Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 08:19:28 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: [NVC} Computer Gurus Needed
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dear vanagon computers
this combination of words made me smile this morning
Trust me, I'm a programmer.
Chris S.
Disclaimer: Death and serous injury may occur"
what made me smile is the use of and instead of or as the operand
and i wish i could unravel script enough to recall why that usage is extra
funny ..
but enough to say after the word programmer
i read the lines as if it were script ..
ok enough over explaining ... geesh :)
yours
2008/10/2 John Rodgers <inua@charter.net>
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> Sorry for the NVC use of bandwidth here, but I'm sort of dumbed down
> this morning.
>
> I'm running WinXP on an Intel machine, and I have a problem. Hopefully
> you can help me out here.
>
> I have a huge load of active programs on my computer. I use the heck out
> of them. When I go to the START menu and call up the ALL PROGRAMS menu,
> I get this list of program icon links to choose from to open any given
> program.
>
> The problem I now have is that my list of icons is so large that WinXP
> puts them up in vertical panels and the number of panels extends across
> the screen and disappears under the edge of the screen to the right. I
> can't see all the panels and therefore the icons.
>
> Is there any way to fix this problem? Am I overlooking something simple?
> I have the resolution already set at the smallest comfortable size and
> still the icons are out of visual range. Surely there must be a better
> way around this problem rather than smaller resolution?
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Please respond off-list.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
--
Chris S.
Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"
Trust me, I'm a programmer.
2008/10/2 John Rodgers <inua@charter.net>
- Show quoted text -
> Sorry for the NVC use of bandwidth here, but I'm sort of dumbed down
> this morning.
>
> I'm running WinXP on an Intel machine, and I have a problem. Hopefully
> you can help me out here.
>
> I have a huge load of active programs on my computer. I use the heck out
> of them. When I go to the START menu and call up the ALL PROGRAMS menu,
> I get this list of program icon links to choose from to open any given
> program.
>
> The problem I now have is that my list of icons is so large that WinXP
> puts them up in vertical panels and the number of panels extends across
> the screen and disappears under the edge of the screen to the right. I
> can't see all the panels and therefore the icons.
>
> Is there any way to fix this problem? Am I overlooking something simple?
> I have the resolution already set at the smallest comfortable size and
> still the icons are out of visual range. Surely there must be a better
> way around this problem rather than smaller resolution?
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Please respond off-list.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
--
Chris S.
Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 7:54 AM, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can consolidate your programs listing.
>
> Click Start, point at All Programs, right click. From the menu select
> Explore. An explorer window will show up showing you the main Programs
> folder. Go into Programs folder. Now create category folders in which
> you'll drag-and-drop program folders. Examples would be Music Editing,
> Photo Editing, Browsers, etc.
>
> Trust me, I'm a programmer.
>
> 2008/10/2 John Rodgers <inua@charter.net>
>
> > Sorry for the NVC use of bandwidth here, but I'm sort of dumbed down
> > this morning.
> >
> > I'm running WinXP on an Intel machine, and I have a problem. Hopefully
> > you can help me out here.
> >
> > I have a huge load of active programs on my computer. I use the heck out
> > of them. When I go to the START menu and call up the ALL PROGRAMS menu,
> > I get this list of program icon links to choose from to open any given
> > program.
> >
> > The problem I now have is that my list of icons is so large that WinXP
> > puts them up in vertical panels and the number of panels extends across
> > the screen and disappears under the edge of the screen to the right. I
> > can't see all the panels and therefore the icons.
> >
> > Is there any way to fix this problem? Am I overlooking something simple?
> > I have the resolution already set at the smallest comfortable size and
> > still the icons are out of visual range. Surely there must be a better
> > way around this problem rather than smaller resolution?
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Please respond off-list.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Chris S.
> Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"
>
--
roger w
There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
Picking up garbage and telling people things.
Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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