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Getting "old" look back
Ben Shimmin b...@llamaselector.com news software readers Lars Kellogg-Stedman <jn8g543ro0hu...@jetable.net>: If that doesn't prove that G2 is an utter piece of crap then Alan Connor is GD. Wait, what? The interface isn't especially nice, but a simple search ("author:rara slrn") yields an immediate, useful result.

getting back into xp
Bill Michelson bill.michel...@rogers.com microsoft public windowsxp customize I am on a new computer, having my old one with XP Pro on it. My new one has some new XP features that I want to get rid of. I noticed on my old XP Pro system, that if you click start, it says "Shut Down". On the new system, it says "Turn

Getting back the default font.
David Springthorpe david.springtho...@idx.com.au aus computers On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 19:40:41 +1000, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote: Its more likely to be a dual boot system. Duelling has been illegal for centurys now. Perhaps he's trouble-shooting.....

getting Scandisk back Windows XP
Ken Blake, MVP kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain microsoft public windowsxp basics Glen wrote: The fact is most people don't bother to back up at all. .... A burglar is normally interested in getting in and out of a house as quickly as possible. He takes the easily visible things that he can quickly, access and that

Getting XP style icons back
BillB w...@bogus.ca alt windows-xp "Sinner" <sa...@gatesofhell.com> wrote in message news:40503fef_1@news.vic.com... Try going to Taskbar & Start Menu in the Control Panel. Select the Start Menu tab and choose the interface you want to use. I don't see anything there that lets me change it back to XP style??

Getting Back Dual Boot Option
Jason n...@none.invalid microsoft public windowsxp general I previously made my win xp pro look like windows classic with the grey start bar and all, now I want the blue start bar and greeen start button to make it look more colorful. I right clicked on the desktop - Properties - Theme, but only the Windows Classic

getting back colour and line-length ...
... helpdesk It's prob. there you just don't see it. Try this Joe; Start, My Computer, Right Click hard drive letter, select Prop., Tools, under Error Checking click Check Now. This works for me. "Joe Pflanz" <pfl...@pflanz.com> wrote in message news:3DB99D44.15562201@pflanz.com... XP utilizes Chkdsk not scan disk.

Getting system tray icons back
Hello, I had Windows ME on my C drive and Windows XP on my D drive. When booting up I had an option to choose OS. I just reinstalled ME on C after it had a serious problem that I would like to be able to alternatively use XP and ME, but I don't know how to get the menu to show up, or how to even get to XP now.

getting back colour and line-length ...
Troy Piggins usenet-0...@piggo.com news software readers * Rara Avis wrote: About two years ago, I posted a query on how to make vim highlight my posts in colour AND give them an appropriate line length. I got quick and helpful response from several nsr denizens, and soon enough my vim setup was working just as I

Getting data from a drive with Go Back
Gis Bun Gis...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windowsxp setup_deployment Unless things have changed, you probably wouldn't need the serial number as if you have the original Dell XP CD, it seems to extract the serial number from the BIOS (I guess). I've reinstalled XP with the Dell XP CDs and it never

Help getting IIS to run on Win XP Pro
The website for CC says that it is XP compatible, but when I received the game, it did not list XP as a compatible OS. I installed and ran it and I get the THQ logo and the sound cuts out and the game freezes on the logo. I can get my mouse pointer back, but ctrl-alt-del does not work. I have to reboot.

getting back colour and line-length ...
Hi, I am a new ish XP user who has suffered more than my fair share of problems which I'm sorry to say have remained unresolved. I have now reached the point that I want to try to get back to Win98se (though I got fed up with it crashing) in the hope that my existing issues get resolved. Question Can someone tell

Getting "folders (?)" back into my Dimensions 2400 Windows XP syst
Will Denny MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Please reply to the News Groups "Tiffany" <Tiff...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7D7D6F3D-092C-4636-BCD4-2D72095FE610@microsoft.com... i got this trial version of Windows Vista and well i don't want it on my computer anymore and i want Windows XP back on.

Getting back to XP Look - help please!
Ben Shimmin b...@llamaselector.com news software readers Lars Kellogg-Stedman <jn8g543ro0hu...@jetable.net>: Look at the `tree' frame down the left. It's totally borked. I've seen this happen quite a few times. Yeah, that's ugly. Clicking on the "no frame" link at the top makes that whole tree go away;

Getting Back Dual Boot Option
After playing with these wonderfully undocumented tools, now all icons on my XP system have reverted to the flat old style 2000 look. Even when I open the Properties for an icon, select a new XP style looking icon (from %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll), the icon doesn't change to the look I selected,

Getting back to previous xp installation
I replace it and load Windows XP professional from the backup CDs and activate it without problem. Everything works like a dream - best crash I've EVER had, but...My version of Windows XP is now about three years out of date. When I try to get the updates for XP issued over the last three years, the WINDOWS update

Mistmoor still rocks! (hunting places 25+ story)
How do I get my key back onto "into" my new computer so I won't get a finger shaken at me my MS? I was able to use his load disk with the corp key loaded up with all the updates beyond SP2, etc... I just want to switch my keys so everything is [somewhat] back the way it was? I really don't want to have to buy a new

Getting back to previous xp installation
To do so, - In control panel, click | User Accounts | - click "Change the way users log on or off" - [ ] "Use the Welcome screen" - [Apply Options] then report back with your findings in this thread of this newsgroup. Jan -----Original Message----- I am on a new computer, having my old one with XP Pro on it.

getting Scandisk back Windows XP
philo ph...@privacy.net alt comp hardware I'd been suspecting the same in regard to XP and it might be easier to use a Knoppix bootable CD for the recovery process as it will read NTFS natively. Just have a FAT32 partition available to copy the data to as Knoppix can't write NTFS unless extra steps are taken and

Getting back to XP Look - help please!
BillB w...@bogus.ca alt windows-xp "Glen Atkins" <gatk...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message news:o%Y3c.196190$B81.2784797@twister.tampabay.rr.com... Right-click desktop/Properties/Appearance/ Windows and Buttons drag the arrow to the Windows XP Style yes, but there's nothing in that box except Windows Classic.