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Taskbar text formatting (& ellipsis)
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hi there, As you may know, when a window's caption is too long for the space on its tile in the taskbar, the shell truncates the text and adds an ellipsis to the end: For instance: * Microsoft...

Hou to prevent windows from popping up on top?
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 1 Comments

It's very annoying, and sometimes harmful, that new windows by default always pop up on top of any other window that are open. Just to mention one example: Outlook reminders. I'd like to prevent any...

Release screensaver on hot key
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Windows xp pro - i have monitors that run a screensaver generated from a PowerPoint presentation. I would like to disable mouse movement and random keys from shutting down the screensaver and...

Download wallpapers game
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 1 Comments

New site: http://www.freezewall.com Over 5000 wallpapes Games, Artist

Urgent Help! unable to access the background option in display properties ...
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Dear Folks, I was attacked by the Spyware/Adware earlier, and I have successfully clean my pcs and removed all those spyware/adware. However, after clean up, the wallpaper was disappeared so I goto...

Full Screen Size and Position
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 4 Comments

I am looking to modify the size and position of full screen applications. I have a monitor installed in the dash of my car and the top 1/2" of screen is hidden behind a panel. When I start...

Fast User Switch won't "stick" between restarts
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 5 Comments

I can set fast user switching and it will allow between 2 accounts I have on my system - but this feature is not retained when I restart the system. I have to go back into User Accounts etc and...

Windows keeps print jobs after successfull print
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hi, I have 2 PC's of same brand (FujisuSiemen) which both do nor delete the prin job after prinring. The documents are still in the list of unwritten documents. In the system32\spool\printers there...

Fullscreen windows explorer
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 7 Comments

when i start windows explorer, i have to press F11 to get fullscreen display. so is there a way to do this automatically ?.

Re: Wantto: Lock Computer then execute command (load a black screen)
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 2 Comments

"Phil Robyn" <probyn@berkeley.edu> wrote in message news:uQMK59sRGHA.4960@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... Thanks Phil and Stan for your comments. Phil: Nice utility! I think this could be a great temporary...

Windows XP Desktop Background
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I can not select any of the files located in my display properties to change the background. The button is there and I can see some of the files but it will not allow me to make any selections

keeping qtask out of startup
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 12 Comments

I like to keep the tray as clean as possible, so I don't even want Quicktime installed. But everytime I accidentally go to a site that wants it, qtask sticks itself into startup and I have to...

Re: Word Assistants, Link
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 6 Comments

These Office Assistants seem to be designed for Office 97. Right? When I try to install the Will Shakespeare Office Assistant in Windows XP Pro with MS Office 2003 I get the following...

Exchange 2003
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 3 Comments

We have recently upgraded to 2003 from 5.5 Exchange Mail Server. I am having problems with our global list appearing for off site employees. When attempting to connect to the address book outlook...

Wantto: Lock Computer then execute command (load a black screen)
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Hello, Is there a way to, once you lock your computer in Windows to have a black screen show up immediately, or have the screensaver immediately run? The only method to this currently seems to be...

Creating Desktop.ini files
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 6 Comments

I am on Windows Media center and I am trying to create a desktop.ini file for a new folder. I know exactly what I want in it....... IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll IconIndex=127 While...

Date display in system settings
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 11 Comments

I would like the system calendar to display Sunday as the first day of the week. How can I do this?

How to make details view default for dialog boxes?
Posted on March 12th, 2006 | 3 Comments

I have just finally upgraded to XP from Windows 2000. Most of the tweaks to make the user interface work as I'd like were simple. One of them was to change the folder/file view from icons to...

XP start menu corrupted
Posted on March 12th, 2006 | 7 Comments

Jerry, rt click on Start>select Properties>Start Menu-Customize>Advanced. There you can reestablish run and search. "Jerry M" <Jerry.M.2482ig@pcbanter.net> wrote in...

Icons in notification area
Posted on March 12th, 2006 | 5 Comments

Why are there some program items in my notification area (beside clock) that are not in my Startup menu? For example Quick Time. I don't want Quick Time running in the background. Also, how can I...