your desktop now

[sea69]

here's mine click me (http://seanweb1.homestead.com/files/desktopnow.jpg)

with a glorius view of my front steps...somebody needs to sweep the sidewalk...

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homepage (http://www.seanweb1.homestead.com/3.html)

[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 03-22-2002).]

[sea69]

there were so many enthusiastic replies that I added another one.

lol

#2 (http://seanweb1.homestead.com/files/desk2.jpg)

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homepage (http://www.seanweb1.homestead.com/3.html)

[YODA74]

I am definatly Impressed if this is XP guess I'll just have to try it on the new sys. once it's finished if i can afford to get it done in this millenium http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif

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Death has come to our windows.

-- Jeremiah 9:21
(undoubtedly a Biblical reference to a Microsoft product!)

YODA74@windows-sucks.com

[hiredgoonz]

Mine is plain blue, NO icons...used tweakui to get rid of the recycle bin and put it in my start menu...might work as a security feature, anybody who sees it will figure the system crashed http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif

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[buck52]

Howdy

nuttin' fancy...just a picture I took last fall

Desktop (http://home.attbi.com/~buck52/web/fall.jpg)

buck http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

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just hav'n fun

[YODA74]

buck, thought I seen a Twelve Pointer on the other side the lake can you Zoom that in a little. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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Death has come to our windows.

-- Jeremiah 9:21
(undoubtedly a Biblical reference to a Microsoft product!)

YODA74@windows-sucks.com

[Rick]

I don’t even have that much .
Just the Old Classic style menu and a black back ground

The new fluff menu / desktop doesn’t appeal to me

[buck52]

YODA
You could paddle across and catch a few bass on your way http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

buck

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just hav'n fun

[sea69]

nice one buck-

too bad the real 'effect' of it is somewhat lost in a screenshot.. the vividness??

it looks much better "in person"!

and as hired points out (indirectly) I used to have mine just a blank color all the time in win98se to save on system resources and now find in winXP I don't need to worry about those type things. Of course I'm not a game guy...


http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif

oh- and i really don't like the classic look- in fact I booted back to win98 and after a while I actually noticed eye strain??

heh


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homepage (http://www.seanweb1.homestead.com/3.html)

[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 03-22-2002).]

[leichaolan]

Hey Sea that's a really sweet wallpaper you got there. Mind if I ask whereabouts you got it from?

[sea69]

go here (http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/dbhome.shtml).. page loads slow - but you don't have to join to get them.

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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 03-22-2002).]

[steveo]

Add me to the list of basic desktop settings. Once in a while I might add something I find on that space pic site that has those daily updates from the Hubble but even then they don't last more than a couple of days before I toss it away.


Just the My Computer/Recycle Bin icons are featured on the desktop and the task bar sits vertically on the right hand side of the screen. Zone Alarm sits in the system tray and bob's your uncle.

[bassman]

Hey Sea, which part of the first pic is your front steps, the big part or the little http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Well, i guess its time for me to get a new machine and XP.
Looks pretty sweet. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif

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A real Christian is one who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.
Frank's Place (http://dreamwater.net/tech/frankscomp/)

[leichaolan]

Thanks a lot Sea. These are some amazing wallpapers. I'd sign up if it weren't for that blasted exchange rate. Can't believe one guy made all that...

[mjc]

How's this (http://www.dreamwater.org/tech/mjc/id61.html)?


Oh, by the way Sea...if those steps disappear, you can come look for them in WV...... http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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mjc
Links list:Computer Links (http://www.dreamwater.org/tech/mjc/index.htm)

Celts are the men that heaven made mad, For all their battles are merry and their songs are all sad.

[sea69]

cool steveo


lol- bassman- by the way, what's up with your email?


leichaolan

you don't need to sign up to get them, I didn't- just right click and save, then set as wallpaper.

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lmao- mjc

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homepage (http://www.seanweb1.homestead.com/3.html)

[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 03-22-2002).]

[not_fred]

If I did this right, mine is here:
http://www.knology.net/~not_flintstones/OldPhotos/untitled.JPG

Not so flashy, perhaps, but it's real, and I was sitting about 10 feet behind the camera at the time.

[This message has been edited by not_fred (edited 03-22-2002).]

[hiredgoonz]

MJC, I thought I was the only one with a shortcut to xkill on my Linux desktop...that's my favorite program http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif

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[mjc]

Mine too....... http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif

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mjc
Links list:Computer Links (http://www.dreamwater.org/tech/mjc/index.htm)

Celts are the men that heaven made mad, For all their battles are merry and their songs are all sad.

[bassman]

Nothin but the plainjane for me. See if you can guess my favorite color http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif
Desktop (http://www.dreamwater.net/tech/frankscomp/desktop.jpg)

SEA, not sure what to tell you about my mail. Got your's and others.
Maybe AOL got wind of how much you don't like them http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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[This message has been edited by bassman (edited 03-22-2002).]

