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I tried solution provided by eric5b and it worked. Many thanks.

I have two computers. One is stationary which is main computer,I have problem with. Another is Notebook, with this I don't have problem at all. They both connected to internet through the router. Notebook wireslessly and stationtry through cabel.

Ryder_5ca

I just disconnected stupid thing and everithing is just fine!!!!!

Thanks eric5b,

Ryder_5ca

I struggled with my problem for atleast 5 months. As soon as I connected to my ISP, my system froze for 5 minutes. I mean frozen. I had to wait for 5 minutes and everything came back to life. I implemented the solution from Eric5b to disable IPV6 and I have now not had the problem for over a week. IPV6 is experimental code supplied by microsoft in XP, but their is no support. IPV4 is what is currently used for Internet traffic. IPV6 will be the next version but not for some time. Hope this is helpful.

I beleive it was Norton Antivirus Liveupdate to blame for sucking my scarce 512 Mb memory. The problem has gone forever after I have disabled this option. Also just in case I have disabled Windows Automatic Updates using Microsoft Management Console.

I have met with this problem 2 days ago.And i was suspicious about a virus or a worm.But tried a hard scan with not only Norton/McAffe also Hjackthis,Spyboot etc.But my computer was clear.So i understand the problem is not a Virus or something.
2 Days ago while Windows was shutting down, i pluged my usbdisk off.Then i return to my computer.VODAAA---taskbar not responding and giving me sound as failure.
Then i did all prosudure as explaine above.Then understood it's not a virus but a software problem.Then i started to search which programme can cause this.Opened all programs.And BINGO...when i tried to reach Cubase Sx 3,0...It has not opened.It was the last program that i used when decided the turn off the Windows XP.
First i tried that tool which fixes the Taskbar problem.It fixes but when i restart problem it happened again.
Final Solution : I uninstall Cubase Sx3 totaly,also registry entries.
And taskbar is normal.

yea,you are right.cubase is problem.i also have cubase sx beacuse i am professional audio engineer and musician and decide to install it in my studio.but,cubase needs ****in dongle check.(piece of hardware)and cubase h2o driver is not compatibile with windows or something and then causing conflicts and errors.i uninstall it and removed h20 driver for that dongle from startup and now is everything fine.damn dongle,damn cubase

Hello there
I became a member just to answer this question of task bar freezing ,I suffered from it from it for several days , I even read the replies here but none worked .
I found the solution in another forum (I think I am not allowed to write the link )
BUT here it is and it works miracles :
[COLOR="Red"]Go to start;run and type regedit. Press enter.
Navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckR ects

Highlight Stuckrects in the left pane right click on it and delete.
Reboot. Windows will create a new taskbar.

Good luck to all
Aziz
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