Re: Desktop Problems

From: Mark L. Ferguson (marfer_mvpREMOVE_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 05:54:34 -0600

Remove Common Tasks from the Desktop see line 15 -- :
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm 

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
marfers notes for windows xp
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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<suejronj@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:e5kVGa95EHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> All of a sudden my desktop wallpaper doesn't cover my entire computer
> screen. I have tried different wallpapers and still get the same thing. No
> settings have been changed.
> When the computer is starting up, and before my icons appear, I get a full
> screen. As soon as the icons have loaded, I have about 2" inches of just
> white space on the right side. When I leave the desktop and later go back
to
> it, the whole right side of desktop screen is white. If  I place my mouse
> cursor on the edge of this white spot, I can drag the chosen wallpaper
back
> over to the right, but it will still go only as far as 2 inches from the
> right edge of the screen. When I try to adjust the monitor screen options,
> the wallpaper will move to the right, but when I have it completely over
to
> the right side of the screen, I then have the left side of the screen with
a
> solid dark area. This is crazy, because I haven't made any changes to any
> settings. Any ideas?
>
>

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