.0.51) driver update that resolves this problem.
  Note: Before installing the audio driver updated to at least the BIOS version 2.10 or higher must be installed on the laptop.

  How to install the Sound Driver (V3.0.51):
  1. download the driver from the website.
  2 unzip the file.
  3. double-click on the "setup.exe."
  Shortly after, the following window appears:
  4. click on 'OK '.
  5. click on 'OK '.
  The audio driver is installed

  Be careful with the update of the BIOS. Choose the good BIOS and the right update procedure

• Satellite P100: Multimedia Bar with Winamp and not WMP

  Hello
  I would like to customize my Toshiba P100 multimedia bar to control Winamp instead of Windows Media Player. Somehow, the 'stop' and 'Skip fwd/bwd' buttons appear to have begun to control Winamp (although I have no idea how), but the "play/pause" button always opens the WMP, which I don't use and find it generally boring.

  Is there a way to program these buttons?
  Perhaps via the registry?

  Thank you, d.

  Hello

  It s very strange that the other keys work with Winamp.
  Generally AFAIK it of not possible to use this button with a 3rd party program.
  This button should only works with Windows media player if the CD has been inserted or WinDVD if the DVD has been inserted.

  However, in my opinion, you should check if the new version of the Toshiba controls is displayed on the page of the Toshiba driver. Try reinstalling this application.

  PS: What happens if you remove the Winamp? The buttons work properly?

• Satellite P100 - thin yellow line appears on the screen

  Hello world.

  I have a Toshiba Satellite P100, 3 years ago.
  Recently appeared on my screen an intermittent thin vertical yellow line.

  Nothing serious, but very annoying, especially when I play or watch movies.
  I just found that it is not a software problem, but a material one (I've connected the laptop with my TV and there is no yellow line shown on the screens).

  So I guess there is something wrong with the LCD of my Satellite.

  You think it's interesting to try to fix this? What can I do?

  Thank you

  Hello

  > So I guess there is something wrong with the LCD of my Satellite.
  Maybe

  Always is that those issues could be related to a defective LCD screen or graphics chip
  But given that this line is not visible on the TV or external monitor this could be an internal screen problem and not a problem of graphics chip

  > You think it is worth trying to fix this? What can I do?
  Well, a laptop screen is not a party so inexpensively.
  It costs about 300-350 Euros and I wouldn't try to replace it if the warranty is no longer valid

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• Satellite P100: think that line appears on the screen during her watch low resolution movies

  Hello

  My laptop is Satellite P100 with T5 cpu dual core and go7900 gs video card, 2 GB of ram
  Because my laptop is new, I discovered a strange problem about the video card driver.
  When I look at any kind of movies Sony handy cam, at the top of my 17 inch will display a line of thinking, and what's supposed to be shown here (desktop icons,...) is moved to the bottom.

  I can fix that only if I change the resolution of my screen. I want to mention info film is: mpg 2 (format maxim) NTSC, 24.97, its 48 kHz dolby ac frame.
  I think that it is a driver issue, but I'm not shore, that's why I need support.
  Please what can I do to solve this error.
  I have the latest video card driver and bios of the Toshiba site.

  Best regards to all!

  Hello

  This problem also occurs with other films (movies high resolution)?
  Have you tried different video players?

• Problem with task bar and appearance of the start menu.

  My account is the only account on my computer of the family that seemed to have lost the look of Windows Vista in the start menu and taskbar, as well as the windows that appear. It seems to resemble an earlier version of windows, but with the arrows and vista available, wait his gray. I went into the control panel to see if I had changed it accidentally, but he says he's still the appearance of vista. What happened since I restarted the computer the other day, and it's really frustrating.

  Try this:

  Restore point:

  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/using-Windows-Vista-system-restore/

  Do Safe Mode system restore, if it is impossible to do in Normal Mode.

  Try typing F8 at startup and in the list of Boot selections, select Mode safe using ARROW top to go there > and then press ENTER.

  Try a restore of the system once, to choose a Restore Point prior to your problem...

  Click Start > programs > Accessories > system tools > system restore > choose another time > next > etc.

  http://www.windowsvistauserguide.com/system_restore.htm

  Read the above for a very good graph shows how backward more than 5 days in the System Restore Points by checking the correct box.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• I started to lose the speaker icon in the task bar sometimes, then completely, now I have no audio device listed and no sound on speakers. How can I get that back?

  I use XP Professional

  Hello Yaldingman,

  Thank you for your message.  We will ensure that you have the updated driver for your computer.
  Go to the Web site of the manufacturer of your computer and download/install the latest audio driver for your system.
  Please let us know if this is or is not to solve your problem.
  See you soon

  Engineer Jason Microsoft Support answers visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• active task bar has an empty space between two icons

  Why my Active taskbar has an empty space where the icon should be, but there is none.

  It shows the applications running, but between two of them, there is a space for one, but he's not here.

  As if it were invisible... nothing to do with the button "see the hidden icons.

  This is the way it shows:

  from right to left: clock, volume, network connection icon icon, icon options power, BLANK, anti virus, the webcam icon and so on

  Hello

  ·         Are you referring to the system tray?

  ·         Did you the latest changes on the computer before the show?

  Method 1:

  I suggest you to refer to this article and check if it helps.

  Remove icons from the notification area (system tray)

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/remove-icons-from-the-notification-area-system-tray

  Method 2:

  If the problem persists I suggest you perform the clean boot on the computer and check if it helps.

   

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135/en-us

  Note: Don't forget to start the computer in normal mode by following step 7 from the link.

