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.
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