Tech Newsgroups: Windows XP Customization

cannot click inside window unless maximized

jackeen - 24 Nov 2007 11:28 PM - 1 message

since a few days ago, something weird has happened. if i open a window and it is not maximized, as soon as i move the pointer from the task bar, the window dissappears (into the background) the only way that i can click something in the wondow is to maximize it. ...

need help w/ Active Desktop

JamesP - 24 Nov 2007 8:45 PM - 1 message

A couple years ago (W98 and early XP) I used some Active Desktop items which I got off MS' Desktop Gallery. Recently I tried to visit that website but was auto-redirected to a new page; where most items were designed for Vista's ...

What happens when we type in a URL.

test - 24 Nov 2007 8:15 PM - 8 messages

Hi All, What happens when we type a URL in the url box. FOr ex, when we type say [link], I believe the request will go to some central server,where it knows that hotmail.com is mapped to so and so ipaddress and then the ...

Changing the Host address???

test - 24 Nov 2007 8:14 PM - 8 messages

Hi, I am sorry if I am posting this on a wrong forum. Here is the question I have. I bought a domain name(say xyz.com) from godaddy com and by default they will let us park the domain meaning the host address points to their ...

Autologon

peter_cologne - 24 Nov 2007 7:03 PM - 5 messages

There are some questions and answers in this forum which skirt around this issue but I can't find an answer to this specific question. I have two PCs, one has been running XP since I bought it. I have ...

Setting Two Different Backgrounds

cpres75 - 24 Nov 2007 5:46 AM - 2 messages

Can someone help me out with this. Running Windows XP and I set a desktop wallpaper by opening up an image via IE and doing the right click and 'Set as Desktop', What I want to do is have one image setup ...

Set App Priority

Just D. - 23 Nov 2007 6:46 AM - 5 messages

All, Do we have any way to set the app priority using a shortcut, properties, command line or something else? I need that but the only one way to change the application priority is to call the Task Manager and change it right ...

Re: My Windows XP looks like Windows 98! Graphics changed on their ow

Bennopia - 23 Nov 2007 4:50 AM - 2 messages

Leonard Grey;7911549 Wrote: Themes was a dirty word in Windows 98 days due to the performance overhead and lack of stability that one experienced when enabling it. The difference with today's computers are that they have much more ...

windows custom button?

J.H. - 22 Nov 2007 4:42 PM - 1 message

i downloaded and installed a free program for dual monitors (multimon taskbar) and it works great and everything, but the button it adds to every window is ugly as sin. the guy has a forum but because it's a ...

Can't open File in Windows Explorer!

sasha gottfried - 22 Nov 2007 6:05 AM - 8 messages

Windows Explorer will not open a specific file (NTF) a Neato labelling file. I have to open the program itself and open the file through the program. Any way to repair this? I've uninstalled and reinstalled the program a couple of ...

Copying files

George - 21 Nov 2007 2:04 PM - 7 messages

Hi! I have a mp3 file, and wish to double its length. (add it to itself) Can I do that? (the file is empty, i.e. just a blank) g4egg, who remembers "PRESS PLAY ON TAPE #1" ([link]) ...

Mouse taking focus

Ibrahim Awwad - 19 Nov 2007 5:39 PM - 1 message

I'm started to have a very wired problem, when I'm writing at any application (Winword, communicator, website,...etc) in the middle I found out that the cursor change automatically to the muse arrow position and I have to change ...

Internet Shortcut Icons displayed in Tile View

YvesO - 18 Nov 2007 9:45 PM - 1 message

Windows Explorer seems to default to the "Default" internet shortcut icon when a folder is displyed in the Tile view. I say that because I assigned an icon to an HTML document and also to an Internet Shortcut. When I switch to a ...

"Mountains" wallpaper image size

History Fan - 18 Nov 2007 3:31 PM - 6 messages

Does anyone know of a website that offers the Vista "Mountains" wallpaper photo at a higher resolution than 1600x1200? That is the only resolution I can find it on the web. My monitor uses 1680x1050, and the photo quality is reduced when it's stretched like that. ...

System hangs too long during Log-off/Shutdown - remedies?

Michael Moser - 18 Nov 2007 11:43 AM - 4 messages

When I log off or shut-down my system always hangs for about 2 minutes with the message "Saving your settings...". During that time there is no apparent activity (i.e. no disk accesses, no processes showing high-CPU utilization, nothing - the system just sits and waits - but for ...