• Lost and replaced by a non-operational generic icon task bar items

  We just bought a new, fresh and clean, computer HP desktop with Windows 7. We have installed MS Office and some other tools that we use. We then implemented the taskbar with the tools that we use more. Some of them disappear and are replaced by a generic folder icon. When attempting to launch what it was, we are told that the item is missing and we want to remove the item from the task bar. This only happens with some icons, MS Office - ALL of them, and a few others we installed. This machine is new and has been used for anything except certain configuration and a bit of web browsing. I wasn't expecting to face something so important so early - as the first day! Anyone know what is happening? I saw the other, similar questions (but none where the program behind the icon is lost) and we can't do a system restore - definitely not yet!

  Any help to fix our new machine will be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you - Lawrence

  Hi LawrenceHare,

  Thank you for visiting Microsoft Answers,

  You can try rebuild icon cache. To do this, please follow these steps:

  1. Click Start, then computer.

  2. on the toolbar, click on organize, and select folder and search options.

  3. click on the tab display and mark to select the option of hidden files and folders, and then click ok.

  4. Enter the following directory:

  %UserProfile%\AppData\Local

  5. find the IconCache.db file and rename it to IconCache.db.old.

  6. close the window and restart the computer.

  If this does not work then you can do a Scan SFC.

  To run the System File Checker tool, follow these steps:

  1. click on start toreduce this includes this image and then type cmd in the box start the search .

  2 right-click cmd in the programs list and then click run as administrator. Collapse this includes this imageIf you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type your password or click continue

  3. in the command calls, the following line and press ENTER: sfc/scannow

    

  Swati K - Microsoft support technician

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• Satellite P100-115 - vertical lines to appear on the screen

  Hello.

  My Satellite P100-115 is 2.5 years but yesterday a thin vertical line appeared on the screen.
  I already checked this problem by connecting an external monitor.

  The line does not appear on the external display.
  Could you tell me what might get hurt? I always took care of the laptop so he couldn't be a race of misuse.

  Concerning
  Lukas

  Hello, Lukas

  You did the right thing and tested it with the external monitor. There is evidence that the display is faulty and must be replaced. It has nothing with the help of the ADB. Such a thing just happens.

  Sorry, buddy, but there are two solutions, either Exchange the screen or use it with external monitor. :(

• No icons or departure to the top/task bar appearing on the desktop

  Windows utility tool (malware) has been removed from the computer now the only thing that appears on the screen when starting up is the screen saver image. No icons, no task bar and no apparent way to get to them.

  Bringup-> of your task manager click on the Application tab-> click New task-> type explorer.exe-> click ok. This should start your exploring, now run sfc/scannow. Start-> run-> sfc/scannow. This should fix the missing files / corrupt. Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747 for the SFC.

• Windows 7 games free cell, solitary and lonely spider sparkles, everytime that I open them. A notification appears in the task bar

  Original title: free cell does not

  Windows 7 games free cell, solitary and lonely spider sparkles, everytime that I open them. A notification appears in the task bar

  as "not responding". I turned this feature of the window then on again without success. How can I solve this problem?

  Hi frankromeoRQ,

  (1) since when are you facing this problem?

  (2) remember to make changes?

  (3) is limited only to the integrated Windows 7 games?

  It is sufficient to indicate the complete error message you receive.

  Method 1: If a Protection of resources Windows (WRP) file is missing or is damaged, Windows may not behave as expected. Auditor of file system (CFS) scan to fix all of the corrupted system files. To do this, follow the steps mentioned in the link below:

  How to use the System File Checker tool to fix the system files missing or corrupted on Windows Vista or Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833

  Method 2:  Put the computer to boot and then check if the problem persists

  Follow step 1 in the link below,
  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

  If everything works well after a clean boot, you can deduce that some third-party services are at the origin of the problem.

  Continue with the remaining steps to pin-point on the third party service.
  After find you the program that is causing the problem, you will have to perhaps to update or install a newer version of the program, if you rarely use that you should consider uninstalling the software.

  
  Important: n ' forget not to put the computer to a normal startup follow step 7 in the link.

• Satellite P100-160 BT icon appears in the Control Panel, but no BT

  Hello

  I have a Satellite P100-160. I am very confused as to whether I have BT or not.

  * Reasons I thought that I had BT: *.
  I thought originally I had, because in 'Control Panel', it has a Bluetooth icon, which when I press on it opens the "Bluetooth devices". I also use WiFi I thought a sign that BT has been installed and working. I also notice that in Services' there is that something called 'Toshiba Bluetooth Service' running.

  * Reasons I think that now I don't have BT: *.
  However, when I press Control Panel > Bluetooth devices > Bluetooth settings, nothing happens. It's as if the button is dead. And when I try to 'Add a BT device', he finds not all devices. In addition, there is no BT listed in Device Manager.

  .....

  Overall, I am very confused! I bought yesterday wireless speakers after seeing the BT icon in Control Panel (I had read that if this icon was there, I got BT), but having struggled for hours trying to get BT to work yesterday, I came to the conclusion that I don't have BT at all!

  Could someone explain what it means the Bluetooth icon in the control panel? Why is there if I don't have BT? Or, the icon means I have BT but am doing something wrong?

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  > Satellite P100-160. I am very confused as to whether I have BT or not

  Satellite P100-160 was NOT equipped with Bluetooth module.
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• Pavilion g6: black border appeared on the right side of the screen - the task bar disappeared downstairs - 1280 x 800 (recommended)

  My laptop recently hooked and I couldn't even do a ctrl/alt/delete to run the programme of work to see what was going on, so I turned off manually. At the start, I have a black border running down the right side of the page and can not see the taskbar at the bottom. I put in 1280 x 720 resolution to allow access to the bottom task bar. I updated the driver for the display, but this did not remedy the problem. How can I go back to 1280 x 800?

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