Windows 7 taskbar annoyances

(Sorry for OT, but I haven't found a decent news group for Windows 7)

I have been able to eliminate the most annoying taskbar settings. But... I
can't find any option to disable the allways on top property. Have I missed
something?


thanks,


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Linea Recta wrote:

(Sorry for OT, but I haven't found a decent news group for Windows 7)

alt.windows7.general

I have been able to eliminate the most annoying taskbar settings.

Where did you find those settings (hint)?

But... I can't find any option to disable the allways on top
property. Have I missed something?

You missed the auto-hide option.

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Linea Recta wrote:

(Sorry for OT, but I haven't found a decent news group for Windows 7)

alt.windows7.general


Thanks, but it's not on my server. I'll try a request.



I have been able to eliminate the most annoying taskbar settings.

Where did you find those settings (hint)?


Right click.



But... I can't find any option to disable the allways on top
property. Have I missed something?

You missed the auto-hide option.


I'll have a look again in a minute (other PC). But I don't want to hide the
bar. Just want to be able to move an application window over it.





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Linea Recta wrote:
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Linea Recta wrote:

(Sorry for OT, but I haven't found a decent news group for Windows 7)

alt.windows7.general


Thanks, but it's not on my server. I'll try a request.


You can try refreshing the Groups list in your news client.

The group may have been added, but won't show up in
your client, until you reload the groups list.

The alt.windows7.general group does not show up in
Google Groups, so you can forget about making a posting
that way.

Paul

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Linea Recta wrote:
"VanguardLH" schreef in bericht
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Linea Recta wrote:

(Sorry for OT, but I haven't found a decent news group for Windows 7)

alt.windows7.general


Thanks, but it's not on my server. I'll try a request.


You can try refreshing the Groups list in your news client.

The group may have been added, but won't show up in
your client, until you reload the groups list.

The alt.windows7.general group does not show up in
Google Groups, so you can forget about making a posting
that way.



Thanks, I did a reload which by the way took a loooong time. But still no
"alt.windows7.general" appearing.
BTW, there seem to be loads of senseless groups nowadays of which many are
abandoned. Afraid nntp is'nt what it used to be :-(

Anyway I'm getting on quite nicely installing Windows 7 on my old gear. I
even succeeded installing a printerdriver for parallel printer HP deskjet
720C. At first this was hard to find and some "guru's" told me there was no
chance for my antique printer. I searched the HP web site but they didn't
have the driver for downloading. Then I tried the Windows option for
searching the driver on internet. Again this took a long time, but finally
it found and installed the driver! Printing works fine now and I can share
the printer with my Vista notebook. Installing and configurating the system
takes loads of time all together so I make intermediate images of the drive
with Macrium Reflect. I think I'll be ready before april 8.



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Linea Recta wrote:

"VanguardLH" ...

Linea Recta wrote:

(Sorry for OT, but I haven't found a decent news group for Windows 7)

alt.windows7.general

Thanks, but it's not on my server. I'll try a request.

Add another server to your NNTP client (Windows Mail), like Albasani or
Eternal_September. Both of those are free and both carry the Win7
newsgroup.

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"Paul" schreef in bericht
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Linea Recta wrote:
"VanguardLH" schreef in bericht
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Linea Recta wrote:

(Sorry for OT, but I haven't found a decent news group for Windows 7)

alt.windows7.general


Thanks, but it's not on my server. I'll try a request.


You can try refreshing the Groups list in your news client.
[]
As VanguardLH has said, it's certainly on eternal-september and at least
one other. Which newsserver are you using? (Is it the one provided by
your ISP? I can't tell who that would be as you've munged both your
From: and Reply-To:, but I'm guessing it might be in .nl land.) Most
usenet clients (I see you're using Windows Mail, I don't know if that
one does) allow you to use more than one news server, so you don't have
to abandon the one you're on. (I'd recommend E-S over aioe [?] - it
takes a _tiny_ bit more setting up [trivial though], but posts are less
likely to get blocked.)

Thanks, I did a reload which by the way took a loooong time. But still
no "alt.windows7.general" appearing.

