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Forum: General XP issues or comments October 3rd 07, 02:14 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 165
Posted By Mark M Morse
Auto open programs upon restart?

Hi Dave:

I agree with M.I.5¾. I use Hibernate on desktops and laptops, but I
always save any important changes in open applications first, just
in case! (Hibernate is at least as foolproof as...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 2nd 07, 06:27 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 163
Posted By Mark M Morse
File Association Lost for Screen Savers

Issue resolved. Thanks!

This laptop runs with all sorts of new, weird behavior. I'm
considering the need to fix this deteriorating installation of XP
with a fresh install.

~ Mark
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 1st 07, 10:44 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 163
Posted By Mark M Morse
File Association Lost for Screen Savers

Hi Ramesh:

Thanks for your post. The link that you provided led to the
download of a file named xp_scr_fix.REG.

This filename extension is new to me, but I assumed that the Merge
command...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 1st 07, 06:52 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 131
Posted By Mark M Morse
Issue with Recent Programs List on Start Menu

Hi Newbie Coder:

Are we discussing the same issue?

On this computer, the Start menu contains the item titled, 'My
Recent Documents'. When I hover the mouse pointer over that item, a
sub-menu...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 30th 07, 07:16 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 163
Posted By Mark M Morse
File Association Lost for Screen Savers

WindowsXP Home SP2

The file extension .SCR somehow became associated with Notepad on
one of my laptops. I cannot correct this in Windows Explorer
because I do not know which application to choose...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 30th 07, 07:11 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 131
Posted By Mark M Morse
Issue with Recent Programs List on Start Menu

WindowsXP Home SP2 laptop.

Start menu no longer displays any recently-used applications. I
checked the properties; the settings are correct to display up to 16
applications.

I tried turning this...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 13th 07, 11:46 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 140
Posted By Mark M Morse
who's loggin on when?

Hi Edwin:

I do not know the answer to your question. The phrase, "screen
name", is associated with more than one type of Internet-related
application. It seems to me that daffy2000's issue is...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 13th 07, 11:04 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 140
Posted By Mark M Morse
who's loggin on when?

Hi Edwin:

How can you tell about what daffy2000 is asking? I cannot figure
out into what others might be logging when on XP using daffy2000's
computer.

~ Mark


Edwin wrote, in part:
Forum: New Users to Windows XP May 11th 07, 09:37 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 479
Posted By Mark M Morse
Is There A Way To Retain Unused-Icon Customizations?

Hello Wes:

Thanks for your response.

Unfortunately for me, Windows XP's behavior is not consistent with
some of the pertinent information contained on the web page to which
you directed me. For...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support May 11th 07, 09:37 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 203
Posted By Mark M Morse
Is There A Way To Retain Unused-Icon Customizations?

Hello Wes:

Thanks for your response.

Unfortunately for me, Windows XP's behavior is not consistent with
some of the pertinent information contained on the web page to which
you directed me. For...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 11th 07, 09:37 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 86
Posted By Mark M Morse
Is There A Way To Retain Unused-Icon Customizations?

Hello Wes:

Thanks for your response.

Unfortunately for me, Windows XP's behavior is not consistent with
some of the pertinent information contained on the web page to which
you directed me. For...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 11th 07, 08:56 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Replies: 6
Views: 86
Posted By Mark M Morse
Is There A Way To Retain Unused-Icon Customizations?

Hello poatt:

Thank you for responding.

If I uncheck the Hide Inactive Icons check-box, then inactive icons
in the system tray are not hidden. Are you trying to tell me that
Windows XP will not...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support May 11th 07, 08:56 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Replies: 6
Views: 203
Posted By Mark M Morse
Is There A Way To Retain Unused-Icon Customizations?

Hello poatt:

Thank you for responding.

