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    - Problem with XP settings or maybe the Microsoft intellipoint mouse Randomly, and I have no idea what triggers it, every window that is open on my computer shows up as a miniature window that allows me to select which window I want to bring up. It's not thumbnails, like the ones you get when you ALT+TAB to scroll through the open programs. Each one literally takes up about 25% of the screen. But it does it when I'm typing in word, or surfing the web, or anything else that I'm running. I don't know if it's in the intellimouse settings or somewhere in the way the views are set, but I can't seem to find a solution. Please help. Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155163
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    - Modifying Display Properties via VBA Does anyone have a code sample of how to list and/or change any of the display properties in XP via VBA so these can be listed/stored either in an Excel file or Access database? (I had someone comment how they liked my display color scheme of icons, wallpaper, active and inactive titlebars and fonts, etc) Basically I want to be able to list (or modify via code) all of the properties you see from Control Panel/Display, and listing the properties from the Themes,Desktop,Screensaver,Appearance\(Advanced)and Settings Tabs. ------- RLN Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155162
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    - Folder Properties Is it possible to set the default view for a folder and all it's sub-folders, rather than having to go through all the folders one by one ? Thanks Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155159
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    - Try Style XP See how u can customize ur xp... http://www.tgtsoft.com its cool..... Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155156
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    - How to nail down which program is stealing focus all the time? Since a few days I have a phenomen that starts driving me really nuts: Some program seems to steal the keyboard focus every minute or so. That means that while I am writing some text or email, again and again I am suddenly typing into "nirvana" until I realize, that the application *again* has lost its input focus. I then have to click with the mouse into its window again to reassign focus and then I have to retype the last couple of words. This is soooo distracting! I guess it must be some utility that runs in the background and regularly checks for something but I haven't been able to identify the culprit so far. Apparently it always runs so shortly that it doesn't show up in the task manager's top CPU list. Any idea, how I could list the last couple of processes that ran? I am starting to get mad due to this!!! Michael Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155154
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    - the yellow icon from Windows download updates I am running XP Home Edition SP2, updates are set to download but let me decide when to install, I have watched the progress of the download but when it completed the yellow icon disappeared from the system tray/toolbar and my only possibility to install them is at Shutdown time the custom option become unavailable to me. any solution to my problem? Many thanks for your help Tata Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155150
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    - customize icons... with my computer, before a firewall problem... i had transparent 'surrounds to texr' on desktop... icons? that's what they're called... yea, they were transparent, the text a different colour - murrey, or black - and, it looked real perdy - pretty, for us that also 'enjoy' aphasia - wiki... why do techs insist on changing themes? tia -- street-boys@clear.net.nz Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155148
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    - Icon Transparent Icons Hiya folks! I promise that I have tried everything in this forum, and this i really frustrating me! I cant seem to get my desktop icons to have transparent background! Here is what I tried: 1. Tried enabling and disabling Active Desktop. 2. Tried the drop shadow setting in performance settings window. 3. The image I have in the background is a jpg image. 4. When I try the default Windows XP theme, the icons are also no appearing with transparent backgrounds. I think something is wrong with some hidden settings but I cant seem t figure it out! Any advice? (I am comfortable working with registry and advance features as long as a good step by step instructions are provided!) Thank you -- Odeh Nabe ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Odeh Naber's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=4724 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=95616 http://forums.techarena.i Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155140
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    - Icon font changes How do I change the color of the font back ground for the desktop icons? I'd like to have background clear so I see only the text on top of my desktop picture. Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155139
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    - hibernate failing I have a dell inspiron 6000 laptop. recently re-installed OS due to hard disk problems. worked much better. I then added 2 GB of memory - upgrading from 500MB. when I try to hibernate - it fails reporting that there are not enough system resources to perform hibernate function .... When it 1st booted after installing new memory, it detected the new added memory... how do I fix so hibernate works??? weird! Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155136