[sea69]

bassman- you couldn't have gotten it, cause you didn't answer, so I will resend.

XKiLL huh??

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homepage (http://www.seanweb1.homestead.com/3.html)

[iisbob]

Well, i keep my desktop pretty clean ( nice wallpaper, very few icons in my Quiklaunch and Xp startmenu-no desktops icons at all ) not because i'm worried about system resources, but simply becuase i don't like a lot of cluttter. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

I've already showed this to Sea, but this is my current XP boot screen.

http://www.boomspeed.com/iisbob/bgdathumb.jpg

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iisbob

The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful. -- Mark Twain.

[sea69]

iisbob- do you keep most everything in folders or what?

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homepage (http://www.seanweb1.homestead.com/index.html)

[iisbob]

No, i just have the revelant shortcut's in my Q-launch and pinned to my start menu, as for games-i've found that finally the auto-run in XP is working as it's supposed to, sop i don't have a Quiklaunch game bar anymore.

Not too mention that XP natively supports my www/email/search buttons on my cordless logitech keyboard.

So it's just one button away for me to now get online. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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iisbob

The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful. -- Mark Twain.

[This message has been edited by iisbob (edited 03-23-2002).]

[sea69]

hehe ok 'iis'

thought for thos that have not seen the start menu that we are talking about I would post a pic of that (http://seanweb1.homestead.com/files/dt4.jpg) as well.

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homepage (http://www.seanweb1.homestead.com/index.html)

[hiredgoonz]

Xkill is great, it's the equivalent of terminating a process from Task manager, except it doesn't warn you or ask for confirmation, it just destroys the offending program, no questions asked...sort of a shoot first and don't worry about later...

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[sea69]

yeah, but what about 666 and electrocuting the keyboard operator????

sort of a shoot first and don't worry about later...

my kinda app!

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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 03-23-2002).]

[hiredgoonz]

That would be nice...some people should be electrocuted http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/tongue.gif

My desktop, very exciting...auto-hide on the taskbar completes the illusion of a crashed system...

Plain (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bathenkel/images/desktop_plain.jpg)

Actually I should try to get a screen shot of a BSOD for wallpaper, that would be even better...

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Google (http://www.google.com)

[bassman]

Can anyone get my link to work?? Works fine anywhere else, just not right here. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif

Buck, how big are those bass, I'll be right out. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif

BOB, nice pic, now we need to do something with your homepage http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif
Like to help if you're interested, just mail me.

Hired, http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif now thats my kind of screen.

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A real Christian is one who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.
Frank's Place (http://dreamwater.net/tech/frankscomp/)

[Rick]

Hire
I’ve found a sure fire way to Crash XP ( Run win98 version of Glqauke)
Should I Use the wives webcam or digi cam to get a shot of it for you?

[hiredgoonz]

Rick, that would be awesome, whichever you prefer (or has best quality), THANK YOU!

You can send it to:

hiredgoonz@hotmail.com

I tried making one, but it just doesn't turn out very well, and when I get a BSOD, it is off center on my monitor (anything that displays at 640X480 does that...don't know why...

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[buck52]

Here's one for Hired
BSOD (http://home.attbi.com/~buck52/web/bsod.jpg)

and here's one for the Linux fans

Linux (http://home.attbi.com/~buck52/web/linux.jpg)

buck http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

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just hav'n fun

[Rick]

Hire

I haven’t tried it in awhile.
So I think I may have updated XP to many times.
I am still able to crash XP BUT.
It doesn’t lock up any more.
It Flashes the BSOD and then does a reboot.

I setup the webcam and All I got was garbage. Never did like these web cams

[Rick]

Buck..

I Like that Linux link http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

[sea69]

Actually I should try to get a screen shot of a BSOD for wallpaper, that would be even better...
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hired
I have a screensaver that sims the entire dump process including reboot and chkdisk... if I can find it!

bassman- what homepage of bobs?

buck- nice - love the linux one

Rick- what cam you using?

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homepage (http://www.seanweb1.homestead.com/index.html)

[kfh]

This is my gazebo. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
Gazebo (http://www.btinternet.com/~kfhickmott/pubdirectory/Gazebo).
kfh.


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[Rick]

Sea

I picked up the Logitech Pro 300 for the wife
El CheapO

I think the reason I can’t get anything but Junk on the XP crash is the frame rate of the camera
I set it to record as a video after the first attempt to grab a snap shot /Photo failed .
The xp system Flashed the BSOD and reboots so fast If you are not looking at the screen you can miss it.

