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Can't select default mail/news programs in IE4. Please help!
(Go to the Linuxberg page, go to Gnome software, go to Newsreaders, click on the first one, it's the only 5-penguin product. It also didn't work. Thus far, this has been inauspicious. I'm not giving up -- I know most of my problems are due more to newbie cluelessness than OS problems, and I intend to dive in to

Inferior Engineering of the Win32 Platform - was Re: Linsux as ...
I have had many problems with the other CP methods in the past (ie they don't work) so I made one of my own... Here we go... 1. See that little icon on your Then in the "Reason(s):" box don't bother typing anything. It doesn't matter. 4. Now for the good bit. Click on the "Send site info to Cyber central" box.

automake and subdirectories
Tell ya what Rex, I'll try gnome again when I can click on a blank screen area, bring up a menu, and add a new application icon that works with 3 or 4 more clicks and typing in the names. Then if I want it on the taskbar, just drag and drop it there, then delete the one in the window if you'd like.

disappearing Windows Task Bar
HOW many times have I clicked the WMP Icon in the taskbar expecting something, anything to happen (hopefully the quick access panel). 1. same scenario as above, all unencrypted, not DRM protected content, and I just want to copy it to my work computer, but let WMP deal with it (automatically add to library,

Taskbar width
OE works fine on its own, and from the button on the taskbar in w98. So I checked in the internet options box in IE, and tried to select Outlook as my default email/news program, but it won't let me select anything. The entry box is blank and I cannot add an entry. I have tried going through the connect wizard

cannot open folders from start menu
Ctrl + Click a Taskbar Button Select multiple Windows to tile or cascade (by right clicking the taskbar) Alt + Space Opens the System menu Alt + Hyphen Opens the Document .... I replied to Plato: I have set my newsreader to display posts in TEXT-only mode. I fail to see why people insist on posting in HTML or RTF,

AmigaOS vs Windows98
Also, it doesn't have taskbar (like Afterstep), which really sucks since it's a pain to switch to applications without it. I end up pressing F11 to get the Window List .... I hate running anything in less than 24-bit color now and some games (and 3D stuff has to on my Voodoo3) run better in 16-bit color, etc.

desktop shortcuts/Outlook email links, don't work; XP says "Ca
I struggled for hours to get mine to work. The readme file has dozens of gotcha's so make sure you read it. Here are my and others thoughts to help you with your In CE Services 2.2 the taskbar would always show used/free space on the device. With ActiveSync 3.0, I don't see that information anywhere. 20.

General Rant from a Linux Newbie
The XP machine (Pro version) loses connection, it can't find anything on the net, however the Windows NT machine (4.0 workstation) continues to If your connection suddenly stops working, then right-click the Local Area Connection icon in the systray (aka Taskbar Notification Area) and select "Repair".

Gateway Support Problem
Blackbox has a little taskbar, but you have to click on arrows to switch between apps and it doesn't work with iconified ones (you have to access those from the pop-up menu). On the plus side, though, you can get the window behavior to do just about anything you want and add tons of custom widgets or whatever.

TweakUI/Quick Launch Toolbar Revisited again
It also didn't work. If you built and installed the software, you don't need to know where anything is in the src directory. You can usually even blow the source directory away. I prefer to switch my taskbar to vertical, since I like applications maximized vertically more often than horizontally. Right click on

IE5.01/Activesync 3.0
When I first boot up, everything seems to load ok, but then when I click on shortcuts, taskbar or even program menu nothing happens. The only thing that works are dial-up networking shortcuts on the desktop. This usually results in me dialing my ISP, then finding I can't open anything without going through the

deleting AutoComplete list in the address box [win2000-ie6]
I have done the DxDiag , didnt seem to anything wrong there ,performance is set at optimal, no red/yellow ? in Device manager ,find fast not installed,Ran name the binary value: NoSetFolders To disable Taskbar context menu, name the binary value: NoTrayContextMenu Double-click the new entry, select modify and

Why the Dock sucks ass [Was: Re: Microsoft licenses Sonic DVD ...
Now please won't someone tell me how to get the -:taskbar to quit sending pop-up reminders and task tips. It's worse than when -:you hit the wrong key sometimes and about XP is probably for my own good-- a lot of the things I was used to now contain intimidating warnings, that if I twiddle with anything at all,

Explain why these 5 MacOS UI traits are so superior?
if you rt-click, Explore on a drive in My Computer, does it work? - if you rt-click, Explore on a dir in My Computer, does it work? - or does the rt-click on either of these menus not show Explore? By the way, I've already run the latest PCCillin antivirus and AdAware and I haven't found anything.

To XP or not to XP?
Among others, my menu's overwrite the standard save, save as and paste commands. Now, while I have invoice.xls open on my desktop, I want to be able to open c:\user\anything.xls and the menu's must not appear. This work perfectly when I use the mouse. Two things go wrong when I use Alt+Tab: 1.

Tooltips showing up behind tool bar items
When you click a dock item, the dock tells the finder to launch it. If the Finder has gone, this can't be done. Do a cmd-alt-esc force relaunch on the finder. 3. I personally have no problem with this, I never -store- anything in the dock, it only displayes the icons of my running apps (no need for names there)

slow/freezing/locking up
That said, I prefer File Manager to anything built into OS/2. Since File Manager works so well, I see no need to explore OS/2 utilities. I have a file manager object on my WARP Launch Pad. But I think Explorer is File Manager's red-headed step-child. (2) One click (the X on the right upper corner) to close the

deiconify is just plain f*ucked in windows
4) The Icon "tray" on the Taskbar. I'm afraid I don't know what you mean here. Unless you're talking about those teeny icons I see on my taskbar at work, with some of their pro systems, but I don't think that they, or their users, would gain anything by providing multibutton mice with all their machines.

AT&T Broadband Problems: Some Suggestions on Work-arounds
Small and unobtrusive I'll agree with, but I think that it's much harder to "hit" than the taskbar, and doesnt offer the same information at a glance. keep shortcuts to "work in progress" files, but not much else. Gets in the way of the picture :) I have to refresh nothing - I insert a disk & click on "A:".