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    - Where is this setting? On my new (much faster) PC, when I click either of the two 'one-step' arrows at the end of a vertical scroll bar, the movement is really sluggish. On my old PC it's immediate. Where is the setting that controls this please? -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155132
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    - Change explorer font and size Hi Can anyone tell me if it is possible to alter the font and size in Explorer and if so how to do it. I want to change the font in the folders. Many thanks for your help in advance Regards Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155124
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    - Installing Software When installing new software, Windows has a bad habit of creating its desktop shortcuts and start menu folders to the all users account instead of just the current users account. I don't want any shortcuts or start menu folders from applications that I install to show up in any other user accounts, and vice versa. I just came form 98 about a moth ago and I didn't have this problem. Microsoft really dropped the ball on this one, it irritates me to no end; this completely defeats the whole purpose of having separate user accounts. How do I fix this? Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155119
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    - NUM Lock Quandry At the request of my boss I have trying to run a script that will keep the Num Lock on in XP. The idea is to set the registry key so that no matter what the Num Lock is when the user logs off it will always be on at logon. The script (below) is run as a logoff script that sets the value for Num Lock on when the user logs off. The script runs fine and places the number in the correct place in the registry but when the logon happens the Num Lock key is off if the user had the key off when logging off before the script runs. What is really frusturating is that the Num Lock key value is "on" after logon but the actual key is off. I am running the script to run synchronisly. Apparently XP is reading the Num Lock key after the logoff script is run. Running the script as logon script does not work either. How can I get this script to work so the Num Lock is always on no matter what the Num Lock setting is on logoff. -------------------------------- 'This logoff script uses WMI to determine the OS. If the OS is other than WinXP the script quits. 'If the OS is WinXP the shell object is used to place a 2 in the registry so at the next logon the 'Num Lock key is on. Dim strComputer Dim objWMIService Dim colItems Dim objItem Dim strOS Dim intOSType Dim strOSSearch Dim intRegVal strComputer = "." 'Determine OS Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_OperatingSystem" , , 48) For Each objItem in colItems strOS = objItem.Name Next 'WScript.Echo strOS strOSSearch = "XP" intOSType = InStr(strOS,strOSSearch) 'If OS is not XP quit. If not check registry key If intOSType = 0 Then WScript.Quit 'If keyboard indicator is 2 quit. If not place "2" in the key Else Set WshShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") intRegVal = WshShell.RegRead("HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyBoardIndicators") WScript.Echo "Initial RegVal: " & intRegVal If intRegVal <> 2 Then WshShell.RegWrite"HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyBoardIndicators" , 2, "REG_SZ" End If End If intRegVal = WshShell.RegRead("HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyBoardIndicators") WScript.Echo "Final RegVal: " & intRegVal WScript.Quit Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155118
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    - Changing XP Folder Icon I would like to replace XP folder icon with Vista's. Can anyone tell me, where to get high resolution icon that very closely resemble Vista. More over, I 'think' I know how to change the icon manually but I just don't know the location of default XP icon folder because I do not want to create another folder. Please assist me. Thanks Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155111
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    - Drives I have 320GB as drive 0 with XP installed. I split my old 80GB (Drive 1 Slave) into two partitions. One I want to put a another copy of XP for a dual boot, the other half will be for backups. I tried the software that came with the newer 320GB drive and after the disk-to-disk copy it failed. Does XP setup have a way to install other than drive 'C'? Is there a way to this??? Any help would be appreciated BP Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155100
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    - Nice software for windows audit Hi guys, I have just got a link for a new software from my friend and find it good. If you wanna be secure and want to conduct security assessment on your windows machine then just follow the link. http://www.download.com/Secure-Auditor/3000-2653-10826743.html?part=dl-SecureAud&subj=uo&tag=button Secure Auditor provides single console for audit, compliance, penetration test and forensics of windows based machine. It works on all versions. Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155099
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    - Control Panel problems When I open the control panel I get a message saying "Dr Watson Post Mortem" has encountered a problem and needs to shut down. The computer seizes up and I have to shut it down again. At the moment I don't use the control panel at all. Any ideas on how to cure this? Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155098
