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    - Language bar won't quit showing up in toolbar? Hi, My son's and daughter's computer have different user accounts. Everytime they log in, there is that language bar icon in the toolbar. I right click on the toolbar and click on toolbars, deselect the language bar. Yet everytime they log in, there that rascal is there again. Any ideas? Thank you. --Sytkeepr Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154686
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    - Xp toolbar problem Hi. Whenever I open any program (like Internet Explorer) a little icon never comes at the bottom in my toolbar. Its hard to explain. There is nothing at the bottom of the screen and if I minimize Explorer, it simply vanishes. I can find it again with Task Manager. I don't know whats wrong. Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154684
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    - how do you change the desktop icons name background to transparenc Hi, I have xp home on my son's computer and his desktop icons have a dark blue color behind the icon name. I have tried everything I can think of to make it only show the letters and not a color. I cannot figure it out, there is no transparency color selection on anything I can find in properties. He doesn't want his words to have a blue background behind the icon name, he wants it with the letters only like on my computer. Help please :-) Thank you! --Syt Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154673
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    - Shortcuts to Device Manager and Services in Control Panel, How? Hi, Control Panel is a convenient and sensible place for Windows (XP, SP2) to store the various system utilities and dialogs. BUT 2 of the things I use most regulary, 'Device Manager' and 'Services', are started from either a secondary folder (Admin. Tools) or from the 'System' dialog's 'Hardware' tab -- how inconvenient !! Today after living with this inconvenience for many years I finally got around to creating 2 shortcuts in Control Panel, one for Device Manager and one for Services, only to find Control Panel won't let me add shortcuts. I've added shortcuts to them on my desktop which work fine, but I can neither add a shortcut nor copy one to Control Panel. On the desktop in fine in the short-term but can someone tell me how to add these shortcuts to Control Panel, which is, after all, their natural home. Many thanks. PS. In case anyone wants to know, use these file names from the run/command prompt/create shortcut to directly open Device Manager and Services respectively: devmgmt.msc and services.msc A list of file names for similar system dialogs/apps (EG. Disk Management, Event Viewer, etc.) can be found here: http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/mmc.htm HTH. Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154672
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    - "copy on select" and "paste on middle mouse" Hi, I'm cross posting since I just discovered this group and think its a more relevant place to ask: I am so used to the "copy on select" and "paste on middle mouse" feature on Linux that I use. Any way to emulate these in WinXP? Any settings / tools / hacks greatly appreciated! -Rahul Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154663
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    - How to lock down on users change desktops Can anyone tell me how I can lock down a users individual Desktop so that they can;t change there desktop background or add any new programs. I have an XP SP2 PC. Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154662
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    - System Tray Icons Hi, This may be the wrong group for this but its puzzling to say the least. I am trying to change an icon for an application which when running minimises itself to the system tray. The current icon is your standard 8bit 256 Colour ico file. I have duplicated this and everything looks fine, until windows actually loads it in the system tray. The icon looks all distorted and looks like you can see the individual pixcels. Windows is set to show 32bit colour. None of the other icons are affected. The caption button is set to 18 Any help would be appreciated as this is driving me mad and i can't let something like this beat me. Thanks Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154661
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    - Czech MUI for Windows XP Pro Hi, is it possible to download Czech MUI Language Pack for XP Pro? I have someone from Czech office, who needs laptop reinstalled, we are in the middle of the move, and I have no idea where that CD might be... Many thanks, Chris Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154650
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    - F Drive Settings/Folder Options Issue I have an WD 320g external hard drive that I use for storage of all of my files--pictures, videos, music, documents, etc. Recently I noticed a problem with maintaining the folder views that I have had set for years. My "pictures" folder had lost its filmstrip view all of a sudden. Well, I have since fixed that issue, but have noticed that very recently, the settings keep changing in a couple of my folders. Most specifically, my "pictures" folder and the main view into my F drive itself. (I don't know quite what to call it, but it's when I choose "my computer" and then double-click on MyBook F drive--the main window that comes up and lists all of the folders contained within my F drive.) Anyway, what would happen is that every time I changed the view on that main window, the views in "my pictures" would change as well. For instance, I want the main view to be "tiles" and the "my pictures" to be "filmstrip" but whenever I change one the other automatically changed. The one thing I