Windows 7 newbies with questions...

Hello!

I started to use Dell OEM's 64-bit Windows 7 HP system as my production
machine since my old XP Pro. SP2 box was too slow and doing weird things.

I am still not fully used to Windows 7. I have a few newbie questions:
1. Is there a freeware to make my windows go into shade/roll (up and
down)? I used to use WinShade and WinRoll, but they don't work too well
in v7.
2. How can I sort my Start Menu to show FOLDERS first and then the
shortcuts? All the shortcuts are shown first and then the groups,
alphabetically. I don't like this new change. I couldn't find any
options to fix this.
3. Is there a bug with program icons (generic application icon) being
missing? I noticed them in Start Menu and taskbar, I see a few missing
icons. Icons do exist and work.
4. I like the aero effects, but the borders and shadows are too thick.
How can I make them thinner? I couldn't find a way to change it. I find
the appearance for colors and text changes, but couldn't change the
border thickness size.
5. What happened to edit.com, a text editor, in cmd.exe? Is there a
replacement?
6. Does Windows 7 have a support tool like XP? I loved its tools it had
like bindiff.exe.

I might have more questions later on. I think these are enough for now.
Thank you in advance.
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Partner Engineering/Internet Service Provider/Symantec Online Services,
Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
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"Phillip Pi" wrote in message
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Hello!

I started to use Dell OEM's 64-bit Windows 7 HP system as my production machine since my old XP
Pro. SP2 box was too slow and doing weird things.

I am still not fully used to Windows 7. I have a few newbie questions:
1. Is there a freeware to make my windows go into shade/roll (up and down)? I used to use WinShade
and WinRoll, but they don't work too well in v7.
2. How can I sort my Start Menu to show FOLDERS first and then the shortcuts? All the shortcuts
are shown first and then the groups, alphabetically. I don't like this new change. I couldn't find
any options to fix this.
3. Is there a bug with program icons (generic application icon) being missing? I noticed them in
Start Menu and taskbar, I see a few missing icons. Icons do exist and work.
4. I like the aero effects, but the borders and shadows are too thick. How can I make them
thinner? I couldn't find a way to change it. I find the appearance for colors and text changes,
but couldn't change the border thickness size.
5. What happened to edit.com, a text editor, in cmd.exe? Is there a replacement?
6. Does Windows 7 have a support tool like XP? I loved its tools it had like bindiff.exe.

I might have more questions later on. I think these are enough for now. Thank you in advance.
--
Phillip Pi


You need to learn how to ask a question in a newsgroup.
You will get more focused answers if you ask one question
per post, not a several questions in one post.

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"Phillip Pi" wrote in message
m...
Hello!

I started to use Dell OEM's 64-bit Windows 7 HP system as my production machine since my old XP
Pro. SP2 box was too slow and doing weird things.

I am still not fully used to Windows 7. I have a few newbie questions:
1. Is there a freeware to make my windows go into shade/roll (up and down)? I used to use WinShade
and WinRoll, but they don't work too well in v7.
2. How can I sort my Start Menu to show FOLDERS first and then the shortcuts? All the shortcuts
are shown first and then the groups, alphabetically. I don't like this new change. I couldn't find
any options to fix this.
3. Is there a bug with program icons (generic application icon) being missing? I noticed them in
Start Menu and taskbar, I see a few missing icons. Icons do exist and work.
4. I like the aero effects, but the borders and shadows are too thick. How can I make them
thinner? I couldn't find a way to change it. I find the appearance for colors and text changes,
but couldn't change the border thickness size.
5. What happened to edit.com, a text editor, in cmd.exe? Is there a replacement?
6. Does Windows 7 have a support tool like XP? I loved its tools it had like bindiff.exe.

I might have more questions later on. I think these are enough for now. Thank you in advance.
--
Phillip Pi


You need to learn how to ask a question in a newsgroup.
You will get more focused answers if you ask one question
per post, not a several questions in one post.




Try this for your every whim.

http://www.howtogeek.com/tag/windows-7/

On 1/7/2010 2:35 PM PT, Dave-UK typed:

I started to use Dell OEM's 64-bit Windows 7 HP system as my
production machine since my old XP Pro. SP2 box was too slow and doing
weird things.

I am still not fully used to Windows 7. I have a few newbie questions:
1. Is there a freeware to make my windows go into shade/roll (up and
down)? I used to use WinShade and WinRoll, but they don't work too
well in v7.
2. How can I sort my Start Menu to show FOLDERS first and then the
shortcuts? All the shortcuts are shown first and then the groups,
alphabetically. I don't like this new change. I couldn't find any
options to fix this.
3. Is there a bug with program icons (generic application icon) being
missing? I noticed them in Start Menu and taskbar, I see a few missing
icons. Icons do exist and work.
4. I like the aero effects, but the borders and shadows are too thick.
How can I make them thinner? I couldn't find a way to change it. I
find the appearance for colors and text changes, but couldn't change
the border thickness size.
5. What happened to edit.com, a text editor, in cmd.exe? Is there a
replacement?
6. Does Windows 7 have a support tool like XP? I loved its tools it
had like bindiff.exe.

I might have more questions later on. I think these are enough for
now. Thank you in advance.

You need to learn how to ask a question in a newsgroup.
You will get more focused answers if you ask one question
per post, not a several questions in one post.

So posting ten or more threads is OK? I thought people hated that. I
will do that later then.
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Partner Engineering/Internet Service Provider/Symantec Online Services,
Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
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Email: YMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
-----------------------------------------------------
Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.