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    - Any Security Software On Boot? I am running Windows XP Home. I have a standalone laptop, no network. As of now, anyone can start my computer and get it. Windows XP Home has No login security! I cannot stop anyone from getting into my computer. I looked at www.download.com and could not find it. Is there any security software that prompts for a password for login OR AT BOOT? Also - access security software for memory sticks!!! Thanks! Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155092
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    - A Few Group Policy Questions Hi everyone, I have an XP Pro SP2 machine that will be shared by several family members and I have a few questions about Group Policies. Active Directory is not involved here. In the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) I want to turn off IE's prompt to download ActiveX Controls. The setting for this is at: User Configuration Administrative Templates Windows Components Internet Explorer Security Features Restrict ActiveX Install Internet Explorer Process = Enabled After setting this policy I log off and then log back on but I am still able to download an ActiveX component (Acrobate Reader, for example). It seems the GP setting is not taking affect. Any ideas why? A follow up question is this: My understanding is that, contrary to the name, "User Configuration" policies apply to *all* users, not individual users. So, setting the poilicy for one user account affects *all* accounts on the machine. If this is true, why does the Group Policy editor have separate sections for "User Configuration" and "System Configuration"? Perhaps it *is* possible to specify separate policies for different accounts. This is ultimately what I want to do. I have an idea on how to do this (by copying .pol files and invoking gpupdate.exe) but the fact that ActiveX installations cannot be turned off is stopping me dead in my tracks. Thanks much. -- Tom Baxter Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155087
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    - Creating a custom pop up window I would like to know how to create a simple pop up window within the windows environment, regardless of whatever application is open. For example, if I am shutting down my computer, I'd like to create a reminder pop up to back up my work. Similarly, at the end of the day, I'd like to create a pop up reminder to update my billing sheet (I work out of my home office). Is there a way that these can be easily created, without having to buy another application and having that always run in the background (and load down my processor even further). I know, most people hate pop ups, but these, for me at least, would be useful. Thanks for your help. -- rhytrr Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155083
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    - SFC exe Is it safe to run the SFC.exe on a XP SP2 (Home) machine that has had all of the updates added over it's life time (6 years) without replacing an updated file with an older original XP file form the original disc? I get a missing file error when I open Spy-Bot Search & Destroy after many years of no problems. It still opens and runs correctly though. Just thought the SFC might correct the problem, but did not want to make things worst. Bc Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155075
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    - Deleting User Accounts And Files I had to recreate a user account. The original account deleted, but the files are still on the computer. After creating the new account, I tried to delete the files, but it would not let me. Recreating the account did not create any new settings, it just brought back the old settings, such as my IE home page, user account picture. The files are in the Documents and Settings folder. Before I recreated the new account, I tried to delete the files and it would not let me. Any ideas on how I can delete the files and leave it as six user account folders, instead of nine? Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155074
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    - SCREENSAVERS - FunAndEntertainmentStore.com Fun And Entertainment Store - Fun And Entertainment http://www.FunAndEntertainmentStore.com Fun And Entertainment - Astrology, Games, Hobbies, Humor, Magic, Music, Novels, Psychics, Screensavers, Tarot etc... Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155070
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    - missing event sounds i am having problems with mywindows xp event sounds,, there are none!! i go to sounds and audio, but there is no drop down menu. i can hear sounds from programmes i have intsalled and play films etc., but this has got me!! Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155053
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    - How can I use a different "color scheme" (in WinXP) ? Hi How can I get my WindowsXP to use a different "Color Scheme" ? I have been forced to change from "Windows Classic Style" to "Windows XP Style" (in order to get the orange mark on Todays's date in the Monthly Calendar view in ms Outlook2003). But I HATE the default overly-blue colours that Windows XP Style defaults to. I have tried the two other colour schemes that come with WindowXP (i.e. Silver and Olive Green) but how can I get a new/different colour scheme uploaded? I do not want to install any 3rd party applications, for security reasons. Ship Shiperton Henethe P.S. It looks like you can "download schemes" (*.cs) but how do you get WinXP to find them? Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155051
