That is pretty much the problem. after installing and registering the latest free home version, the task bar is inaccessible, when I try to click on it windows just makes that "DING" sound as if the window is waiting or so on [It is called DEFAULT BEEP in sounds].
I've tried rebooting several times to no avail, and finally had to control escape to be able to access start/settings/add remove, and uninstall???
My system is an older dell pent 4 3.4gig
2 gigs ram
XP HOME EDITION
......
Has anyone ever heard of this problem?