sent to M$ Support :
Recently, I purchased a Microsoft Mouse and, after installing it, was suprised that, when I pressed the scrollwheel, instead of getting a scrolling anchor, I would get (what I later found out the name of) the instant view. I find I can change this using the control panel.
Question - is there any other way I can launch the instant viewer - can I set up a keyboard shortcut to do it? If I want CTRL-ALT-I or some combination to do it, is it possible? How about a keyboard mouse combination? Like CTRL-ScrollWheel_Click?
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Better M$ Windows - Event-Based Reminders
Seems like a no-brainer, but, how do you do it? What I want to do is set a reminder so that, when I send my computer into standby when it's plugged into the docking station (which means I'm done for the day), Win XP will tell me stull that I put in - such as - be sure to take your lunch box home.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Better M$ Windows
Junk plus delta is still junk, but anyway...
I see this computer connected to a 15" eMachines monitor that coexisted along with malicosaurus-ex. It's an AMD 64 running Win XP. It got a DVD+/-RW and a built 9-type smart card reader. The first thing I notice (I intend to look at some alert Gateway throws up about relevant issue being found) is that the screen is flickering. Sure enough, I right-click on the desktop and Properties->Settings->Advanced-Monitor and there I see that only 60 Hz is available. What a shame for such a modern PC. (I fail to realize that this is the monitor and not the PC). So I try from exactly which screen I forget, a lower pixel dimension window size and a higher refresh rate and the flicker is gone, but of course, the viewport is smaller. Then, I get the brainwave to uncheck "hide modes that this monitor cannot display" and see that the card can do all the way upto 200 Hz. Like a fool, without thinking of the consequences, I change to 75 Hz and click Apply and then the screen goes blank. Rebooting is no help - you get to the Windows loading screen, and after that, it applies the settings and you're screwed forever. Luckily, I realize later that it's the monitor that's the problem and not the machine. So, I hook in the 19" CRT that I've got and all is well.
Moral of the story - never trust M$.
Advice for M$ - fix Windows so that, when the user comes to a such a dialog, he also gets a warning telling him to ensure that his audio is working so that Windows can provide help through audio in the event the changes the user makes cause the display to stop functioning. In this case, if that were possible, after I hit apply, Windows could have announced "Changes applied, press CTRL-ALT-F3 to cancel changes" over the speakers. Shame on them and me.
I see this computer connected to a 15" eMachines monitor that coexisted along with malicosaurus-ex. It's an AMD 64 running Win XP. It got a DVD+/-RW and a built 9-type smart card reader. The first thing I notice (I intend to look at some alert Gateway throws up about relevant issue being found) is that the screen is flickering. Sure enough, I right-click on the desktop and Properties->Settings->Advanced-Monitor and there I see that only 60 Hz is available. What a shame for such a modern PC. (I fail to realize that this is the monitor and not the PC). So I try from exactly which screen I forget, a lower pixel dimension window size and a higher refresh rate and the flicker is gone, but of course, the viewport is smaller. Then, I get the brainwave to uncheck "hide modes that this monitor cannot display" and see that the card can do all the way upto 200 Hz. Like a fool, without thinking of the consequences, I change to 75 Hz and click Apply and then the screen goes blank. Rebooting is no help - you get to the Windows loading screen, and after that, it applies the settings and you're screwed forever. Luckily, I realize later that it's the monitor that's the problem and not the machine. So, I hook in the 19" CRT that I've got and all is well.
Moral of the story - never trust M$.
Advice for M$ - fix Windows so that, when the user comes to a such a dialog, he also gets a warning telling him to ensure that his audio is working so that Windows can provide help through audio in the event the changes the user makes cause the display to stop functioning. In this case, if that were possible, after I hit apply, Windows could have announced "Changes applied, press CTRL-ALT-F3 to cancel changes" over the speakers. Shame on them and me.
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