Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown

2005-06-04 Thread Joseph Harris
Which brings a slight problem that has developed. Ctr, Alt, Del brings up a window of only program listing; the top of the window is missing to the extent I have no tabs to choose. I cannot see task manager on the Accessories list, either. Any ideas? Joseph Harris www.smilepoetryweekly.com

Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown

2005-06-04 Thread Joseph Harris
Which brings a slight problem that has developed for me. Ctr, Alt, Del brings up a window of only program listings; the top of the window is missing to the extent I have no tabs to choose. I cannot see task manager on the Accessories list, either, nor via Control Panel. Any ideas? Joseph

Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown

2005-06-04 Thread Bj
Find the program on the bottom toolbar. I don't mean the quick launch item, I mean whenever you open a new window whether it's Explorer, task manager, whatever, you usually get a new item on the bottom toolbar - the one you can click on to switch to that window when it's covered by another

Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown

2005-06-04 Thread Bj
I cannot see task manager on the Accessories list Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Information. Expand Software Environment. Select Running Tasks. • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use

Re: [wdvltalk] CSS revisited

2005-06-04 Thread TRUSZ,ANDREW
On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 17:23:17 +1200 michael ensor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the practice of setting standard defaults in style sheets is often recommended to avoid gotchas with different browsers and it seems that it has been taken to a whole new level, which is at least worth a read, URI's to

Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown

2005-06-04 Thread Joseph Harris
Bj, Would you believe right click produces nothing For this item.For every other window or program open, yes. In any case the programs-running window is in the middle of the screen and does not have any of the other task manager windows with it, not even a top, so to speak; jusr a window

Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown

2005-06-04 Thread Joseph Harris
Thanks Bj, Got to running tasks this way, but it doesn't let me stop any. Joseph Harris www.smilepoetryweekly.com - Original Message - From: Bj [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown I

RE: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown

2005-06-04 Thread Dominique Clawson
Joseph, You could try pressing Alt-Space together and then the letter m; this will produce the moving cross which normally would appear on the title bar of the window. Imagine your can see that cross and start moving your mouse down until you see the Task Manager title bar. Dominique

Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown

2005-06-04 Thread Bj
You shouldn't have to go to these lengths, it sounds as though something in Windows is seriously broken or you are stuck in some kind of seriously unprivileged mode, but if you simply want to stop a running process and Windows doesn't wanna let you, how about going to

Re: [wdvltalk] CSS revisited

2005-06-04 Thread michael ensor
well I tend not to bother with pixel perfect anyway, considering the permutations that are available to the user these days, I am happy if the layouts don't break when they are zoomed to say 600%, but the practice discussed in the first article, I had been in effect ( but not as efficiently )

Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown

2005-06-04 Thread Joseph Harris
No Dominique, Had several tries but it isn't working for me. The moving cross doesn't appear, nor does the title bar. Joseph Joseph, You could try pressing Alt-Space together and then the letter m; this will produce the moving cross which normally would appear on the title bar of the

Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown

2005-06-04 Thread Joseph Harris
Thanks Bj, That is one for the morning. As you say I suspect something is amiss in the depths of the virtual machinery. I should have full privileges, but I might check that. It used to come up with its set of tabs, so I reckon that a program added or subtracted has affected it. Just