[sea69]

Rick,

yes it goes automatically back to the last function you used.

you want to go get the XP updates from them;
http://www.logitech.com/cf/support/xp.cfm

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homepage (http://www.seanweb1.homestead.com/index.html)

[Rick]

Thanks for the link.
But the wives system is running 98se on an Old AMD 1.0
I set it to record as a video before I started the software on the XP to force the crash
It was / did record it. But it turned out garbage

I also found out that WCPUID will also crash my dualie
Unless I use the newest version 3.0F any thing before that and it Crash then instant reboot

[hiredgoonz]

Thanks for trying Rick...I can crash mine by o'clocking it to 1575mhz (from 1400) and running the sandra burn-in, but the BSOD is too off center to use...

Thanks for the link Buck, going to use that one...

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[sea69]

still looking for that hiredgoonz..

[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 03-23-2002).]

[hiredgoonz]

Thanks sea, I heard about that, but the download site was down...it's hard to find a good BSOD screen shot (I guess because once you're at that point screen shots are kinda hard to take http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif )

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Microsoft Knowledge Base (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;rid;kbinfo)

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[bassman]

Buck, love the Linux shot http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/cool.gif

KFH, Looks like your gazebo could use a little fixin up. Better call in a mason http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

SEA???? I'm suprised http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/eek.gif I thought you were the investigative type. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
It's right there in the image properties.

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A real Christian is one who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.
Frank's Place (http://dreamwater.net/tech/frankscomp/)

[sea69]

huh??

well it has to be actually stored in windows as a bmp most likely.

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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 03-23-2002).]

[YODA74]

http://ukeep.com/users/73/stuff/amipoi.gif

Time for bed.

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Death has come to our windows.

-- Jeremiah 9:21
(undoubtedly a Biblical reference to a Microsoft product!)

YODA74@windows-sucks.com

[Whyzman]

PeeWee Herman? http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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May all your dealings in life be win/win!


Whyzman
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Reserved for Punishing Humor...A Pessimist's blood is always B-negative!

[Pianorak]

Twenty-four replies on the same thread in one day. A new record? http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/cool.gif

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[John0904]

Looks better uncompressed. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif
Desktop (http://www.johns.netfirms.com/desktop.jpg)

Screen size 1280x960 @ 16 bit.

Desktop clean. Quick Launch full. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[hiredgoonz]

Well after trying everything else, I finally just wrote an html page and used it for my desktop. It's almost exactly like an XP BSOD. It's actually scared me a few times http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif

BSOD Desktop (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bathenkel/images/bsod_desktop.jpg)

(if anybody is wondering about the big black bar in the top left of the screenshot, it is the result of havig a dual display with two different sized displays: 1024x768 on a 20" monitor and 800x600 on a 17" to the left. It fills in the difference between the two in black, but all I see is two blue screeens)

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[Whyzman]

hehe...try Linux...hehe...I like that! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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Whyzman
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[iisbob]

very nice goonz!

surely that's enough to give ol' bill the fits! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif



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iisbob

The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful. -- Mark Twain.

[Rick]

Worth a look
http://xp-refresh.net/

I checked this on my system with the Classic Style and the New XP desktop
They are correct XP does in fact Only allow two refresh rates http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif

[hiredgoonz]

Well, that explains some things...that whole issue is really inconvenient if you have a monitor that doesn't work properly at 60hz (like I do)

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[Arctic Silver]

http://www.georgecombs.com/mydesktop.jpg

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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.

[hiredgoonz]

I like that, you make it yourself?

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[Arctic Silver]

Nope. I'm not that artistic. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif I forget where I got it.

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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.

[Arctic Silver]

Hiredgoonz, I uploaded five of them to my site. Open a new window to see them. The one you like is #5.


#1 (http://www.georgecombs.com/xp1.jpg)
#2 (http://www.georgecombs.com/xp2.jpg)
#3 (http://www.georgecombs.com/xp3.jpg)
#4 (http://www.georgecombs.com/xp4.jpg)
#5 (http://www.georgecombs.com/xp5.jpg)

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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.

[This message has been edited by Arctic Silver (edited 03-26-2002).]

[Arctic Silver]

Here's a small pic I picked up somewhere. It's 800x600.

http://www.georgecombs.com/nunswithguns.jpg

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[This message has been edited by Arctic Silver (edited 03-26-2002).]

[hiredgoonz]

Hey, thanks...I love that nun picture http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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[NamelessHero]

And yes, I AM a Star Wars geek
:-))

http://mail.baskent.edu.tr/~19914458/DesktopVader.JPG

[Arctic Silver]

No problem, Hiredgoonz. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

NamelessHero, a suggestion: Eliminating all that stuff from the taskbar and the system tray and changing your interface to XP Classic will improve your performance. I only have the Internet Explorer, mail, and show desktop icons in the taskbar and the volume control in the system tray.

Here's my method:

Create a folder in My Documents called "My Stuff" and move all your most-used files and icons there. For stuff like Word and the CD Burner, I just make a copy of them from the Programs menu and put them there as well.