noticed is that my F drive main window had a camera watermark down in the corner, signifying that it was set as a picture-type folder, but I did not set it that way. I went into the folder options and clicked the button to "reset all folders" and now when I double-click and open my F drive, the main page has a music note in the bottom signifying music files I guess. My question is this, how do I set my F drive to be just a normal all-types-of-files drive, like my C drive is? I never set it to be specific to one type of file, so how did it get caught up in being set that way? I've tried looking around, but since this isn't a normal folder to change the "customize" tab, I don't know how to tell the computer that I want this drive like my regular system hard drive, like it was before. I do notice that my external drive has an "autoplay" tab on it in the properties tab, which my C drive (main computer internal hard drive) does not. Did some sort of Windows update change the settings on my external hard drive or something? Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154643
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    - desktop behavior When I click an icon to start a program, then later close the program the icon name has always remained highlighted until I use another icon. For the past few days this no longer happens. The last used icon is no longer highlighted. Why is this? XP Home sp2 -- Gerald Ross Cochran, GA I always lie. In fact, I'm lying to you right now! Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154641
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    - Common Places In Xp there was a way to add 5 locations that were called common places. These were places that you went to all of the time and they would appear in all drop down menus when trying to open a file from any program. Is this possible with Vista? -- Have A Great Day! Bill Meyer Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154639
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    - Why does it take so long until the system reacts to sleeping or hibernation request? My system recently developed a very nasty habit, namely that when I press the button to sleep or hibernate, it takes "forever" (i.e. up to 3 minutes!) until the system finally indeed goes asleep, or hiberates, resp. What is even more annoying is, that it apparently buffers multiple requests, i.e. if I "dare" to press sleep/hibernate again during that time, then - when I woke it up again - it will almost immediately sleep/hibernate again and this as often as I pressed the key. I recently had to wake it up 4 times, since I apparently pressed "hibernate" that often until if finally reacted. I find this whole behavior most infuriating! First: what could cause the system to take that long to react to a sleep/hibernate request? Ist there some "force"-option or some timeout that one can reduce, such that no app or driver is ever allowed to block a system's sleep/hibernation sequence for more than, say, 5 seconds at most? And second: can one somehow tweak the system to NOT buffer additional sleep/hibernation requests while it already is in the sequence? Michael Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154638
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    - Why does the Search dialog always take so long to appear??? When I right-click on a drive or directory and select "Search..." it always takes up to a minute (usually about 1/2 min.) until the search dialog finally shows up. I find this extremely annoying! Why is this taking so long? What is the system doing during that time? Is there some option, tweak or something that one could try to reduce this time? Michael Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154637
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    - xp transition effects enabling automatically for some reason, the transition effects keep enabling automatically i think in the last hour it has done it 4 times i turn it off, then maybe 10 minutes later i notice the way the windows move that it's enable again and sure enough it is i disable it and maybe 10-15 min later it's enabled again very annoying...can't figure out what could be causing it Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154636
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    - compare virtuawin and Virtual Desktop Manager powertoy has some one used virtuawin. how does it compare to the virtual desktop powertoy. http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/ Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154635
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    - Folder Icon change glitch Hi, I would like to change all of my folder icons to a new icon. I discovered there are 2 entries in the folder options/file types dialog and only one of them allows for changing the icon. I would like both to use the new icon. Additionally, when I changed the folder icon and clicked the box to have it apply to all sub-folders, it didn't apply it. Your help in fixing this is appreciated. Sue Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154632
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    - Properties Customizing in "windows explorer" can you help me? i have some office files with "builtinproperties" and "customproperties". my xp have italian language/ localization. Well, in my explorer view I can manage Title informations ("Titolo") correctly, but i cannot with Keywords ("Parole chiave") and Stato (it is a Customproperties, but I think its is default in Italian localization. thank you very much -- LB Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154630
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    - hide taskbar Button item? Blackberry Desktop manager takes up unnecessary space on the taskbar. Any way to hide it permanently? TIA Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154626