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    - SyncToy Hi all, great group, this. Hope I am not off topic. I find the XP SyncToy one of the most useful tools EVER. But... Query 1: is it possible to select/unselect groups of subfolders all in one go by clicking on the topmost (contaning) folder, rather than tediously having to click on each individual subfolder? Query 2: can you tell the program to ignore single files (ie the SyncToy data files)? Query 3: finally, why does SyncToy keep reproducing all the hundreds of folders which are unselected in the origin AND destination list of folders to sync? They are created in the dest disk as EMPTY folders... Can it be avoided? Thanks, cheers, Gabriele Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155050
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    - Keyboard layout and character set (code page) I am trying, painstakingly, to learn about keyboard layouts, character sets, fonts, Unicode, etc, and I have started where it starts â?? at the keyboard. Now, when I specify a particular keyboard layout in Windows XP (for instance, US or Ukranian), how do I know what character set (code page) Windows will ascribe to that layout? Believe me, I have looked for a long time on the Web and on the Microsoft site, but I have not been able to find the answer to this question. Grateful for a tip. Regards, Hans L Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155041
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    - No Original Desktop Icon For IE7 I had to repair a user account on my computer. When I had finished, I noticed that there was no original desktop icon for IE7. I know how to make a shortcut of it, but I would like the original icon back. I checked in the display properties and there was no option for it. Can anyone help me get the icon back? I'm happy to use the shortcut, but I would prefer to use the original icon. Thanks Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155034
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    - desktop background i have used a web-based picture as my desktop background. But it is fuzzy, while the web-based picture itself is quite clear. I have tried various display combinations but it seems i have not hit the right one. Could you help me get the best clarity possible and still use normal sized other icons? Thank you Aamir Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155025
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    - Capture LPT1 to a USB printer Anyone have a way to make a USB printer capture the LPT1 port? I have a DOS program that will only print to a parallel port. With some of the new printers that only have USB connections a DOS program can't print to them. There is no replacement for this program and it still runs fine on XP and Vista. Just this printer problem. Thanks in advance for any help. -- Have A Great Day! Bill Meyer Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155021
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    - "My Computer" Customize how can I make My Computer always open in Folders view? thanks mike Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155017
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    - How to forbid user modify computer? Hi, We need to set up some computers that users can't modify any settings, like no task bar, can't open control panel, etc). Something like library's computers. How can I do it? Please help! Any help will be appreciated! Lisa Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155016
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    - Calendar, Day, date, & weather on desktop?? I would like to have my desktop display the current day, date & weather on my desktop, maybe in a banner across the top or over in the RH corner. I would like to have the weather be a small icon showing the weather (like the sun, or a cloud etc. ) and the current temperature. I would like to be able to click on the weather icon to get further details or forecasts and I would like to be able to click on the Day, Date to open up my full calender to see my appointments etc. It would be the greatest if the calendar was actually my Office OUtlook Calendar, but that probably isn't possible. Does anyone know of a download gadget, widget or whatever that would do this??? Magsmom Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155008
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    - Clone HD (ghost) Hi, I need a program to clone my HD because i want to be capable to easy recover all my installed programs without reinstall windows and etc. I want a program that do a ghost from my HD e creates a boot CD. And course, must be freeware. Does anybody can help me? Thanks Celso Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155006
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    - Adjusting start menu startup I am trying to manipulate the startup menu to execute a program. I have a .bat file in: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup that reads: --------------------- @echo on rem copy the shared folder to startup (assumed it is mounted on Z) xcopy /s /z /i "z:\adit\*.*" "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" exit ---------------------- The purpose is to to take a program (or programs) that appears on an externally mounted disk and copy them to the startup menu so that when XP starts up, these programs will also get executed (the program(s) names change at every startup). The bat file copies the .exes to the startup directory but XP doesn't execute them. How can I get XP to execute these programs automatically upon startup (can be at the end of the entire startup sequence)? Is there some registry setting that needs to be changed? Is there some alternate "trick" I can use to pull this off? Thanks, Hank Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155002
