Task bar is gone

I lost my task bar. What is the correct resolution needed to get it back?

Did you try setting the DPI Scaling to 100% as explained in this adobe kb?
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Decrease the DPI Scaling in Windows to the default setting of 96 dpi.
Windows 7
Close all applications.
Do one of the following
ChooseStart > Control Panel > Display.
Right-click the Desktop and choose Screen Resolution. Then, select Make Text And Other Items Larger Or Smaller.
Choose Smaller - 100% (Default).
Click Apply.
When you are prompted, click Log Off Now.
After you have been logged out of your Windows user account, log back in to your account. The changes take effect once you have logged back in to your account.

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Look, I'm not going to kill myself over it. I just have to minimize the IT page to get to another task bar.
But I like my auto-hide and won't disable it, and I like what's been done with the new version of IT and - of course - won't get rid of that. I just want them to live together happily ever after.
Thank You in Advance for Your Time;
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Boot the computer in Windows Safe Mode with network support (press F8 on the boot screen) as a test to see if that helps.
Do a malware check with some malware scanning programs on the Windows computer. 
Please scan with all programs because each program detects different malware. 
All these programs have free versions.
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.
*Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
*AdwCleaner: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/AdwCleaner.shtml
*SuperAntispyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/
*Microsoft Safety Scanner: http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx
*Windows Defender: Home Page: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx
*Spybot Search & Destroy: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
*Kasperky Free Security Scan: http://www.kaspersky.com/security-scan
You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.
*Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller: http://support.kaspersky.com/5350?el=88446
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*"Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked

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Welcome to the HP Forums!
I understand the computer is experiencing issues in regards to booting to the desktop, lack of audio and the touchpad not working. I can assist you with all of these!
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Hi,
Please try to restart Explorer:
Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del, click Start Task Manager)
Click on the PROCESSES tab & and right click Explorer (in image col)
Click "End Process"
Click on FILE (upper left corner)
Click on NEW TASK
Type in "explorer"
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BH
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