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    is it just me or is the idea of rounded corners on the xp captionbars really stupid? (hint: reply "its just you" and get a 5 from the cool-kids who then reply with a few :laugh::laugh::cool::doh: ) scenario: i have vs.net maximized i open a webpage that for some reason opens in normal mode, but covers the entire screen i read the stuff in the page and i try to close the page , by dragging the cursor top right and then click and TA'DAAAAA the window behind the browser gets closed anyone else that suffers from this? //Roger

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    pankajdaga
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    I know what you mean! It happens to me all the time especially with the stupid media player!! Pankaj Without struggle, there is no progress

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      is it just me or is the idea of rounded corners on the xp captionbars really stupid? (hint: reply "its just you" and get a 5 from the cool-kids who then reply with a few :laugh::laugh::cool::doh: ) scenario: i have vs.net maximized i open a webpage that for some reason opens in normal mode, but covers the entire screen i read the stuff in the page and i try to close the page , by dragging the cursor top right and then click and TA'DAAAAA the window behind the browser gets closed anyone else that suffers from this? //Roger

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      Colin Angus Mackay
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      Roger J wrote: anyone else that suffers from this? Actually yes... And here was me thinking it was just my ineptness at closing the right window. :)


      "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar "On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." --Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

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        is it just me or is the idea of rounded corners on the xp captionbars really stupid? (hint: reply "its just you" and get a 5 from the cool-kids who then reply with a few :laugh::laugh::cool::doh: ) scenario: i have vs.net maximized i open a webpage that for some reason opens in normal mode, but covers the entire screen i read the stuff in the page and i try to close the page , by dragging the cursor top right and then click and TA'DAAAAA the window behind the browser gets closed anyone else that suffers from this? //Roger

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        Paul Charles
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        The best thing I have found to do is the following Right-click My Computer Click Advanced Tab Click Settings under Performance Select adjust for best performance and click ok This in-effect stops the themes service and free 16 mb of memory (And the bonus is you get rid of tellytubby windows I live in a world of my own but it's ok because everybody knows me there

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        • R Roger Alsing 0

          is it just me or is the idea of rounded corners on the xp captionbars really stupid? (hint: reply "its just you" and get a 5 from the cool-kids who then reply with a few :laugh::laugh::cool::doh: ) scenario: i have vs.net maximized i open a webpage that for some reason opens in normal mode, but covers the entire screen i read the stuff in the page and i try to close the page , by dragging the cursor top right and then click and TA'DAAAAA the window behind the browser gets closed anyone else that suffers from this? //Roger

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          _moved
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          Since all controls are rounded, it looks like win3x

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            The best thing I have found to do is the following Right-click My Computer Click Advanced Tab Click Settings under Performance Select adjust for best performance and click ok This in-effect stops the themes service and free 16 mb of memory (And the bonus is you get rid of tellytubby windows I live in a world of my own but it's ok because everybody knows me there

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            Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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            I don't run it - I use either Aikon XP or Eclipse OSX so I don't have "tellytubby windows". To me the so called "Windows Classic" look just looks horribly dated now. UxTheme.dll is definitely the way to go - and it's fun to write for too. ;P Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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            • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

              I don't run it - I use either Aikon XP or Eclipse OSX so I don't have "tellytubby windows". To me the so called "Windows Classic" look just looks horribly dated now. UxTheme.dll is definitely the way to go - and it's fun to write for too. ;P Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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              Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: and it's fun to write for too I don't know about that. I think the API is horribly clumbsy and poorly documented. :| But I agree, the classic look does look dated. -- Ich bin der böse Mann von Schweden.

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                Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: and it's fun to write for too I don't know about that. I think the API is horribly clumbsy and poorly documented. :| But I agree, the classic look does look dated. -- Ich bin der böse Mann von Schweden.

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                Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                I've not found it too bad at all - although the documentation is horrible it's a huge improvement on having to use raw GDI to write custom controls. :) Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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                • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

                  I don't run it - I use either Aikon XP or Eclipse OSX so I don't have "tellytubby windows". To me the so called "Windows Classic" look just looks horribly dated now. UxTheme.dll is definitely the way to go - and it's fun to write for too. ;P Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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                  Ian Darling
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                  I cheated and used TGTSofts StyleXP with a Longhorn Slate theme :-) Now all I need is a sidebar and XP is complete :-D


                  Ian Darling "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell

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                    I cheated and used TGTSofts StyleXP with a Longhorn Slate theme :-) Now all I need is a sidebar and XP is complete :-D


                    Ian Darling "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell

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                    Somebody's been reading Paul Thurrot's site I see...:laugh: Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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                      Somebody's been reading Paul Thurrot's site I see...:laugh: Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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                      Ian Darling
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                      Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: Somebody's been reading Paul Thurrot's site I see... Not recently ( Someone did have his Internet Nexus feed subscribed in Awasu until the Great Work Computer Hard Drive Death a couple of months ago :rolleyes: ), but Someone did try out Longhorn build 4051 and Someone did really really like looking at Longhorn Slate instead of Luna and Classic :-)


                      Ian Darling "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell

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                        Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: Somebody's been reading Paul Thurrot's site I see... Not recently ( Someone did have his Internet Nexus feed subscribed in Awasu until the Great Work Computer Hard Drive Death a couple of months ago :rolleyes: ), but Someone did try out Longhorn build 4051 and Someone did really really like looking at Longhorn Slate instead of Luna and Classic :-)


                        Ian Darling "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell

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                        Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                        Not mentioning any names, of course! :laugh: Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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