Re: Enabling Active Desktop on Windows XP?

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From: Homer J. Simpson (root_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 08/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 07:58:14 -0400

"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. :-)

There's more to ActiveDesktop than channels, you know...

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