XP taskbar keeps popping up.

[Guest drubosney]

I maintain point of sale systems for a local restaurant chain. They run various versions of Windows and we are gradually updating any running XP to 7 but it's a time consuming process and we are trying to do them in a sensible order. The systems we considered last on the list run a live menu. All they do is display web content from a server on the same LAN with a proprietary browser that is supposed to stay on top of any other windows or dialogs. They have no direct user interaction whatsoever nor do they connect directly to the internet.

 

 

But lately, and by lately I mean since the XP EOL, the taskbar has been popping up above the bottom edge of the menu. It creates an unprofessional look and potentially a security risk, since we don't want just any customer knowing what OS our point of sale software runs on or even being able to guess what software it is. It does this EVEN IF the taskbar is set to auto-hide, and with no user interaction (or even a mouse or keyboard connected to the system) I have to wonder how that's happening.

 

 

 

The POS software vendor has pushed a couple updates in the hopes of "fixing" the issue but it hasn't made a difference and they're clearly stumped by it.

 

 

Can I force XP to permanently hide the taskbar altogether? As long as I can pop the start menu up by connecting remotely and pressing the winkey, I don't need it at all.

 

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