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Hi, I really like WinXP, but I have found it to be annoying in some ways, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. 1. Windows Media Player 9 I absolutely *hate* the new windows media player 9 or whatevter it is called. I can see that the old one is still available (mplayer2.exe), but I do not know how I can associate it with streming audio content from my favorite netradios (they are coming .ASX files). I have removed the association from the reistry, but it still opens up mediaplayer9 when I click a link to and .ASX file???? I know it works, because I was streaming with Windows mediaplayer 2 under windows 2000. 2. Picture file associations Even if I associate images with another program like ACDSEE, Windows still insist that I should open them in the ridicoulous "Picture and Fax viewer". I hope someone can help, or I will have to give in to some of the arguments from my Linux-happy friends :(( Christian Skovdal Andersen Don't mention the war...
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Hi, I really like WinXP, but I have found it to be annoying in some ways, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. 1. Windows Media Player 9 I absolutely *hate* the new windows media player 9 or whatevter it is called. I can see that the old one is still available (mplayer2.exe), but I do not know how I can associate it with streming audio content from my favorite netradios (they are coming .ASX files). I have removed the association from the reistry, but it still opens up mediaplayer9 when I click a link to and .ASX file???? I know it works, because I was streaming with Windows mediaplayer 2 under windows 2000. 2. Picture file associations Even if I associate images with another program like ACDSEE, Windows still insist that I should open them in the ridicoulous "Picture and Fax viewer". I hope someone can help, or I will have to give in to some of the arguments from my Linux-happy friends :(( Christian Skovdal Andersen Don't mention the war...
I've heard of a new feature that's being introduced in Service Pack 1 for XP. You can choose which tools you use for your files and something like that. I think it also includes Media Player removal... Regards Stefan When I was young my mother told me to clean up my room, I told her -1!
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Hi, I really like WinXP, but I have found it to be annoying in some ways, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. 1. Windows Media Player 9 I absolutely *hate* the new windows media player 9 or whatevter it is called. I can see that the old one is still available (mplayer2.exe), but I do not know how I can associate it with streming audio content from my favorite netradios (they are coming .ASX files). I have removed the association from the reistry, but it still opens up mediaplayer9 when I click a link to and .ASX file???? I know it works, because I was streaming with Windows mediaplayer 2 under windows 2000. 2. Picture file associations Even if I associate images with another program like ACDSEE, Windows still insist that I should open them in the ridicoulous "Picture and Fax viewer". I hope someone can help, or I will have to give in to some of the arguments from my Linux-happy friends :(( Christian Skovdal Andersen Don't mention the war...
Christian Skovdal Andersen wrote: Even if I associate images with another program like ACDSEE, Windows still insist that I should open them in the ridicoulous "Picture and Fax viewer". Yeah, I've been annoyed by that too :-( I wonder if someone knows how to disable it! Nish
Author of the romantic comedy Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
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Christian Skovdal Andersen wrote: Even if I associate images with another program like ACDSEE, Windows still insist that I should open them in the ridicoulous "Picture and Fax viewer". Yeah, I've been annoyed by that too :-( I wonder if someone knows how to disable it! Nish
Author of the romantic comedy Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
Nishant S wrote: I wonder if someone knows how to disable it! At first I resisted that built in image viewer of Windows XP. But over the last few months I have really grown to like it. It is fast, supports many formats, is great for viewing a huge directory of images and lets you with a right-click open the image you are viewing for editing in your favourite image editor. Really I now have a much better situation than when I used Paintshop Pro or ACDSee. I browse and select the images I want using the WXP image viewer and then edit using Fireworks. Very handy.
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Hi, I really like WinXP, but I have found it to be annoying in some ways, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. 1. Windows Media Player 9 I absolutely *hate* the new windows media player 9 or whatevter it is called. I can see that the old one is still available (mplayer2.exe), but I do not know how I can associate it with streming audio content from my favorite netradios (they are coming .ASX files). I have removed the association from the reistry, but it still opens up mediaplayer9 when I click a link to and .ASX file???? I know it works, because I was streaming with Windows mediaplayer 2 under windows 2000. 2. Picture file associations Even if I associate images with another program like ACDSEE, Windows still insist that I should open them in the ridicoulous "Picture and Fax viewer". I hope someone can help, or I will have to give in to some of the arguments from my Linux-happy friends :(( Christian Skovdal Andersen Don't mention the war...