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    - Error Message 1913 When trying to Download Microsoft Updates, or Reinstall or Detect and Repair Microsoft Office 2003, or try to install Microsoft Office 2007, I recieve the following Error Message: "Error 1913: Setup Cannot update file C:\Windows\win.ini. Verify that the file exists in you system and that you have sufficient permissions to update it." When trying to work with Office 2003, or install Office 2007, the Install stops and the 1913 Error Message comes up at "File: Win.ini, Key: Mail, Item: CMCDLLNAME32, Value: mapi32.dll" The Problem only seems to occur when using Windows Installer with Microsoft Products. I can and have downloaded other products from the Internet with no problem. I have also tried using Safe Mode, as well as COMPLETLY Uninstalling Norton. I have sent a message to Microsoft, as well as finding a ton of Hot Fixes on their Web Site, but they all have disclaimers and I am a tad nervous about using them. I have also searched the Web and found this error all over it, but so far no real answers. Microsoft Office 2003 is also acting very weird, however I am afraid to uninstall it for fear I cannot install 2007 and will end up with neither. Thanks in advance, The Genester Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154625
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    - Search opens when selecting My Computer in Start Menu Customized Preference in XP set to: Start Menu -> My Computer -> Display as Menu When I left click on the C: drive in the "My Computer" menu, a search window opens instead of exploring the C: drive. This started happening after a "windows update" Right clicking on the C: drive lists (in this order) Search . . . Open Explore, etc. I want to left click the C: drive to open the drive without going through the additional steps. How do I keep the search window from opening in the Start Menu when I only want to explore the C: drive? Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154623
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    - 2 part question: Other name of SYSTRAY, & need BAT or SCRIPT Hello, I have a video game that will only run if I shut down all the SYSTRAY and EXPLORER.EXE processes, so I've been told by Tech Support. The first question is this: If you look at the running processes, what is the actual IMAGE NAME of SYSTRAY? I don't see anything in there that says SYSTRAY. As I said earlier, the only way to make the game run is to delete all of the process except the aforementioned two. As you can imagine, it is very tedious to sit there and delete all of the undesired processes one-by-one. So my second question is this: Is there a way to write a BAT file so that I can get only the above mentioned processes to load? If you have a better idea on how to approach this (instead of using a BAT file), like a script (or whatever), I'm all ears. I have ADMIN rights to this PC, also, FWIW. Using XP Pro, SP2 on a 2006 Dell XPS600, with 256mb nVidia video card, with 1gb RAM. TIA. Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154615
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    - desktop tab in display properties disappeared I went to change my wallpaper and I have no desktop tab any more. It's been awhile since I changed it, so I have no idea when it disappeared. I went to the regedit and went through all the sequences that was suggested to change the wallpaper, but I still don't have the tab. Any suggestions? Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154612
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    - Windows Explorer Folder Icons I am sure this is somewhere within microsoft.com and perhaps the msdn network, but I have been looking for going on 4 hours now and have not found exactly what I am looking for. I know you can right click a folder and change its icon, however, the default icons use 2 - one for closed folder and one for opened folder. I assume it is in the registry somewhere. I didn't find any info on both states using the desktop.ini. How can I change the default folder icons to represent the 2 folder states, and perhaps even change the drive icons and so forth? Is there some documentation on this within the registry? Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154607
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    - Question about Folder Views My default view in windows classic folders is the list view; however when I use the detailed view I would like to establish a few options (like name, artist and duration only) every time I open a folder and use the detailed view. When I tried to establish a detailed view for all folders in the folder options section, it changes all folders from the list view to the detailed view which I don't want to do. Any suggestions? Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154606
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    - i have 2 gigs of ram installed but applications wont launch once 1 gig is used up. i have 2 gigs of ram installed but applications wont launch once 1 gig is used up. The performance monitor never shows more then 1 gig of memroy used up, yet applications wont launch when its near the 1 gig of used memory. how to free up that other gig so that I can use 2 gigs of ram instead of 1. Its like i have 2 gigs of ram and 1 gig is wasted. also, why dont applications launch? do i need to configure some swap space or something to ensure applications launch? Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154593
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    - welcome screen issue I couldnt' see this option (Change the way users log on or off) in control panel-->user accounts to get the welcome screen i get the normal log on option Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154591
