Solved Windows 11 Taskbar Missing - spinning wheel

curto said:

Yeah the taskbar has already come back - this was last night after the reboot to Safe mode and then reboot to normal - so it has been running fine today

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I thought it only worked in safe mode. I need to keep up... nice

antspants said:

I thought it only worked in safe mode. I need to keep up... nice

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Yeah sorry - i know it is hard when there are too any posts - i also know its a bugger when people do not report back what they have and have not followed up on - balancing act !

Anyway - NADA on the Dell updates - just going to run their test and then onto the WIndows Update fixes you listed.

I suspect there could be an issue with the Nvidia and as the unit is under extended warranty may get them out to replace the Mobo

WIll continue reporting back

curto said:

I suspect there could be an issue with the Nvidia

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I am not sure it would be a motherboard issue. I would consider making the Device Manager thread,

antspants said:

I am not sure it would be a motherboard issue. I would consider making the Device Manager thread,

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Yeah not sure either but have escalated to Dell as it is under warranty - they have just done a Remote Assist and acknowledged there is an issue with the card and are arranging a tech and replacement motherboard. In the meantime i will keep the Nvidia disabled and work through the Windows updates in the other thread.

Thanks for all your help - will mark this one as solved and fingers crossed it does not come back again !

Craig

New board, good outcome either way I suppose.

antspants said:

New board, good outcome either way I suppose.

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Yep pay enough for the extended warranty may as well take advantage of it.

WIll report back once the board is swapped - but at this stage with the Nvidia Disabled it appears to be playing OK

Craig

OK back again - machine has been pretty stable since the replacement motherboard - but it has not fixed the Nvidia onboard issue - but not sure if that is maybe a red herring - i find if i do a restart (apply updates etc) that nearly everytime i do a reboot - i get the same spinning wheel and no taskbar - a 2nd restart seems to resolve.

But there is something more fundamentally wrong i feel - going on a trip soon - so i purchased a portable dual monitor (USB C) setup to be able to work whilst away - i can connect it to my system and it will duplicate the external display from the internal (so i end up with 3 x Duplicates!) - but when i try to run the Display Settings app - the app just hangs and never returns. (THis is with the NVIDIA onboard controller disbaled in DEVMGR).

I thought at first that it may be a machine incompatibility - so i took the display to a client who has an identical (processor) Precision 5540 and it worked perfectly as 3 seperate screens once the Display app was configured.

So there is something wrong somewhere in the guts of windows.

I have just done all Windows Updates that are available so am now on Windows 11 Pro - 22631.4169

I have used Dell Command Update to apply all the Dell updates.

Have jsut performed an SFC /Scannow and a DISM with update options.

Only other thing i can think to do now is to create a new profile and see what happens

Any other suggestions warmly welcomed !.

Will report back once new profile is running

Craig

OK created a new user profile and same issue - trying to go into Display Settings is a no go - so the question is how to replace the entire video subsystem in windows to get it to reinstall. ?