Icon is Displayed on the Taskbar

When screen saver is closed, an icon titled "screen saver"
is displayed on the taskbar. If I click the icon, the icon
disappears. If I start and then quit the screen saver
again, a new icon that is named "screen saver" is
displayed, and then the name of the icon that was
displayed first becomes blank. As a result, I'll have a
bunch blank icon on the taskbar. When I click on it, it
disappears. But when screen saver activates again and I
quit the screen saver, it starts all over again creating
the blank icons. Microsoft Knowledge base article -
280722 has a solution to this problem, except I cannot
find the folder "260067.inf" as stated in their
resolution. I never had this problem. This problem started
when I installed Norton AntiVirus. Solution Two: Disable
the screen saver. I really do not want to do that.

Will you be willing to unistall and return Norton antivirus and go with a
freeware alternative --- eg. AntiVir, AVG or Avast?
An alternative is the package of firewall and antivirus that comes with the
free Windows Update cd is highly reccommened by many people. I do not think
Microsoft would have included this third party program if it wasn't any
good. See weblink below for free cd:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.asp

Legal Note: User assumes all responsibility of clicking web-link and
realizes that they do so by their own will and by no coercion on my part.

"taeko" wrote in message
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When screen saver is closed, an icon titled "screen saver"
is displayed on the taskbar. If I click the icon, the icon
disappears. If I start and then quit the screen saver
again, a new icon that is named "screen saver" is
displayed, and then the name of the icon that was
displayed first becomes blank. As a result, I'll have a
bunch blank icon on the taskbar. When I click on it, it
disappears. But when screen saver activates again and I
quit the screen saver, it starts all over again creating
the blank icons. Microsoft Knowledge base article -
280722 has a solution to this problem, except I cannot
find the folder "260067.inf" as stated in their
resolution. I never had this problem. This problem started
when I installed Norton AntiVirus. Solution Two: Disable
the screen saver. I really do not want to do that.

I can't do that because our office does not allow it. I
still can't understand if Microsoft has published the
article on how to fix the problem, why can't this file be
found.
-----Original Message-----
Will you be willing to unistall and return Norton
antivirus and go with a
freeware alternative --- eg. AntiVir, AVG or Avast?
An alternative is the package of firewall and antivirus
that comes with the
free Windows Update cd is highly reccommened by many
people. I do not think
Microsoft would have included this third party program if
it wasn't any
good. See weblink below for free cd:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.asp

Legal Note: User assumes all responsibility of clicking
web-link and
realizes that they do so by their own will and by no
coercion on my part.

"taeko" wrote in
message
...
When screen saver is closed, an icon titled "screen
saver"
is displayed on the taskbar. If I click the icon, the
icon
disappears. If I start and then quit the screen saver
again, a new icon that is named "screen saver" is
displayed, and then the name of the icon that was
displayed first becomes blank. As a result, I'll have a
bunch blank icon on the taskbar. When I click on it, it
disappears. But when screen saver activates again and I
quit the screen saver, it starts all over again creating
the blank icons. Microsoft Knowledge base article -
280722 has a solution to this problem, except I cannot
find the folder "260067.inf" as stated in their
resolution. I never had this problem. This problem
started
when I installed Norton AntiVirus. Solution Two: Disable
the screen saver. I really do not want to do that.


.

Nortons not the problem, the OP is looking for the wrong file name, typo in the
article and it is also not a folder.

--
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn.


"ArtWilder" wrote in message
...
Will you be willing to unistall and return Norton antivirus and go with a
freeware alternative --- eg. AntiVir, AVG or Avast?
An alternative is the package of firewall and antivirus that comes with the
free Windows Update cd is highly reccommened by many people. I do not think
Microsoft would have included this third party program if it wasn't any
good. See weblink below for free cd:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.asp

Legal Note: User assumes all responsibility of clicking web-link and
realizes that they do so by their own will and by no coercion on my part.

"taeko" wrote in message
...
When screen saver is closed, an icon titled "screen saver"
is displayed on the taskbar. If I click the icon, the icon
disappears. If I start and then quit the screen saver
again, a new icon that is named "screen saver" is
displayed, and then the name of the icon that was
displayed first becomes blank. As a result, I'll have a
bunch blank icon on the taskbar. When I click on it, it
disappears. But when screen saver activates again and I
quit the screen saver, it starts all over again creating
the blank icons. Microsoft Knowledge base article -
280722 has a solution to this problem, except I cannot
find the folder "260067.inf" as stated in their
resolution. I never had this problem. This problem started
when I installed Norton AntiVirus. Solution Two: Disable
the screen saver. I really do not want to do that.

The problem is not related to Norton AFAIK. The article also does not provide the
correct name of the file which is not a folder.
What you want to find is 260067un.inf, right click on it and click on install. This
will remove that update.

For other problems on ghost buttons appearing on the taskbar:
This is a response from Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP, now North of the border in
XP land:
These "ghost" buttons are often cured by updating the video drivers. They began
appearing around the release of IE5.0. Changing screensavers can often help as well.

Other possibilities include:
1) The Win98SE Mapped drives Shutdown update
2) The Win98SE 1394 Storage Supplement

If you have installed any of these updates and don't actually need them, you can try
uninstalling them through the .inf's they placed on your system. They would be:
1) 260067un.inf
2) 242975un.inf

Also, another method to try is to delete this key from the registry and reboot:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\StuckRects

NOTE Please use caution when working within the registry. Changes made here are
generally immediate. Making the wrong change or carelessly changing/deleting keys can
render your system unbootable. If you are unsure about any change, don't do it.
Before you make any changes to the registry, know how to backup and restore the
current one from a command prompt.

How to Manually Restore the Windows 98 Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q221512

And in addition, a response by (glee) Glen Ventura MS-MVP:
Some programs are just poorly-written, and a fault in the code will cause this to
occur.


--
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn.


"taeko" wrote in message
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When screen saver is closed, an icon titled "screen saver"
is displayed on the taskbar. If I click the icon, the icon
disappears. If I start and then quit the screen saver
again, a new icon that is named "screen saver" is
displayed, and then the name of the icon that was
displayed first becomes blank. As a result, I'll have a
bunch blank icon on the taskbar. When I click on it, it
disappears. But when screen saver activates again and I
quit the screen saver, it starts all over again creating
the blank icons. Microsoft Knowledge base article -
280722 has a solution to this problem, except I cannot
find the folder "260067.inf" as stated in their
resolution. I never had this problem. This problem started
when I installed Norton AntiVirus. Solution Two: Disable
the screen saver. I really do not want to do that.