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    - Desktop background - please help! Hi, I am having issues with my desktop background and could really use some advice. For a couple of months now I have been unable to change my background picture through display properties/desktop/browse (I am using Windows XP Home), but although baffling (it was fine one day, not working the next) it was not really a problem as I could right-click in explorer and then select "Set as desktop background". Now, however, this option is missing! It is still there when I right click a picture on a website, but not in explorer! I really hope someone can help, it's such a minor problem and yet I can't figure it out at all! Thanks :) Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154583
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    - 2 monitors - second not displaying correctly I tried to set up a second screen onto my laptop today using and S-video to scart lead into and LCD television. However, the quality on the television is now really bad when running Windows. There is no colour, black and white only, and any programs i try to run or anything in general viewed on that screen is of bad quality. I was just wondering if anyone could help with regard to this. Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154582
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    - Cannot save folder view I cannot save my folder view it seems: when I change certain options, like show file extensions, next time I logon it goes back to default. Could it be a group policy? Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154581
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    - xp theme I decided some time ago to change my theme to classic. Now I want to change back to xp style and it's disappeared! I can't seem to find it anywhere. Could I have uninstalled it by accident? It isn't where it's supposed to be in the properties theme tab. I am stumped! Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154576
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    - Explorer: show "View"->"explorer bar"->"tip of the day" by default Hi everyone, IÂ´d really like to have the window "tip of the day" open by default whenever I start the Windows Explorer. But whatever IÂ´ve tried, the next time I start WE, the window is closed and I have to manually open it again. Is there a way (maybe a registry hack or else) to make WE remember that? TIA, Dirk Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154573
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    - Distribute "Regedit" Folder permissions Hello, I work at IT at my university and I need to employ a microsoft KB fix that requires me to go into REGEDIT and modify FOLDER PERMISSIONS on HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion \IniFileMappings\Control.ini per http://support.microsoft.com/kb/156677 Now, everytime I need to change a string on all the lab computers (around 300) I save my .reg file and run it on each individual PC as administrator. Is there something similar or a technique I can employ here to do what I need to do on the KB without much hassle on every computer (either manually doing it or redoing image are last resorts that I would like to avoid). I appreciate any help. Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154571
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    - IE context menu 'copy to notepad" How can I make a IE context menu item 'copy to notepad', a command that copies selected text in IE to notepad which opens and displays this selected text ? Thanks! Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154567
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    - web publishing wizard Hello all, I have a small question. I m trying to create a web publishing wizard for xp (and it works) but i would like to restrict the file format. So i've read the msdn and add a window.external.Property("UniqueExtensionN")=array(".jpg",".jpeg"); to my php script witch generate the wizard interface. And i add a "supportedtypes" = "*.jpg;*.jpeg" to my registry key but it doesn't work the wizard send any type of document to my server. How can i do ? i don't want to filter it on my server but on client-side. Thx by advance for your answers Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154565
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    - Task Bar Clock My computer at work just started showing the day of the week on the second line instead of the date. I don't want the day of the week. I need the date and I don't want three lines in my task bar. My computer at home shows the time and date. I seem to remember there is a place where you can tell it what to show. How do I change it so it matches my computer at home? Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154560
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    - Change Context Menu entries sequence Hi, Is there a way to change the sequence of the entries in the folder context menu? When I right click on a lowest level folder the first option is SEARCH. I would like it to be OPEN. Then double click would also open it Thanks Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154550
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    - How do I disable CTRL+W in Internet Explorer? I never use CTRL+W to close all windows. I don't ever want to use it. When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery. Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut. How can I do this? I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this (it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W shortcut!). Thanks in advance for any ideas. Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154540
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    - Making icon background transparent for taskbar Hi, I have a custom icon I am using for an app in quick start and its background is presently white, so it is showing as a square. I would like to make it transparent for this purpose. which color do I need to make it (In RGB) thanks! Sue Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154536
