Re: ctrl alt del box

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From: zulu (nothere_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 08/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:37:44 +0100

"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:u$OlhglfEHA.2460@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> In news:O$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?
>

Yes! My apologies, if needed!
I was trying to click the blue edge, rather than just inside it.
Also, I have never seen the *other mode* before :o) 

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