How to Delete "My Documents," & Speed Up Menus

[vincent christopher]

Hi,

I'm running XP Pro.

Does anyone have authoritative answers to these questions:

1. How can I permanently delete (or hide, or move) the "My
Documents" shortcut from my Windows Explorer left pane?
There's a Delete command on the context menu which makes
it disappear, but only temporarily.

2. How can I speed up my menus? I've tried turning off
things like menu shadows, etc., but that does nothing.
It's really a registry tweak, right? (By the way, I think
Tweak UI might do it, but I can't run that because I'm
using US Dvorak, not US English.)

Do MS reps monitor these groups and answer all questions,
or is it just people helping people?

Thanks much.

Best,

vincent

[Kevin Marshall]

> 1. How can I permanently delete (or hide, or move) the "My
> Documents" shortcut from my Windows Explorer left pane?

There is no way to do this that I am aware of.

> 2. How can I speed up my menus? I've tried turning off
> things like menu shadows, etc., but that does nothing.
> It's really a registry tweak, right? (By the way, I think
> Tweak UI might do it, but I can't run that because I'm
> using US Dvorak, not US English.)
>

Yes, TweakUI can do it. You can find the setting under the Mouse section,
just move the Menu Speed slider towards Fast. I'm a bit puzzled about the
Dvorak comment though; is there a problem with TweakUI and Dvorak keyboard
layouts?

> Do MS reps monitor these groups and answer all questions,
> or is it just people helping people?
>
Mostly the latter, though they do have the MVP program:
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

> Thanks much.
>
> Best,
>
> vincent

[JB]

ea Great Analagy, a Music CD is played and then deistalled by removing it
from the player then it can be played on another machine!!! Does it need an
activation ?

With new XP Activation, can I really install it on one PC, then deinstall it
and install it on another ?

I think not !!

"Kevin Marshall" > wrote in message
...
>
> > 1. How can I permanently delete (or hide, or move) the "My
> > Documents" shortcut from my Windows Explorer left pane?
>
> There is no way to do this that I am aware of.
>
> > 2. How can I speed up my menus? I've tried turning off
> > things like menu shadows, etc., but that does nothing.
> > It's really a registry tweak, right? (By the way, I think
> > Tweak UI might do it, but I can't run that because I'm
> > using US Dvorak, not US English.)
> >
>
> Yes, TweakUI can do it. You can find the setting under the Mouse section,
> just move the Menu Speed slider towards Fast. I'm a bit puzzled about the
> Dvorak comment though; is there a problem with TweakUI and Dvorak keyboard
> layouts?
>
> > Do MS reps monitor these groups and answer all questions,
> > or is it just people helping people?
> >
> Mostly the latter, though they do have the MVP program:
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>
> > Thanks much.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > vincent
>
>

[Tom Porterfield]

Completely out of context for this thread, but your points are worth
clarifying.

JB wrote:
> ea Great Analagy, a Music CD is played and then deistalled by removing
> it from the player then it can be played on another machine!!! Does it
> need an activation ?

Terrible analogy actually in that it's irrelevant. Nothing from the music
CD remains in the player after you remove the music CD. When you insert
the XP CD and install XP, removing the XP CD does not remove XP. So the
music CD analogy doesn't fit.

> With new XP Activation, can I really install it on one PC, then
> deinstall it and install it on another ?
>
> I think not !!

Yes you can. If you have a retail copy of XP and install it on one PC
then uninstall it, you are perfectly within the license to then install
that copy on another computer, whether you activated on the first computer
or not.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows XP & Smart Display
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tp.porterfield/support

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

[vincent]

Hi,

If you read the current docs for XP TweakUI, they seem to
stipulate no Dvorak. Actually, Dvorak is buggy under XP,
anyway. Keeps reverting back under Outlook.

Thanks.

v.

>-----Original Message-----
>ea Great Analagy, a Music CD is played and then
deistalled by removing it
>from the player then it can be played on another
machine!!! Does it need an
>activation ?
>
>With new XP Activation, can I really install it on one
PC, then deinstall it
>and install it on another ?
>
>I think not !!
>
>"Kevin Marshall" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> > 1. How can I permanently delete (or hide, or move)
the "My
>> > Documents" shortcut from my Windows Explorer left
pane?
>>
>> There is no way to do this that I am aware of.
>>
>> > 2. How can I speed up my menus? I've tried turning
off
>> > things like menu shadows, etc., but that does nothing.
>> > It's really a registry tweak, right? (By the way, I
think
>> > Tweak UI might do it, but I can't run that because I'm
>> > using US Dvorak, not US English.)
>> >
>>
>> Yes, TweakUI can do it. You can find the setting under
the Mouse section,
>> just move the Menu Speed slider towards Fast. I'm a bit
puzzled about the
>> Dvorak comment though; is there a problem with TweakUI
and Dvorak keyboard
>> layouts?
>>
>> > Do MS reps monitor these groups and answer all
questions,
>> > or is it just people helping people?
>> >
>> Mostly the latter, though they do have the MVP program:
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>
>> > Thanks much.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> > vincent
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>