While we're on the subject of unwanted "features" here, does anyone know how to kill the Windows Update popup that is constantly appearing at startup and random times throughout the day. It scares the hell out of my users and I can't find a way to disable it. The last thing I need from Microsoft is automatic updates, and I fully expect that one of these people will enable the the thing without my knowledge one day.
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While we're on the subject of unwanted "features" here, does anyone know how to kill the Windows Update popup that is constantly appearing at startup and random times throughout the day. It scares the hell out of my users and I can't find a way to disable it. The last thing I need from Microsoft is automatic updates, and I fully expect that one of these people will enable the the thing without my knowledge one day.
Roger Wright wrote: While we're on the subject of unwanted "features" here, does anyone know how to kill the Windows Update popup that is constantly appearing at startup and random times throughout the day. Don't know about XP as I run Windows 2000. Just went to the Control Panel and of course all my icons are default foldes with no captions and none of them work when double clicked so I am flying blinfd here. I believe that you can go to Control Panel see the Automatic Update thingy and select there if you wan stuff done automatically or not. Hope that helps and makes a bit of sense. Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end." - Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
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While we're on the subject of unwanted "features" here, does anyone know how to kill the Windows Update popup that is constantly appearing at startup and random times throughout the day. It scares the hell out of my users and I can't find a way to disable it. The last thing I need from Microsoft is automatic updates, and I fully expect that one of these people will enable the the thing without my knowledge one day.
Right click on My Computer, select properties, and goto Automatic Updates, and disable everything there ;) - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"
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Right click on My Computer, select properties, and goto Automatic Updates, and disable everything there ;) - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"
Thanks, Anders!:-D
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Roger Wright wrote: While we're on the subject of unwanted "features" here, does anyone know how to kill the Windows Update popup that is constantly appearing at startup and random times throughout the day. Don't know about XP as I run Windows 2000. Just went to the Control Panel and of course all my icons are default foldes with no captions and none of them work when double clicked so I am flying blinfd here. I believe that you can go to Control Panel see the Automatic Update thingy and select there if you wan stuff done automatically or not. Hope that helps and makes a bit of sense. Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end." - Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
Win2K doesn't have this unwanted "feature," so it's not a problem. Wait until you see XP - you'll hate it! I tried Linux on a whim about a year ago, but never really got into it. But having just set up a XP network for a client, I can see what is in store for us, and I'm prepping a machine for Linux again.
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Nishant S wrote: I wonder if someone knows how to disable it! At first I resisted that built in image viewer of Windows XP. But over the last few months I have really grown to like it. It is fast, supports many formats, is great for viewing a huge directory of images and lets you with a right-click open the image you are viewing for editing in your favourite image editor. Really I now have a much better situation than when I used Paintshop Pro or ACDSee. I browse and select the images I want using the WXP image viewer and then edit using Fireworks. Very handy.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaNishant S wrote: I wonder if someone knows how to disable it! Right click on a file of that type, choose Open With/Choose Program, pick the program, and check "Always use selected program to open this kind of file". There are other ways to do it, but this is what I use. Paul Watson wrote: At first I resisted that built in image viewer of Windows XP. But over the last few months I have really grown to like it. As much as I like XP, ACDsee (2.4 at least) is still the ultimate picture viewer. Incredibly fast, lightweight, and using the wheel to flip between images rocks. Maybe in the next version...
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Win2K doesn't have this unwanted "feature," so it's not a problem. Wait until you see XP - you'll hate it! I tried Linux on a whim about a year ago, but never really got into it. But having just set up a XP network for a client, I can see what is in store for us, and I'm prepping a machine for Linux again.
Roger Wright wrote: Win2K doesn't have this unwanted "feature," so it's not a problem. Do you mean that Windows 2000 doesn't have the Automatic Update thing or that it isn't the same invasiveness that I'll find in Windows XP? Windows 2000 does have the Automatic Update feature after SP3 or some Windows Update feature. I have it installed on my installation right now. I just go into Control Panel select it and have a few options to not have it run at all, download automatically or tell me and ask if I want to download. Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end." - Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
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Roger Wright wrote: Win2K doesn't have this unwanted "feature," so it's not a problem. Do you mean that Windows 2000 doesn't have the Automatic Update thing or that it isn't the same invasiveness that I'll find in Windows XP? Windows 2000 does have the Automatic Update feature after SP3 or some Windows Update feature. I have it installed on my installation right now. I just go into Control Panel select it and have a few options to not have it run at all, download automatically or tell me and ask if I want to download. Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end." - Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
Michael Martin wrote: it isn't the same invasiveness that I'll find in Windows XP? Win2K is polite about it - XP is obnoxious.