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    - IE7 Custom Search Reg File This is my custom Internet Explorer 7 search registry file. (For pre IE7, in Notepad, replace all "{searchTerms}" with "%s" All links are checked and OK as of April 8. 2008 Note: I recommend you export this key before you merge it in case you want restore your default settings: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes] 1. Close IE 2. Copy between the lines and paste into Notepad 3. Check that each entry is on its own line (damn word wrap) These are single lines: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\. . . "DisplayName"=. . . "URL"=. . . "Codepage"=. . . 4. Save-as Search.reg (Or make your own name + .reg) 5. Double-click or right-click and merge into the registry. 6. Open IE and enjoy! -------------------------------------------- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes] "DefaultScope"="{034A7627-BF4B-4772-937E-DC77A01C5374}" "Version"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{034A7627-BF4B-4772-937E-DC77A01C5374}] "DisplayName"="0 Google" "URL"="http://www.google.ca/search?q={searchTerms}&rls=com.microsoft:{language}&ie={inputEncoding}&oe={outputEncoding}&startIndex={startIndex?}&num=20&startPage={startPage}" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{03AD9728-67C9-401F-9A71-509BC9D84AEF}] "DisplayName"="1 Yahoo!" "URL"="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p={searchTerms}&ei=utf-8&fr=b2ie7" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{0522A997-FE54-4B5E-BA20-7082EC065AE6}] "DisplayName"="2 Live Search" "URL"="http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q={searchTerms}&mkt=en-us&FORM=IEFM&src={referrer:source?}" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}] "DisplayName"="3 AfterVote" "URL"="http://www.aftervote.com/search/web/{searchTerms}/" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{07060991-DC5C-4494-8421-141F24DB0F10}] "DisplayName"="4--------------------------------------" "URL"="http://www.google.com/" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{09BD1740-003F-4345-80C6-561554E70D81}] "DisplayName"="5 Amazon" "URL"="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/104-2981279-3455918?index=blended&keyword={searchTerms}" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{0D845C2F-9504-4fb8-9685-71BDB57B055B}] "DisplayName"="6 eBay" "URL"="http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?satitle={searchTerms}" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{262162CE-3AEC-467F-9B65-625D2820FF4E}] "DisplayName"="7 Google Cache" "URL"="http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:{searchTerms}" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{2965ABCF-E23F-496c-87F7-9991B83334B3}] "DisplayName"="8 Internet Archive" "URL"="http://web.archive.org/web/*/{searchTerms}" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{29F2EB3C-7B0E-4b48-B848-21CE44593BAF}] "DisplayName"="9-------------------------------------" "URL"="http://www.google.com/" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{3414C51C-DA9A-4939-858C-C327CB87E476}] "DisplayName"="A DLLDump" "URL"="http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&cof=&domains=DllDump.com&q={searchTerms}&btnG=Search&sitesearch=DllDump.com" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{349B3697-F70D-41bd-B45C-B9B613B4688C}] "DisplayName"="B FileHippo" "URL"="http://www.filehippo.com/search?q={searchTerms}" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{364CC6E5-1E1C-4719-BCAA-28AF8B4D749C}] "DisplayName"="C RapidShare" "URL"="http://rapidshare-search-engine.com/index-s_submit=Search&sformval=1&s_type=2&what=0&s=%22{searchTerms}%22&start=0.html" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{39BD413B-D200-4732-B72B-D67E9632A370}] "DisplayName"="D SnapFiles" "URL"="http://www.snapfiles.com/downloadfind.php?st={searchTerms}&action=s&search=Find+it" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{42231A79-C2F5-4709-A671-DADC7D78B7AF}] "DisplayName"="E Torrentz" "URL"="http://www.torrentz.com/search?q={searchTerms}" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{4403BF0D-45F7-42f9-97A8-9C723917EA59}] "DisplayName"="G--------------------------------------" "URL"="http://www.google.com/" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{4853C308-0B15-4c45-8335-AA4FE3C17D8E}] "DisplayName"="H DNS Lookup" "URL"="http://dns-tools.domaintools.com/?m=dns&q={searchTerms}" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{48C7257B-409E-4f41-812F-F8B01E252A47}] "DisplayName"="I LinkScanner" "URL"="http://linkscanner.explabs.com/linkscanner/checksite.asp?NS=ChkOnly&SRC=apps.ExpLabs.com&CS={searchTerms}" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{4BEC011D-A4E1-450e-BAC3-74936EF1B5EF}] "DisplayName"="J McAfee Virus Data" "URL"="http://search.mcafee.com/search?q={searchTerms}&site=us_site.Virus&num=30&sort=date:D:L:d1&output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&client=default_frontend&getFields=description&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=0&" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{50341E11-3175-498b-92F9-0F855D2577FE}] "DisplayName"="L SiteAdvisor" "URL"="http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/{searchTerms}?suite=true&premium=true&client_ver=2.6.0.6253&client_type=IEPlugin" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{53D5B866-D2E2-4fd7-88CA-C7A2E3049968}] "DisplayName"="M Spyware Guide" "URL"="http://www.spywareguide.com/product_search.php?s={searchTerms}&submit2=Search" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{58E52819-A923-48d9-8044-41E47ABD8DCB}] "DisplayName"="N