P. J. Alling wrote: >mike wilson wrote: > > >>Hate to be a pest but...... >> >>New machine is up and running (eventually: the "reset" button was stuck >>in, so it took me two days to work out why there was no "POST") and I >>have, somewhat against my better judgement, installed XP Pro. I am >>beginning to realise why so many people liken it to tinnitus or toothache. >> >>So: >>1. How do you get "Explorer" (not IE) to open with the "folder" pane active? >>2. How do you stop the irritating messages ("Your computer may be in >>danger!" [of being thrown out of the house] "Wireless network is >>connected. Signal strength - very good" "Click on the balloon to make >>it go away") from appearing? >> >> >> >Answers to all three. Upgrade to Win2k. > >
Don't tempt me. It almost seems worth reinstalling everything after a reformat of the HDD to get rid of all this crap. I'm sure that sentiment will only grow. The _only_ reason I am persisting is ease of large HDD installation. >Oh yes you want to use Adobe products, I'm sorry you're stuck. (but you >can quietly seethe about Adobe not supporting any earlier OS from >Microsoft, I do). There are ways to shut most of that crap off, until >the next damned upgrade from Microsoft turns them back on. I'll have to >look them up if someone doesn't tell you before I get around to it. > > Not necessarily. I actually don't think there is a way (within XP) to make it _open_ Explorer with the folders pane open. You have to go the extra click on the "folders" button at the top. I'll look in TweakUI but I won't hold my breath. I guessed I would have to go into Task Manager and start switching off processes but I hoped that I was just missing something obvious. Obviously not. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.