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Pencil-necked geeks needed
Donald Weber wrote:
Mr Jaggers, Since no one has mentioned it. Have you tried the restore function? When my puter starts doing things differently then I'm used to or won't do things it did before. I do the restore function and it usualy solves my issues. Mind you though, I do have to restart the puter in safe mode in order to get the restore function to work properly. Never have figured how to restore the restore. It used to work without opening in the safe mode. Like you I operate under XP. Hope this helps. Thanks, Don, but I just went through a fresh install of XP, and this is a problem that came out of the box with it. I think I'm looking for "first time setup" or something like that. James the Novice |
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Pencil-necked geeks needed
gogu wrote:
Ï "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com Ýãñáøå óôï ìÞíõìá ... 2) Better than half the time, when I call up a folder or webpage, it opens only to about 1/4 the screen and I have to maximize it manually. In those wonderous days of yore B.C. (before crash) they always opened full screen. How can I fix this problem? When it opens at 1/4 of your screen, drag the right bottom of the window and then move the whole window up and down, right and left until you maximize your window manually and it covers the whole screen. Type a couple of addresses and visit a few sites. Then close the window. Normally next time you open it, it should open covering your whole screen! It worked with me, hope it will work with you, too, James;-) Thanks, I've been doing that and it solves part of the problem, but not all cases of small window. Somewhere I read about the "learning" feature of Windows, and maybe it hasn't yet learned what I need it to learn! I guess I need to keep track now of the exact circumstances where that happens and report back. James the Investigator |
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Pencil-necked geeks needed
In article , "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
Donald Weber wrote: Mr Jaggers, Since no one has mentioned it. Have you tried the restore function? When my puter starts doing things differently then I'm used to or won't do things it did before. I do the restore function and it usualy solves my issues. Mind you though, I do have to restart the puter in safe mode in order to get the restore function to work properly. Never have figured how to restore the restore. It used to work without opening in the safe mode. Like you I operate under XP. Hope this helps. Thanks, Don, but I just went through a fresh install of XP, and this is a problem that came out of the box with it. I think I'm looking for "first time setup" or something like that. James the Novice don't forget the help function. it will help you really screw it up. |
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PING: Pencil-necked geeks needed
In article , "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
wrote: In article , "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: After three years of relative calm (well, OK, I confess, I did cuss at it daily), my computer recently went totally south and I spent most of last week reformatting it and loading my programs and data back on. The whole process went smoothly, but I am left with two issues. Somebody help me! 1) I use a thumb drive as one way to back up my data. I used to be able to open the My Computer folder from the desktop, double-click on the drive F icon, and voilà, there would be the directory of the device. Now when I do that, I get that silly little dog who tends the search function. I can get from there to the drive directory, but how do I eliminate those intermediate steps? 2) Better than half the time, when I call up a folder or webpage, it opens only to about 1/4 the screen and I have to maximize it manually. In those wonderous days of yore B.C. (before crash) they always opened full screen. How can I fix this problem? In anticipation of your assistance, I remain in your collective debt. James the Thick-Necked, Like Those Guys Named Günther on number 2, it seems to have gone back to the default settings. check the file settings and i bet it's there. set it back to your choice. on number 1, did you have specific drivers for the thumb? you may need to re-install them. Where are those settings? in the file settings. use the help function for the easy way. |
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