VirusList" "URL"="http://www.viruslist.com/en/find?search_mode=full&words={searchTerms}" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{59EE8B71-3999-4AB8-A805-2B6BE7E2CB7C}] "DisplayName"="O Whois Lookup" "URL"="http://www.domaintools.com/go/?service=whois&q={searchTerms}" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{60F546C4-01A7-4521-9AA5-17F60588BC82}] "DisplayName"="P--------------------------------------" "URL"="http://www.google.com/" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{64FD414B-85A8-4ba4-A594-E0EEE280DD1D}] "DisplayName"="Q About.com" "URL"="http://search.about.com/fullsearch.htm?terms={searchTerms}" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{671D62E2-E715-40f4-9E93-9E221D0C841C}] "DisplayName"="R CNET" "URL"="http://cnet.search.com/search?q={searchTerms}" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{6A615423-1DF4-4344-968B-990399249C60}] "DisplayName"="S Encarta Dictionary" "URL"="http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/{searchTerms}.html" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{6AAABBC5-C69D-4c8c-A1B1-D79247AC8A93}] "DisplayName"="T EventID" "URL"="http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid={searchTerms}" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{6B08AAF8-8E77-4722-BBC6-EBA30914877A}] "DisplayName"="U FileExt" "URL"="http://filext.com/file-extension/{searchTerms}" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{6F2C400F-CB8A-47a8-9C3D-67CE8C907FBE}] "DisplayName"="V Microsoft Knowledge Base" "URL"="http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?query={searchTerms}&catalog=LCID%3D1033&spid=&qryWt=&mode=r&cus=False&x=45&y=10" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{70A511AC-B19E-4c7f-AA5B-2D55291E0D20}] "DisplayName"="W Microsoft.com" "URL"="http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&q={searchTerms}" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{730D405F-5347-4094-9DE0-7511ABE34810}] "DisplayName"="X USA Today" "URL"="http://asp.usatoday.com/search/yahoo/search.aspx?qt=both&nr=5&kw={searchTerms}" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{74C64593-43D9-4953-B3F6-4FB81D497510}] "DisplayName"="Y Wikipedia" "URL"="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search={searchTerms}" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{78437205-771A-46d5-88F9-58CE631F63DF}] "DisplayName"="Z YouTube" "URL"="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query={searchTerms}&search=Search" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{7A48BDEE-3EC7-420d-8276-18E7A2CE0A43}] "DisplayName"="K Process Library" "URL"="http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/{searchTerms}/" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{7B9BD6C5-6CD2-424f-9C53-87D3056FD7DE}] "DisplayName"="F Version Tracker" "URL"="http://www.versiontracker.com/php/qs.php?mode=basic&action=search&str={searchTerms}&srchArea=windows%7Cwin-all&submit=Go" -------------------------------------------- ju.c Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 155001
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    - PDF Tool Bar .. can't Get Rid Of Can't get rid of the tool bar since I installed Adobe PDF Professional 8. I know there's a RegHack but can't remember where it is located. Any Help? Thanks Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 154999
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    - desktop I lost my desktop tab, but re-installed it. Now, it won't let me select a new background or anything. Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 154998
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    - Folder Templates Always Display File Information as Type Music At some point in the past the Documents, Pictures, and Photo Album folder type templates for my Windows XP operating system were modified such that the default file attributes normally displayed (e.g. Name, Size, Type, and Date Modified for the Documents template) have been replaced by the those attributes normally reserved for the Music folder type template (i.e. Name, Size, Type, Artist, Album Title, Year, Track Number, and Duration). The File & Folder Common Tasks in the left pane display normally - appropriately reflecting the tasks associated with the particular folder type template in use. Modifying the folder type template using the Customize function changes the left pane Common Tasks display appropriately for the selected folder type but in each case the default file attributes for the Music folder type remain in effect. It is also noteworthy that this problem applies to all folders on my system. While I am not entirely certain it seems to me I first noticed this behavior shortly after I installed iPod and iTunes software on my PC. In any case I suspect that one or more registry errors may be responsible for my problem. I've found references to similar but not precisely identical behavior on the Web but nothing that addresses my specific problem nor an real solutions in any case. Can anyone offer some assistance in this regard? Thanks. Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 154995