Then, I right-click the taskbar, go to Toolbars and select New Toolbar and point it at the My Stuff folder. This creates a menu in the taskbar. Click the double arrows or hold down the TAB key to open it.

Switch to XP Classic and do a registry hack to increase menu speed: START, RUN, type regedit and hit OK --> HKEY_CURRENT_USER --> Control Panel --> click Desktop --> in the right frame double-click MenuShowDelay and decrease the value from 400 to 100.

I'm into speed! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.

[pentachris]

Nuns with guns - that's too cool!

http://www.plauder-smilies.com/rough/headshot.gif

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Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.

[sea69]

one additional comment that I should have made to begin with;

when posting a large image give a link to it rather than inserting it, this is in consideration for dial up users who then may choose to click on the link or not.

hehe- onlt 62 posts TOO LATE!!

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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 03-27-2002).]

[Arctic Silver]

Sorry! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif I'm on a cable connection. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/tongue.gif

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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.

[sea69]

yep- dsl here (no cable available yet)


we tend to forget how long things take for dial up.

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homepage (http://www.seanweb1.homestead.com/index.html)

[Arctic Silver]

http://www.georgecombs.com/snail.gif

Yep...

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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.

[hiredgoonz]

If I ever forget to appreciate my cable connection, all I have to do is remember using the in-laws' computer in Rockingham, North Carolina...dial-up no faster than 24600...really makes my system seem faster when I get home...

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[mwr1550]

http://

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"Clone me, Dr. Memory."
The Firesign Theater, Were all Bozo's on this bus

[iisbob]

Heh, my menushowdelay is at 50! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif now that's speedy!!

And i have no performance hit running Xp in " XP " mode, of course i keep the system files in RAM, and i run a G3 Ti200 OC'd to a 500 so the graphic's hit is negligible.

XP really loves a GB or more of speedy DDR ram. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif





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iisbob

The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful. -- Mark Twain.

[kfh]

Hi All,
Why not go the hole hog and set to 0 like mine. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
kfh


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[sea69]

by 'menu show'- do you mean the time to choose between OS's??

mines at 3.



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[Arctic Silver]

That's fast enough.

The delay is the amount of time from when you click the mouse buttons to open a menu and when that menu actually opens. Mines at 25 ms. 0 is fast, but 25 ms is better because the menu is not so fast as to accidentally open a menu you don't need.

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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.

[kfh]

Sea,
This is it.
MENUSHOWDELAY [+]

This Registry hack works with ALL Win32 releases: NT4, 95, 98, ME, 2000 and
XP.
Run Regedit and go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Create a new String Value: right-click in the right hand pane -> select New ->
String Value -> name it "MenuShowDelay" (without quotes) -> double-click on it
-> give it a value from 0 (fastest = no delay) to 65534 (slowest = maximum
delay). Default is 250 for 95/98/ME and 400 for NT4/2000/XP.
These values are the waiting time (in milliseconds) all pop-up/drop-down
menus/dialogs/lists are delayed by before appearing on the screen.
For fastest GUI response, double-click on "MenuShowDelay", enter 0 and then
restart Windows to see all pop-up menus open instantaneously.
UNDOCUMENTED:
To completely disable the automatic menu pop-up, enter -1 and then restart
Windows. Now you will have to click one more time on each item/folder (after
selecting it) to make its menu expand (manual pop-up/drop-down). This forces
Windows (I have tested this only with 95, 98 and ME) to "behave" similar to
the older Windows/WfWG 3.xx releases. Have fun.

FYI: This can also be achieved by using TweakUI, the famous MS Power Toy [110
KB, free, not supported]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsme/guide/tweakui.exe
from the General tab -> check the "Menu Animation" box.

More info @ MSKB:
- "How to Control the Delay of the Start Menu Display": http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q216/4/45.asp
- "When You Point to a Menu the Submenu May Not Appear": http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q214/8/31.asp
kfh.
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[buck52]

I know...kind of a dead thread but I thought this was amusing

blue screen (http://home.attbi.com/~buck52/web/bluescreen.jpg)

buck http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

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just hav'n fun

[iisbob]

Yah, i posted a link to his site some time ago; it's a wonderful gag to pull on someone who's not all that knowledgable about PC's.

Also sometimes works on us pro's.

Argggghhh! It's unistalling window's and giving me a mac!

Windows into Apple (http://www.yaromat.de/macos8)


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The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful. -- Mark Twain.

[Rick]

Hey BOB I like that One http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

[sea69]

yeah me too!

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homepage (http://www.seanweb1.homestead.com/index.html)

[kfh]

scarey, phew whats that smell.
And you warned me first
lol.
kfh.
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[Arctic Silver]

Real funny LOL! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/tongue.gif

I'm thinking about buying a Mac. <ducks>

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[Whyzman]

iisbob,

That was cruel! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/mad.gif http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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