Re: Newbie Questions

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The boss button...I thought there was a way in previus versions of windows to
launch the screen saver immeadiately by moving the mouse into a preselectd
corner. Has that function not survived? Or, if it has where do I find the
setup screen?

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> It is called the Show Desktop icon. You enable the Quick Launch bar to use
> it. If a short row of icons does not appear to the right of your Start
> button, right click on an empty area of the Taskbar and uncheck Lock the
> Taskbar. Right click on the Taskbar again and select Toolbars/Quick Launch
> toolbar. If you do not see the blue Show the Desktop icon, it is hiding and
> you can click on the right chevron ( >>) to see it. You can drag it to the
> visible area of the Quick Launch toolbar if you like.
>
> You can also simply right click on the Taskbar and choose "show the desktop"
> plus some other windows controls, and run the Task Manager without hitting
> CTRL-Alt-Del.
>
> I think the Boss button (show the screensaver quick, the Boss is coming) may
> be third party.
>
> --
> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
> (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
> "P D Sterling" <pdsterling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:mjJVd.381$CW2.253@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I am having problems adjusting to my new O/S. A couple of things I miss
> >are: an icon to bring up the desk top (like when I want to shut off my
> >screen saver) - I think there is a keyboard shortcut to minimize all
> >windows, but I don't know it.
> >
> > Second thing is an icon to immediately launch the screen saver - I have
> > one in W98 which I like when I want to hide my work. Any ideas?
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > P D Sterling
> >
>
>
>
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