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Thanks for the reply, SD.....
These types of posts always have my interest and in this case in particular
the MVP who responded, too. <w>
XOXO
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Kelly (MS-MVP)
Troubleshooting Windows XP
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"Detlev Dreyer" <detdreyer@flashmail.com> wrote in message
news:42DB6668.B05E5F98@d-d.mvps.org...
> "Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sir Detlev,
>>
>> Do you have any particulars on mind? As in my findings this always
>> has had to do with Media Player updates.
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>
> Hi there Lady Kelly,
>
> I have nothing particular on mind. This problem has been reported
> pretty often and it may be caused by different things, eg.
>
> - Greeting Card software (sort of malware)
> - Other poor software
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=139727
>
> In addition, I cannot retrace any Media Player update problems. There
> is the latest WMP10 version installed on all of my systems with all
> available critical and optional updates. No problems here, so there
> might be another (existing) problem causing the taskbar buttons to
> disappear when installing an update. Since the OP didn't mention any
> update ("out of the blue"), scanning the system for malware should be
> the first step. If malware has been found, neither a System Restore
> nor your .vbs script (line 240) will be the adequate remedy because
> that system is *compromised* in that case.
>
> XOXO,
>
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