If I uncheck the Hide Inactive Icons check-box, then inactive icons
in the system tray are not hidden. Are you trying to tell me that
Windows XP will not...
Forum: New Users to Windows XP May 11th 07, 08:56 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Replies: 5
Views: 479
Posted By Mark M Morse
Is There A Way To Retain Unused-Icon Customizations?

Hello poatt:

Thank you for responding.

If I uncheck the Hide Inactive Icons check-box, then inactive icons
in the system tray are not hidden. Are you trying to tell me that
Windows XP will not...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 30th 07, 09:08 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 86
Posted By Mark M Morse
Is There A Way To Retain Unused-Icon Customizations?

Hi:

Windows XP SP2 ACU randomly alters my system-tray icon
customizations after nearly every Windows session.

This issue necessitates returning to the Customize Notifications
dialog box...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support April 30th 07, 09:08 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 203
Posted By Mark M Morse
Is There A Way To Retain Unused-Icon Customizations?

Hi:

Windows XP SP2 ACU randomly alters my system-tray icon
customizations after nearly every Windows session.

This issue necessitates returning to the Customize Notifications
dialog box...
Forum: New Users to Windows XP April 30th 07, 09:08 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 479
Posted By Mark M Morse
Is There A Way To Retain Unused-Icon Customizations?

Hi:

Windows XP SP2 ACU randomly alters my system-tray icon
customizations after nearly every Windows session.

This issue necessitates returning to the Customize Notifications
dialog box...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 5th 07, 10:45 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 119
Posted By Mark M Morse
Xp freezes even when idle

Hi wraith:

One thing you might check if your system seems to freeze for short
intervals regularly is whether or not the CPU is a slave to one
particular process (i.e., some software might be...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 5th 07, 10:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 228
Posted By Mark M Morse
ASSIGN KEYSTROKES TO A HOTKEY COMBINATION

Hi Alabastar:

It may be easier to change your password.

Do you know any technical jargon? Do you speak another language?

EG: If you have emergency-medical training, then you might set your...
Forum: General XP issues or comments March 31st 07, 05:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 3
Views: 127
Posted By Mark M Morse
Question About Search Locations

Hi Kelly:

Thanks for your response. If I right-click the drive's icon, that
just puts the drive's letter into the 'Look in:' field in XP's
search dialog box. That's the same result that I...
Forum: General XP issues or comments March 30th 07, 12:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 3
Views: 127
Posted By Mark M Morse
Question About Search Locations

Hi:

When I use Windows XP's search dialog box, the drop-down list for
the 'Look in:' field includes the following.

Local Hard Drives (C:;E:)
TOSHIBA 60GB (C:)
SEAGATE 500GB (E:)

When I...
Forum: General XP issues or comments March 30th 07, 12:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 1
Views: 89
Posted By Mark M Morse
Unknown System Sound Source

Hi:

When I unplug or turn off a USB device, Windows XP plays the wave
file 'Windows XP Hardware Remove.WAV'.

Sometimes, it also plays when no USB device is attached to the
computer. I've also...
Forum: New Users to Windows XP March 28th 07, 03:10 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Replies: 11
Views: 1,871
Posted By Mark M Morse
Standby vs hibernate?

Hi Noncompliant:

Actually, you can bypass the start menu. If the focus is on the
desktop, then hit [Alt]+[F4]. (If the desktop does not have the
focus, then click it first.)

Your point about MS...
Forum: New Users to Windows XP March 26th 07, 10:57 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Replies: 11
Views: 1,871
Posted By Mark M Morse
Standby vs hibernate?

I don't turn off my computers at night.* (Sometimes, _I_ don't shut
down at night.) Windows XP does maintenance-type stuff and some
chores at night, if I'm recharging.

I happen to use both...
Forum: General XP issues or comments March 23rd 07, 06:04 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 128
Posted By Mark M Morse
Can I Find Out What's Using My Wireless Connection?

Hi:

After booting my laptop (Windows XP Home SP2 ACU) and before
launching any applications, I notice that the wireless connection
system tray icon is active sometimes for quite a while. I'm not...
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