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woldsweather

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• Dec 19, 2024

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Can anyone tell me what this is called that has apopeared on the taskbar and how to get rid of it.

At the same time my quicklaunch button/menu disappeared. How do I get it back?

Thanks

 

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• OS

  Windows 10 PRO

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  HP Omen

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  Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3.20 GHz

  Motherboard

  Board: HP 8437 1.3 Serial Number: PGUCR0HP1B90LD Bus Clock: 100 megahertz UEFI: AMI F.53 10/23/2020

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  64 GB

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  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

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  NVIDIA High Definition Audio Realtek High Definition Audio

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  AOC 2778X [Monitor] (27.2"vis, s/n GJGJ7HA027112, July 2018) DELL U2412M [Monitor] (24.0"vis, s/n XX-00FFXD-XXXXX-529-64AS, February 2015)

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  c: (NTFS on drive 0) * 999.21 GB 857.61 GB free
  d: (NTFS on drive 1) 1984.45 GB 741.65 GB free
  e: (NTFS on drive 1) 15.95 GB 1.78 GB free
  h: (NTFS on drive 2) 239.93 GB 231.23 GB free
  i: (NTFS on drive 2) 14.81 GB 1.71 GB free

  Keyboard

  Omoton

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  Omoton

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  9Gbps

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  Chrome Edge and Firefox

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  Have discovered 31/01/2022 Internet speed at router 41 mbps. At this PC 9. Internet is via wired ethernet.

Rollback_Jockey

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• Dec 19, 2024

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It's the Widgets app, turn it off In Personalisation >Taskbar

 

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  WIN 11 Pro 24H2 - 26100.2894

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  Intel XEON E5-2699 v3

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  ASUS X99-A

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  48G Teamgroup UD4-3600

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  Integrated

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  ACER X34 Predator

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woldsweather

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• Dec 19, 2024

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Great thanks for that. How do I get the quicklaunch menu back?

 

My Computer

System One

• OS

  Windows 10 PRO

  Computer type

  PC/Desktop

  Manufacturer/Model

  HP Omen

  CPU

  Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3.20 GHz

  Motherboard

  Board: HP 8437 1.3 Serial Number: PGUCR0HP1B90LD Bus Clock: 100 megahertz UEFI: AMI F.53 10/23/2020

  Memory

  64 GB

  Graphics Card(s)

  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

  Sound Card

  NVIDIA High Definition Audio Realtek High Definition Audio

  Monitor(s) Displays

  AOC 2778X [Monitor] (27.2"vis, s/n GJGJ7HA027112, July 2018) DELL U2412M [Monitor] (24.0"vis, s/n XX-00FFXD-XXXXX-529-64AS, February 2015)

  Hard Drives

  c: (NTFS on drive 0) * 999.21 GB 857.61 GB free
  d: (NTFS on drive 1) 1984.45 GB 741.65 GB free
  e: (NTFS on drive 1) 15.95 GB 1.78 GB free
  h: (NTFS on drive 2) 239.93 GB 231.23 GB free
  i: (NTFS on drive 2) 14.81 GB 1.71 GB free

  Keyboard

  Omoton

  Mouse

  Omoton

  Internet Speed

  9Gbps

  Browser

  Chrome Edge and Firefox

  Antivirus

  Kaspersky

  Other Info

  Have discovered 31/01/2022 Internet speed at router 41 mbps. At this PC 9. Internet is via wired ethernet.