Friend's XP Problem

[GimieGimieGimie]

Hey guy's

My friend just phoned me asking for my assistance on a problem that had just accured on his Windows XP.

Well i looked at it, and instantly noticed it's a problem that has been shouted about before on one XP forum or another so it most be common and a well acknoledged problem by now, so i thought my only hope was to ask here

It's the "Common Tasks" bar that's found on the left hand side of open Windows, but instead, permantly stuck on the left hand side of the Desktop as well.

I have determained that this problem might actually be a Windows XP feature that got accidently activated and i have no clue how to de-activate it.

I tried everything to turn it off, but no go, maybe it's a bug, my friend has his Windows XP bang up to date with all the patchs.

A screenshot of my friends desktop including the problem on the far left can be viewed here:

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I hope someone was around when the person that complained about this problem before was there to hear the answer, because i'm all out of idea's

Thanks for any help you can provide!

Gimie


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