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    - Customizing Explorer sidebar Hi, I am wondering how to customize the shortcuts represented on the left side of explore windows? Thanks! Sue Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154535
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    - msimn.exe problems When i want to connct to OE. i get offen error report; msimn.exe problem and must cut down. what can i do to help this problem, so it do not came any more? Varg Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154532
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    - split dialog boxes on extended monitor Hi all, I added a second monitor, enabled the horizontal extended desktop, and now all my dialog boxes, and especially the logon UI are annoyingly split in the middle of both screens. Is there a way to fix this? thanks in advance! Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154531
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    - Customizing Folders I had changed the icon for my personal folders to pictures of the folder contents. all of a sudden, the folder icon has reverted to the default. when i try to change it, it will show the picture, I click on apply, but the default is applied. how can I get around this. -- jobber1 Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154530
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    - Theme Not Installing? I recently re-installed Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 onto my Dell XPS M140. I had previously had a Final Fantasy theme installed, mainly for the mouse and sounds because I have Windows Blinds for the rest. I just recently tried to install it again but nothing happens. It says it's installed, but the sounds aren't set, the mouse remains the same, and my screensaver doesn't change. Does anyone here know why this might be happening? Note: I also installed a lot of Stardock applications this time that I hadn't last time. Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154525
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    - Can I display the full shortcut names on my desktop? Hi there I want to show the full names that I have given to my shortcuts on Windows XP desktop. At the moment they are cutting off at 18 characters. Thank you. Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154521
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    - Change number of items displayed on Quick Launch Toolbar Hi, Could have sworn I found a menu allowing me to change the number of items displayed on the Quick Launch Toolbar, without using the "expand" arrow. Default is 3, but I'm pretty sure you can change it. Any ideas? Can't find any KB's or other info online. Thx. Lonpuz Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154518
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    - configure windows explorer XP Pro How can I configure WE in XP Pro, so that it shows two panes- left- hand for showing tree-structure of drives and folders and right-hand for showing folders and files? I can configure WE by View-> Explorer Bar and select the Folders option, but I cannot save that configuration. When I close and reopen WE, it shows just the single pane view. :( If it helps, the computer is a PowerSpec from Microcenter.... Thanks in advance, Scott Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154507
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    - Windows Loading Lag When I am loading Windows XP Pro, the blue screen that says "Windows is starting up . . ." and "Loading Your Personal Settings . . ." takes a very long time. By that, I mean the first screen takes 6-7 minutes to switch to the sedond one which takes another 2-3 minutes before my desktop finally starts to load. What would cause this and how do I fix it? Many thanks in advance! James Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154506
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    - Explorer and Control Panel Is there a way to hide or remove the 'Control Panel' in the directory tree in Explorer? -- SoCalCommie http://so-la-i.com/ Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154499
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    - Thumbnail View not working with video files I just recently built a new computer and installed Windows XP 64bit SP2. One of the problems I am having is that I liked being able to see thumbnails of my video files whether they be .avi, .mkv, .ogm, or .mp4. Though after transferring over all of my files I noticed that only a few .avi would still show a picture, but not all of them and especially none of the other formats. I am wondering if anyone might have a way to get around this problem since I never had it with 32bit windows. To give some basic info running 64bit XP with 4GB of ram, have WMP 10 installed by default, but use Combined Community Codec Package to watch my video files. Any help would be nice. -- Calvin Tag: opening docs and URLs via DDE extremely slow - reason??? Tag: 154496

I am experiencing extremely slow (30-60 seconds!) opening of Office
Documents and web pages when a document, or a link, resp. gets
double-clicked. The delay is not present if an office app is started and
the document is then opened from within (or by dragging the document
into the application). Same with IE: if I start it and drag or paste the
URL into the address field, it is openend "immediately".

After some longish searching I found out that I can fix this by changing
the file associations (or URL-HTTP association) from using DDE to not
using DDE. But I would rather fix the obviously underlying problem with
DDE itself!

Any ideas/suggestions what to check, enable or fix to resolve this
issue?

Michael

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