Users who use the Windows XP operating system have encountered such a phenomenon: when you want to switch windows in the taskbar during operation, you suddenly find that clicking the icon in the taskbar has nothing to do, just like the system crashes, this is Windows. The common taskbar in XP loses its response and is also known as "the taskbar suspended animation." We can solve it in the following way.
1. Disable advanced text services
Windows XP's "Advanced Text Services" includes voice, handwriting and Chinese keyboard input services. Our commonly used input methods are also included in Windows XP. Advanced text service. However, some services, such as handwriting or voice functions, may conflict with certain software. The most obvious response is that the taskbar loses its response. For example, when we clear the document record and click "OK" or open multiple IEs to quickly close, the taskbar suspended animation is likely to happen.
fact, advanced text services in voice, people use handwriting is not much, we can turn it off. Open the "Control Panel", click "Switch to Classic View", double-click "Regional and Language Options", click the "Language" tab in the dialog box, and then click the "Details" button in the "Text Service and Input Language" that opens. In the dialog box, click "Language Bar", select the "Close Advanced Text Service" option and save the settings.
Since the Chinese input method is also part of the advanced text service, the result of closing the service is that the input method switch bar disappears, we can only use the shortcut key "Ctrl+Shift" to switch the input method.
2. Turn off visual effects and use the classic start menu
Sometimes the taskbar suspended animation may be related to visual effects, such as the taskbar suspended in the quick shutdown of multiple IEs. At this point we can right click on the desktop "My Computer" icon, select "Properties", click the "Advanced" tab, click the "Settings" button in the "Performance" area, in the "Performance Options" dialog that opens In the box, select “Adjust to Best Performance”, save all effects and save and exit. Then right click on the "Start" button, select "Properties", select the "Classic Start Menu" option and click "OK" to save.