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    - Changing the Windows Explorer View to 'List' via Registry Change Hello, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, Windows 2003 AD Domain in Windows 2000 mode. I've written a script that changes the windows explorer view to 'list'. It works by writing values to the 'Streams' key in HKCU and seems to work fine when I run this as an administrator. Standard Users do not have access to the Tools-> Options in Windows Explorer (disabled via Group Policy) However, when I login as a non-administrator, the view is still 'icons'. I have written a second script to interrogate the registry to verify that the changes that I made had been written successfully - they had. Given that the non-administrator user has group policy settings applied to them, would this be the reason why my registry changes are not taking effect? As far as I can tell, there is no mention of the 'Streams' key in the ADM files that are applied to the client/user. The following policies are applied to Windows Explorer and seem to update HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Do not track shell shortcuts during roaming Hide these drives in My Computer Hide Manage on Explorer contect menu No 'Computers Near Me' in Network Places No 'Entire Network' in Network Places Prevent access to these drives in My Computer Remove DFS, Hardware Tabs Remove Search Remove UI to change Keyboard navigation indicator and menu animation settings Remove Folder Options on tools Turn on Classic Shell I have performed a test and updated my scripts to write to the 'Policies' Key (by adding the user to an administrative group). The results were that the registry entries were created, but again, no change was made in Windows Explorer Also I could not find a policy that defined the Windows Explorer view, otherwise I would have used that as a method of setting the view for the user. I've included below the script that modifies the registry - It does a check for XP or 2000 as we have both clients in our environment. Any help would be appreicated either in suggesting an alternative method of changing the explorer view, or suggestions why the registry changes are not being 'read' or 'applied' by users who have the GPO's applied. Script: It's an AutoIT script...... ;@OSVersion ;Returns one of the following: "WIN_2003", "WIN_XP", "WIN_2000", "WIN_NT4", "WIN_ME", "WIN_98", "WIN_95" If @OSVersion = "WIN_2003" OR "WIN_XP" The RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams", "Settings", "REG_BINARY", "08000000040000000100000000777e137335cf11ae6908002b2e1262040000000200000043000000" RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Defaults", "{F3364BA0-65B9-11CE-A9BA-00AA004AE837}", "REG_BINARY", "1c0000000400000000000000000090000000000001000000fffffffff0f0f0f014000300900000000000000030000000fddfdffd0f0004002000100028003c0000000000010000000200000003000000f50060007800780000000000010000000200000003000000ffffffff000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000") RegDelete("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags") Endif If @OSVersion = "WIN_2000" The RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams", "Settings", "REG_BINARY", "09000000040000000000000000777e137335cf11ae6908002b2e12620300000001000000" RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Defaults", "{F3364BA0-65B9-11CE-A9BA-00AA004AE837}", "REG_BINARY", "1c000000040000000000000000006c000000000001000000fffffffff0f0f0f0140003006c0000000000000030000000fddfdffd0e000400200010002800000000000000010000000200000003000000780060007800780000000000010000000200000003000000ffffffff") Endif Thanks in Advance, Adrian Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 154991
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    - Change Defaults in MS Paint I'd like to use Paint as a very basic photo editor since it starts up with a blank canvas that I can paste a image into. Is there a tweak that will allow me to set it to default "Save As" to a different location than "MY Pictures" and change the default file type from BMP to jpeg? Thanks in advance, all. Matt Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 154980
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    - Extract all... does not work any more... When one right-clicks on .zip files, Win XP offers an "Extract all..." option to unpack the file. This worked perfectly until a few days ago, but today I had to learn that for some strange reason this stopped working on my system. If I select that option then simply nothing happens... Any ideas, what could cause this? Can one somehow "re-install" that option? Michael Tag: Overall Text Size Tag: 154960

I just got a new laptop (Dell Latitude, d630) with a wide screen. It is very
nice but boy do things look small for my old eyes. The icons, the tool bars,
the boxes, office etc. Are there ways of customizing all of this stuff?
Thanks,
Mark

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Re: Overall Text Size by Leonard

Leonard
Wed Apr 30 21:45:47 PDT 2008

Open the Help and Support Center. In the left column under "Pick a help
topic" click on Accessibility.

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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Mark2006 wrote:
> I just got a new laptop (Dell Latitude, d630) with a wide screen. It is very
> nice but boy do things look small for my old eyes. The icons, the tool bars,
> the boxes, office etc. Are there ways of customizing all of this stuff?
> Thanks,
> Mark

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Re: Overall Text Size by ju

ju
Thu May 01 03:16:58 PDT 2008

Right-click the Desktop
Select Properties
Under the Appearance tab
are all the settings you want (Advanced button)

Tip:
Before you make changes - save your current setup:
Under the Themes tab
click the Save As... button

ju.c

"Mark2006" <Mark2006@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:889413C5-0454-4705-95D4-081981115532@microsoft.com...
> I just got a new laptop (Dell Latitude, d630) with a wide screen. It
> is very
> nice but boy do things look small for my old eyes. The icons, the
> tool bars,
> the boxes, office etc. Are there ways of customizing all of this
> stuff?
> Thanks,
> Mark

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