It is worth getting that 'group - the folk there are friendly, and it's
not high-traffic: I'd say between 0.5 and 4 × the level here, in fact.

BTW, there seem to be loads of senseless groups nowadays of which many
are abandoned. Afraid nntp is'nt what it used to be :-(

It sure isn't )-:. Partly because newcomers like (or are assumed to
like) web-based graphical everything, and probably mainly because the
providers of same don't mention that there's an alternative. As for the
abandoned 'groups, when you did the "reload", was there any setting for
"current" 'groups? Not knowing your present server (nor anything about
Windows Mail), I don't know if you have an option to only list 'groups
currently active, or are stuck with a list that includes all 'groups
(including silly ones) ever created.

Anyway I'm getting on quite nicely installing Windows 7 on my old gear.
I even succeeded installing a printerdriver for parallel printer HP
deskjet 720C. At first this was hard to find and some "guru's" told me
there was no chance for my antique printer. I searched the HP web site

I was amused to - some years ago, but still under XP - find that it had
a driver for an old impact ("dot matrix") printer (in that case a Star).
The test page that appeared was actually pretty good! I haven't looked
to see if 7 still supports, e. g., EPSON LX-80; I _think_ it does.

but they didn't have the driver for downloading. Then I tried the
Windows option for searching the driver on internet. Again this took a
long time, but finally it found and installed the driver! Printing

That's interesting, that it took a long time but eventually succeeded. I
wonder where it looks!

works fine now and I can share the printer with my Vista notebook.
Installing and configurating the system takes loads of time all
together so I make intermediate images of the drive with Macrium
Reflect. I think I'll be ready before april 8.

Provided you're well-AVd and firewalled, I think the consensus - though,
in truth, nobody really knows though they'll claim otherwise - is that
it won't be catastrophic if you're not.


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Linea Recta wrote:

(Sorry for OT, but I haven't found a decent news group for Windows 7)

alt.windows7.general


Thanks, but it's not on my server. I'll try a request.


You can try refreshing the Groups list in your news client.
[]
As VanguardLH has said, it's certainly on eternal-september and at least
one other. Which newsserver are you using? (Is it the one provided by your
ISP?


Yes, it is "news.xs4all.nl"


I can't tell who that would be as you've munged both your From: and
Reply-To:,


That's a much applied privacy measure.


but I'm guessing it might be in .nl land.) Most


Right again.



usenet clients (I see you're using Windows Mail, I don't know if that one
does) allow you to use more than one news server, so you don't have to
abandon the one you're on. (I'd recommend E-S over aioe [?] - it takes a
_tiny_ bit more setting up [trivial though], but posts are less likely to
get blocked.)


Believe it or not, but haven't had time yet to add the server :-(



Thanks, I did a reload which by the way took a loooong time. But still no
"alt.windows7.general" appearing.

It is worth getting that 'group - the folk there are friendly, and it's
not high-traffic: I'd say between 0.5 and 4 × the level here, in fact.


That sounds hopefull.



BTW, there seem to be loads of senseless groups nowadays of which many are
abandoned. Afraid nntp is'nt what it used to be :-(

It sure isn't )-:. Partly because newcomers like (or are assumed to like)
web-based graphical everything, and probably mainly because the providers
of same don't mention that there's an alternative. As for the abandoned
'groups, when you did the "reload", was there any setting for "current"
'groups? Not knowing your present server (nor anything about Windows
Mail), I don't know if you have an option to only list 'groups currently
active, or are stuck with a list that includes all 'groups (including
silly ones) ever created.

Anyway I'm getting on quite nicely installing Windows 7 on my old gear. I
even succeeded installing a printerdriver for parallel printer HP deskjet
720C. At first this was hard to find and some "guru's" told me there was
no chance for my antique printer. I searched the HP web site

I was amused to - some years ago, but still under XP - find that it had a
driver for an old impact ("dot matrix") printer (in that case a Star). The
test page that appeared was actually pretty good! I haven't looked to see
if 7 still supports, e. g., EPSON LX-80; I _think_ it does.


