Windows XP Task Bar Locking Up

I recently upgraded my Satellite Pro 6100 laptop memory from 256MB to 1GB. Ever since I did this, when the PC returns from hibernate mode, the Windows taskbar is locked up. I have to reboot the laptop to get things to work properly. Anyone out there have similar experience?
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Did you disable, the re-enable Hibernation after you added the memory?
I'd recommend disabling, then restarting the machine, then enabling.
For older machines, when hibernation wasn't built in to Windows, there was a program to run to rebuild the hibernation file, but disabling and re-enabling it should do it now.

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