Threads Replies Last Post 11 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11   Single Hyphens Imported Into Notepad As Dashes When I copy text from the web onto the clipboard the hyphens are converted into dashes, not an ASCI character, so I have been told. This importation does not involve MS Word at all. How can I stop that? DSH ... 1 04.06.2007 18:11:17 Hyphens In Text Converted To Long Dashes When Copied To Clipboard, Outlook Express & Word 2003 I'm using Windows XP Pro SP2. When I copy text -- in this case chess games, with hyphens -- 0-0 and 0-0-0 -- into the clipboard and then copy into Outlook Express or Word -- the hyphens get converted into long dashes. Is there some way to prevent that? Thanks. DSH ... 8 04.06.2007 15:13:19 My Documents I have many many documents in "My Documents" - I am trying to find a way to highlight the vital entries by colour coding the font. Any suggestions Cheers... 6 04.06.2007 14:41:05 Awesome Check it out: www.BrandonsMansion.com ... 2 04.06.2007 00:36:18 Leonard Grey This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0064_01C7A448.DE7E2CC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable you sound like steve gibson, with crying "the wolf is coming" or "the = sky is falling". anyone with the tiniest smidgen bit of intelligence would realize that = my postings have been checked by 3 or 4 virus... 2 03.06.2007 22:39:00 Re: Hyphens In Text Converted To Long Dashes When Copied To Clipboard, Outlook Express & Word 2003 I'm using Windows XP Pro SP2. When I copy text -- in this case chess games, with hyphens -- 0-0 and 0-0-0 -- into the clipboard and then copy into Outlook Express or Word -- the hyphens get converted into long dashes. Is there some way to prevent that? Does anyone have some thoughts on this? Thanks. DSH ... 1 03.06.2007 19:02:15 Quick Launch toolbar I loose my Quick Launch toolbar everytime I shut down XP home. Even tried creating a new one. No good Please what is the answer. Thank you ... 2 03.06.2007 16:42:07 Origin of Azul.jpg Where was the wallpaper picture taken? I think it shows an island off Belize but would like confirmation.... 2 02.06.2007 19:11:29 Change icon and font size on the All Programs menu? Is it possible to change the font and icon sizes on the All Programs menu on the Start button in Windows XP? ... 5 02.06.2007 19:08:11 Default font in computer changed?? My husband said that the screen was refreshing slowly, so he increased the DPI. My computer font is so large that it drives me nuts. I've tried all the usual stuff - changing themes, IE page view, but I can't get it all back the way is was. For example, the default font in Outlook is too big and it runs together. Any suggestions?... 4 02.06.2007 15:13:58 Windows Vista Home Premium Hi, Where can I post a question regarding Windows Vista Home Premium? I believe that my question is simple . . . Does Windows Vista Home Premium software have a partitioning utility? I wish to partition a 320GB drive and Norton PartitionMagic is not compatible (according to Prashanta.Kumar of their tech support department in some other country). Thanks, Grant ... 29 01.06.2007 23:04:40 Display Propoerties I recently re installed my widows XP Pro coz it had started giving the "blue screen of death". its faster and stabel now. only problem is that i cant access display propoerties at all. ... 2 01.06.2007 22:23:18 Cant change desktop or screen resolution? I can change the color of my background on my desktop, but I cannot change the picture, whether it be one that has been downloaded or a preset. I have tried changing the theme and that didn't make a difference. I also cannot change the screen resolution. Any help would be greatly appreciated!... 2 01.06.2007 07:19:19 Hide System Tray Icons Hello, I was wondering if it was possible to hide the icons in the system tray. The area is very cluttered even though I have removed many icons from it since installing Windows. Are there any programs (preferably free) or registry edits I can do? Thanks in advance. ... 2 01.06.2007 03:44:22 Custom context menus? One thing that I wish Microsoft would steal from OS/2 is the context menu style. You right click the desktop or an icon and you get the usual menu of actions that you can do to that item. The part I like about OS/2 is that you can have multiple targets for a single choice. An example... I have Windows Media Player, Quicktime and Realplayer installed on my computer. By default, whe... 2 01.06.2007 03:35:01 Customize Windows folder icon? Why can't I customize the icon for the Windows folder on my System? I'd like to differenciate this folder from others on C:. I had no problem putting a custom cursor on the Program Files folder. ... 8 01.06.2007 03:27:50 List of Intranets? In IE Options, under the Security tab, you can specify which addresses are intranets. Where is this list stored? I assume that it's in the registry someplace, but I can't locate it. I want to back this list up to be imported if I have issues later on. ... 2 01.06.2007 01:53:10 customising my documents so it can be arranged by date modified My Documents was always arranged in groups by date modified, then one day it randomly decided it was a music folder (music symbol at bottom right of screen) and I can no longer do this. Please help!... 6 31.05.2007 19:53:03 changing log-on screensaver How do you change the default Windows screensaver that runs when the computer is waiting for someone to log on? Thanx Duster ... 3 31.05.2007 12:31:49 Getting Screen Fonts Right I'm running XP on a 17" monitor at 1024x1280 at 96dpi and I find the screen fonts too small. I've adjusted the settings for the windows appearance including switching to "larger" fonts, but this doesn't do much for applications. For example, in Firefox I've tried changing the font settings to as high as 18 points, but the text on screen doesn't change much even when I set the option to disa... 1 31.05.2007 12:20:29 how do i remove Norton 2003 Not a bash on Norton. Had a bad ram so now I got only 256mb ram and we all know how xp runs on that little bit of ram :) I got get Norton off here asap. But when I try to remove it I get this message on reboot about someone had tried to remove Norton. It is version 2003 and I see no where with an uninstall option. So how do I get this thing off my comp? Thanks! ... 7 31.05.2007 07:06:12 How do I....? Ok, This is probably a really stupid question..(might belong in MSN messenger..not sure) My friend plays full screen games like WoW a lot, and is on messenger. When she presses the windows key, it doesnt minimize the game, just bring up the start menu. She can then click a messenger box, and have it come up OVER her game, so its never minimized... How can I change settings to do this... 1 31.05.2007 05:15:00 Transferring Address Book? I would like to transfer my address book from my old computer to my new one. Both run Windows XP, and I can't seem to figure out which file I am looking for to copy/paste over to my new computer. I have them networked together, and it's a simple matter of highlighting, copying and pasting, once I figure out what I'm looking for. Any help? It would be greatly appreciated.... Jarrod ... 6 31.05.2007 04:43:29 Different Detail Columns for Each Folder Tree I am running XP sp2 and I would like to be able to set the default columns for some folder to include various details about audio files but in other folders I want details about photos and in yet other folders I want details about documents. It seems to me that I naturally have classifications of types of files I want to see and the columns that matter when I am viewing that kind of folder... 3 31.05.2007 03:10:31 Tweaking screen resolutions If you right-click on a desktop program icon, select Properties, click the Compatibility tab, there is an option under 'Display settings' to......"Run in 640x480 screen resolution." Is it somehow possible to change that to 800x600 resolution? Either via freeware or a registry tweak? I have a 19" LCD monitor that I would like to give to my mother someday. The optimum re... 9 30.05.2007 22:47:25 11 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11