My new machine is working well except it's a bit annoying minimizing windows to access the task bar and system tray. Everything is there on startup, they just disappear when I go online.Is this just peculiar to XP Home, or is there something I can do to make them stay at the bottom permanently? Thank you.
Put the cursor in an empty part of the Taskbar and right-click. Select Properties. Ensure the option "Keep the Taskbar on top of other Windows" is ticked. Also ensure "Auto-Hide the Taskbar" is not ticked