Re: ctrl alt del box

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From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 08/09/04 

Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:30:43 -0700

In news:O$GMeJlfEHA.1764@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
zulu <nothere@ntlworld.com> typed:

> "Unknown" <Unknown@Somewhere.Kom> wrote in message
> news:QnQRc.1903$FV3.176@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com...
>> Cheeze, why can't she click anywhere on the border? Why the
>> top?
>> "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in
>> message
>> news:%23VxyoHjfEHA.2544@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> > In news:28e301c47df9$2c22e6b0$a501280a@phx.gbl,
>> > michelle <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>> >
>> > > Hi ppl, when i press ctrl alt del to shut a program down
>> > > the box comes up with no top on, where the X is to shut
>> > > it down, so you have to restart the computer ratehr than
>> > > just close the program. how do i fix this
>> >
>> >
>> > Double-click on the top border of the window.
>> >
>
> MY GUESS IS THAT SHE CAN'T SEE IT!
> It is *above* where she can get to it....
> Get it now?
> READ what she wrote please...

I did read it. *My* guess is that she *can* see it. The task
manager can run in what's what's called small footprint mode. It
looks like the normal task manager, except that it's missing the
top of the window (the Title Bar, the Menu Bar, and the tabs).

My interpretation of the phrase "the box comes up with no top on,
where the X is" is that she doesn't have the Title Bar, the Menu
Bar, and the tabs, and that she's running in small footprint
mode. There's no guarantee that my interpretation is correct, but
since it's a common problem, my guess is that it probably is.

You can toggle between the modes by following my instructions.
Doubleclick on a blank part of the line with the tabs to turn on
small footprint mode. Doubleclick the border to turn it back off.

Try it yourself.

Get it now? 

-- 
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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