Drag and drop confirmation prompt in XP "Windows Explorer"?
Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:16:01 -0700
Hello,
Windows XP SP2
Simple Workgroup configuration, no domain controller
Internet Explorer 6
At work there is someone who sometimes accidentally move folders on the
network drive to a different location with mouse drag and drop.
I see that, when I check the backup log files for that drive. Sometime ...
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a organize tab in menu bar
Tue, 9 Sep 2008 19:10:12 -0700
does this exist in xp or just vista ...
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Re: Changing background
Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:59:00 -0700
I tried your suggestion, but get the following error message when I follow
the link:
"Cannot import c:|Documents and Settings|fred rohde\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet Files\Content.IES\PFJ9MCY\Wallpaperenable[1].reg: Error accessing
the registry."
What do I need to do?
"Wesley Vogel" wrote:
> Can ...
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Corrupted Desktop - White Border on the left...
Fri, 5 Sep 2008 06:30:07 -0700
One of our users has a corrupted desktop. On the left handside of his desktop
there is a white panel about 2" across the screen - it is very similar to the
typical Explorer side pane (like when you're browsing files).
There are tabs for:
"Folder Tasks"
"Other Places"
"Details"
However, this white bor ...
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Permanently assigning drive letter to an external hard drive
Fri, 5 Sep 2008 05:03:00 -0700
I have a Gateway laptop running XP Media Edition. I use a 250GB ext HD for my
iTunes and other programs I do not want to bog down my laptop. I sometimes
need to remove the ext. HD (via safe removal). The problem arises when I
reconnect the HD and the drive letter has changed. This messes up my short
cuts and ...
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Windows XP startup best practice?
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:06:00 -0700
Bear with me as this may get a bit long.
I am working on integrating a Windows XP based application into an aircraft
training simulation. The XP computer will only need to run the specific
applications needed as part of the training scenario. The plan is that the
system will boot, wait for the trainer to ...
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Tutorials and templates for Services
Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:21:18 -0700
My WindowsXP machine is a stand-alone in my home. I have a dial-up internet
connection.
I notice that there are a lot of services running on my machine that are not
applicable to me.
I assume I don't need things like Alerter(for Administrative Alerts) or
Background Intelligent Transfer Service, which is ...
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Changing Display Properties via VBA
Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:26:01 -0700
RE: WinXP-SP3
When you click "Display" in Control Panel, there are 5 tab s of information:
"Themes","Desktop","Screensaver", "Appearance","Settings".
Does anyone have sample code where any or all of these attributes within
these 5 tabs can be modified via VBA code (down to icon spacing/ icon font,
etc)?
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Start Menu-removing Documents
Wed, 3 Sep 2008 07:17:18 -0500
I recently had to reload XP Pro. I did have "Documents" deleted from the
Start Menu by changing something in the registry, by I can't remember how I
did It. Can anyone refresh my memory? Thanks. Stu
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Notepad reversing or mirroring data
Tue, 2 Sep 2008 11:14:11 -0700
Hi,
I did an unknown misstroke on my keyboard, and Notepad did something exotic:
it made a strange reversal of the data. I was making a crude ASCII map, and
it reversed the map, but it kept all the words in the right order!
I can't find any hints on the command to do this. I'm guessing it is some
kind of ...
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