Oh, of course, I forgot about using the cursor keys to move the application down. It's been a while I have just used the keyboard to do things in Windows.
Dominique -----Original Message----- From: Scott Glasgow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 2:36 PM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown That's supposed to work, and usually does, but I've occasionally had the crosshair arrows just go away without effect when I tried to actually make the move. Dunno why. If it does work, you can also press alt-space, m, then just press the down cursor key and achieve the same effect. If not, there is an alternative, presuming Joseph's monitor/adapter will support a higher resolution than he's currently using. Just right-click the desktop, select Properties, then Settings, and set the screen resolution to the next higher value. This should expose the application title bar and permit moving it down. The resolution can then be reset, if desired. Cheers, Scott . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dominique Clawson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 1:27 PM Subject: RE: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown Sorry, I was out. That is correct; the cross won't appear because it is on the title bar. But hopefully your mouse cursor will be positioned on the cross. As soon as you've pressed Alt-Space and m, click on your left mouse button and move your mouse down to where you can see the title, and then let go. Dominique (2-5400) -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 6:53 PM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown 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 window. Imagine your can see that cross and start moving your mouse down until you see the Task Manager title bar. Dominique -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 2:33 PM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown 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 with a border and the three buttons at the bottom! Joseph Harris www.smilepoetryweekly.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown > 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 window. You > can right click on the item on the toolbar and see options to restore, > minimize or maximize the window, and you will also see 'move' in the list of > actions. Click 'move'. Now use the cursor arrow keys to move the task > manager window down the screen till you can see the tabs. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 2:02 PM > Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown > > > > 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 Harris > > www.smilepoetryweekly.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com> > > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 8:51 PM > > Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown > > > > > >> Damn! Gotta do something about this mouse. Sorry again for the > >> inadvertent > >> double-click send. > >> > >> Since he is running XP, one thing you can do is to start Task Manager, > >> switch to the Processes tab, and click on the CPU column header to sort > > the > >> entries by percent. This will bubble the highest CPU-use processes to the > >> top. Under most normal circumstances, the system idle process should be > >> at > >> the top (unless you're doing something such as graphics transformations, > >> programming IDE build and compile, etc.), since Windows is a > > message-based, > >> event-driven system and the machine ordinarily spends the vast majority > >> of > >> the time sitting in an idle loop listening for you to do something to > >> generate a message or fire an event handler. > >> > >> There should be very few processes showing significant CPU use at the top > > of > >> that list. In any event, note which processes seem to constitute the > > largest > >> users of CPU time, and investigate those first. If there do not seem to > >> be > >> any culprits at the time when the system is clearly sluggish online, I > > would > >> think that that would point to a connection issue, either bandwidth > >> limitations/usage or other external factor. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Scott > >> > >> . > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "trusz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com> > >> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 9:26 PM > >> Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown > >> > >> > >> > On Tuesday 17 May 2005 09:03 pm, you wrote: > >> >> I am not confident enough to do a registry clean. I have heard so > >> >> many > >> >> stories about what can happen if you mess up the registry . . . > >> >> > >> >> I increased his IE cache - what other cache would I increase? > >> >> > >> >> What can be done about the users on his node logging on? Would this > >> >> happen with DSL too? > >> >> > >> >> Thanks for the reply, > >> >> Riva > >> >> > >> > If it's not a spyware issue then chances are you may be looking at > > either > >> > a > >> > networking issue (the slowdown from more people logged on that Michael > >> > mentioned) or he may have an application running which is leaking > >> > memory > >> > resources. When he notices the slowdown, have him reboot. If he speeds > >> > back > >> > up that's a good argument for some app on his machine, If he reboots > >> > and > >> > it's > >> > later in the day when more cable users are on, then it's something in > > his > >> > isp. Might be user load, might just be a flaky piece of equipment which > >> > gets > >> > worse with user load. At that point he has to put in a ticket with his > >> > isp. > >> > > >> > For the application problem, you really want him to shut down apps > >> > using > >> > lots > >> > of memory one at a time and see when the system speeds back up. Then > > load > >> > up > >> > everything except the possible problem app and see if the system runs > > ok. > >> > Sometimes you have to do this a few times to find the actual problem. > > It's > >> > painstaking, time consuming work. > >> > > >> > And of course it could be just accumulated flakiness in the os. All > > those > >> > added and removed programs take a toll. Left over dll's , program > >> > fragments > >> > etc can slow things down. If the os isn't too customized you might > > simply > >> > try > >> > to reinstall or repair it. > >> > > >> > drew ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: unknown lmsubst tag argument: '' To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
