Re: Enabling Active Desktop on Windows XP?

From: David Candy (david_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:41:22 +1000

Active desktop turns on if you select something that needs it and turns off if not needed. There are policy settings to force it on or off. 

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'Not happy John! Defending our democracy',
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/29/1088392635123.html
"Thane of Lochaber" <NONE> wrote in message news:eHzyNXMiEHA.2848@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I thought they removed those features because most people considered them an 
> annoying flop. Remember channels, when Windows 98 came with advertisments 
> plastered all over the desktop. That didn't last very long either. :-)
> 
> "ZenWarrior" <ZenWarrior@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
> news:97C304A1-1C79-4F12-8020-25C23F379833@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for asking this question, Chatterboxg. This new "feature" in XP has
> > bugged the hell out of me, too. After using a beautifully implemented 
> > Active
> > Desktop in Win98 for years, I now see Microsoft decided to take a few 
> > steps
> > *backwards* in its WinXP implementation.
> >
> > Jeesh, Microsoft does some really stupid stuff. ("Hey! Let's give the user 
> > a
> > better OS by *removing* some really neat features that they like!"
> > --Microsoft underDevelopment Team) Even Forest Gump would know this is a 
> > case
> > of, "Stupid is as stupid does." Thanks for nothing [again], Microsoft.
> >
> > God, I wish I could go back to Win98. I have regretted buying an WinXP OS
> > computer since the day I brought it home. But, WinXP has convinced me of 
> > one
> > thing--never to buy a computer with a MS OS again. Hello, Unix! Goodbye,
> > Microsoft.
> >
> >
> > "Anando [MS-MVP]" wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> There is no UI in Windows XP to enable/disable Active Desktop. It is 
> >> enabled by default. You can enable/disable Active
> >> Desktop by using the following edits:
> >> Active desktop - enable or disable (line 16, left column)
> >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm 
> 
>

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