Re: my computer icon

Wes,
Sorry to hear that. I have two SP2 installations here and no problems. Only problem is that the CA (ezTrust) anti-virus crashed (BSOD) every time after I installed it. But not sure if it's coz of SP2 or the hardware configuration.

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"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23iPVsJOeFHA.3616@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Hi Ramesh,

Not any more.  :-D

The list is too numerous.

I uninstalled SP2 and  *I* fixed most of the things that the uninstall
didn't.

There isn't one reason listed in the Top 10 Reasons to Install Windows XP
Service Pack 2 (SP2) that interests me anyway.

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Wes
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Ramesh, MS-MVP <ramesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:

Wes,

I don't have XP SP2 anymore (back to SP1) 

Any problems with SP2 and your PC configuration?

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"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Ramesh,

I don't have XP SP2 anymore (back to SP1) so I don't have wscui.cpl (SP2
Security Center).  No frown here.  ;-)

No hint on to opening Display Properties @ the Appearance tab?

Or is it *not* possible?

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Ramesh, MS-MVP <ramesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:

Reminding that there is a father of all :-)

rundll32 x:\windows\system32\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL
x:\windows\system32\wscui.cpl
rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL x:\windows\system32\wscui.cpl

( Same as : CONTROL x:\windows\system32\wscui.cpl )

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"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Good morning Galen,

Thanks for the tip.  Yes, I am aware of it, but desk.cpl has fewer
characters to type.  ;-)  Just as control desktop has fewer characters
than
%windir%\System32\control.exe desktop

There are any number of combinations that will open Display Properties.

Here are a few...

control desktop will open Display Properties @ the Themes tab
control desk.cpl,1,0 will open Display Properties @ the Desktop tab
I can't get it to open Display Properties @ the Appearance tab
control desk.cpl,0,2 will open Display Properties @ the Screen Saver
tab control desk.cpl,1,4 will open Display Properties @ the Settings
tab

This creates a shortcut to Display Properties opened @ the Settings
tab.

Right click the Desktop | New | Shortcut |
Paste this in the Location box...

control desk.cpl,1,4

Click the Next button | Name it whatever you want, like Display
Settings
Click the finish button 

This actually creates a shortcut to...

%windir%\System32\control.exe desk.cpl,1,4

Any of the above can be used to create shortcuts.

Description of Control Panel Files in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313808

Description of Control Panel (.cpl) Files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;149648

Windows XP Control Panel, Shortcuts and Control.exe
http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/control.htm

Any of these can also be used to create shortcuts...

control Sysdm.cpl,System,1      System Properties @ Computer Name tab
control Sysdm.cpl,System,2      System Properties @ Hardware tab
control Sysdm.cpl,System,3      System Properties @ Advanced tab
control Sysdm.cpl,System,4      System Properties @ System Restore tab
control Sysdm.cpl,System,5      System Properties @ Automatic Updates
tab
control Sysdm.cpl,System,6      System Properties @ Remote tab

The environmental variable Pathext controls which extensions do not
need to
be typed in a Command or Run window. The Path environmental variable
and a registry entry, that I can't remember now, control what paths do
not have to
be typed.

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Galen <galennews@xxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:

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Wesley Vogel <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

*yawns* Good morning. <g>

Or...
Start | Run | Type:   desk.cpl    | OK


Or desk.cpl = control desktop in the run box too.

I wasn't sure if you knew that or not, heck I'm not even sure if you
wanted to know, but I thought I'd add it to your arsenal. While I have
no evidence to back this up it would seem logical to me that people
would be more inclined to remember "control *****" instead of the
***.cpl or so I would think...

I didn't know all of them so I just did a quick search and came up
with this:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=180025&sd=RMVP

<quote/>

Syntax Description
Control desktop Launches the Desktop Control Panel subprogram
Control color Launches the Desktop Control Panel subprogram,
with
the Appearance tab preselected
Control date/time Launches the Date/Time Control Panel program
Control international Launches the Regional Settings Control
Panel
subprogram
Control mouse Launches the Mouse Control Panel subprogram
Control keyboard Launches the Keyboard Control Panel subprogram
Control printers Displays the Printers folder
Control fonts Displays the Fonts folder


For Windows 2000:

Syntax Description
Control folders Launches the Folder Settings Control Panel
subprogram Control netware Launches the Novell NetWare Control
Panel subprogram (if installed)
Control telephony Launches the Phone and Modem Options Control
Panel subprogram
Control admintools Displays the Administrative Tools folder
Control schedtasks Displays the Scheduled Tasks folder
Control netconnections Displays the Network and Dial-up
Connections
folder
Control infrared Launches the Infrared Control Panel subprogram
(if
installed)
Control userpasswords Launches the Users and Passwords Control
Panel subprogram


</quote>

While they do apply to NT & 2k directly many of them are also valid in
XP.

Galen
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