Gotcha. Even my three guesses were off. Duh.
It's this problem:
Tooltips for some taskbar icons are hidden behind the taskbar on a Windows
XP-based computer:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=912650
Not that the KB's solution is that great. In Windows 98, if I recall
correctly, I dragged the Toolbar to the top of the screen, making it
temporarily a Mac, and then drug it back. (Acknowledging that some solutions
don't work for all computers, here.) I think on XP I Un-checked "Keep the
taskbar on top of other windows", Applied it, and then re-checked the box,
and Applied.
"DP" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>I think tooltips is the correct term here.
> For example, I have Opera in my quicklaunch section of the taskbar. If I
> move my mouse pointer over that icon on the taskbar, a little tooltip-type
> thing opens which says "Opera." It's working fine for me now. But in the
> past, you could tell the tip had opened up because you could see the top
> of it, but most of it was hidden by the taskbar.
>
>
>
> "dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:%23jE$ONJ2HHA.5992@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I guess I'm not clear. Are we talking about pop up windows? or tooltips
>>when you hover your mouse over a Notification Icon in the notification are
>>of the Taskbar? or balloon notifications when a system event occurs?
>>Apparently, I've misunderstood.
>>
>> "DP" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:uqoRADJ2HHA.1124@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> I don't think that's the solution, dean-dean. As Richard Urban says in
>>> another reply, the issue has been around sine earlier versions of
>>> windows. For me, the problem has been intermittent in Vista. Sometimes
>>> it seems to be fixed and sometimes an update seems to bring the problem
>>> back. I haven't seen it in a while, though.
>>> (Also had the problem with Win XP Pro x64.)
>>>
>>>
>>> "dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:eVP3VoI2HHA.5668@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Right-click on your Taskbar, and choose Properties. Un-check "Keep the
>>>> taskbar on top of other windows". (Apply, OK).
>>>> "." <.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:6DA82ECE-0D9D-46EF-ACE6-F8734410B1B0@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Popups appear behind taskbar. What can one do bring popups infront of
>>>>> the
>>>>> taskbar?
>>>>
>>>
>>
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