Yes the good old days...
Since I got the printer working, I had my hope up for my HP scanjet 2200c
scanner. I found some information from people who got it working in Vista. I
tried the HP software, but it won't function no way. Tried all W7
compatibility settings, but it keeps crashing. I DID find a demo of a
program that supports my scanner in W7 (Vuescan). So I guess now I'll have
to find a registered version...



but they didn't have the driver for downloading. Then I tried the Windows
option for searching the driver on internet. Again this took a long time,
but finally it found and installed the driver! Printing

That's interesting, that it took a long time but eventually succeeded. I
wonder where it looks!


Yes, very mysterious! No way to find out, but not from HP I suppose...



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Linea Recta wrote:

"VanguardLH" ...

Linea Recta wrote:

(Sorry for OT, but I haven't found a decent news group for Windows 7)

alt.windows7.general

Thanks, but it's not on my server. I'll try a request.

Add another server to your NNTP client (Windows Mail), like Albasani or
Eternal_September. Both of those are free and both carry the Win7
newsgroup.




Thanks, I now have registered with news.eternal-september.org and connected
to alt.windows7.general




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[]
least one other. Which newsserver are you using? (Is it the one
provided by your ISP?


Yes, it is "news.xs4all.nl"

I see from your next post that you've joined E-S anyway, but sometimes
you can ask those who run a newsserver to add a newsgroup.

I can't tell who that would be as you've munged both your From: and
Reply-To:,


That's a much applied privacy measure.

Though (a) sometimes people show - in their signature for example - how
to generate their real address, (b) I've heard it alleged (though I find
it hard to believe) that Reply-to: addresses aren't harvested. (I don't
think spammers are bothering much with usenet at all these days anyway.)
[]
haven't looked to see if 7 still supports, e. g., EPSON LX-80; I
_think_ it does.


Yes the good old days...
Since I got the printer working, I had my hope up for my HP scanjet
2200c scanner. I found some information from people who got it working
in Vista. I tried the HP software, but it won't function no way. Tried
all W7 compatibility settings, but it keeps crashing. I DID find a demo
of a program that supports my scanner in W7 (Vuescan). So I guess now
I'll have to find a registered version...

Yes, VueScan just is irritating because if _they_ can make it work under
7, why can't Microsoft. (We had a BENQ scanner which ran fine in
VueScan; for the purchase price of VueScan, we found an - hp IIRR - one
second-hand that has plenty of support.)


but they didn't have the driver for downloading. Then I tried the
Windows option for searching the driver on internet. Again this took
a long time, but finally it found and installed the driver! Printing

That's interesting, that it took a long time but eventually
succeeded. I wonder where it looks!


Yes, very mysterious! No way to find out, but not from HP I suppose...



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In message , Linea Recta
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" schreef in bericht
news
[]
least one other. Which newsserver are you using? (Is it the one provided
by your ISP?


Yes, it is "news.xs4all.nl"

I see from your next post that you've joined E-S anyway, but sometimes you
can ask those who run a newsserver to add a newsgroup.

I can't tell who that would be as you've munged both your From: and
Reply-To:,


That's a much applied privacy measure.

Though (a) sometimes people show - in their signature for example - how to
generate their real address, (b) I've heard it alleged (though I find it
hard to believe) that Reply-to: addresses aren't harvested. (I don't think
spammers are bothering much with usenet at all these days anyway.)
[]
haven't looked to see if 7 still supports, e. g., EPSON LX-80; I _think_
it does.


Yes the good old days...
Since I got the printer working, I had my hope up for my HP scanjet 2200c
scanner. I found some information from people who got it working in Vista.
I tried the HP software, but it won't function no way. Tried all W7
compatibility settings, but it keeps crashing. I DID find a demo of a
program that supports my scanner in W7 (Vuescan). So I guess now I'll have
to find a registered version...

Yes, VueScan just is irritating because if _they_ can make it work under
7, why can't Microsoft. (We had a BENQ scanner which ran fine in VueScan;
for the purchase price of VueScan, we found an - hp IIRR - one second-hand
that has plenty of support.)


I see you ported my thread to this group :-)
As you can see in my scanner thread here, I've also solved the problems with
my "incompatible" scanner in the meantime, so no need for Vuescan anymore.



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