You forgot to set the default action on folders to explore, not open.
How do you do that?
I may not have forgotten it, since I didn't specify all the changes I made, just (in some cases) everything that was "checked" and (in others) everything that was "unchecked". The rest of them may not have been the defaults (but would have been, respectively, "unchecked" and "checked").
But I am genuinely curious: where is that setting, if I missed it?
Sorry man, I'm working 14 hour days but still somehow managed to get together with a chick. Dunno what gives but she's cool about my priorities, so...
She hated the movie, btw, but she went anyway knowing she'd hate it so it looks like we've got something going. I realize you were being funny and I'm being offtopic, but what the hell.;-)
You realize it was an episode of The Outer Limits starring Leonard Nimoy, right?
(Seriously, I just saw it last week--and my ReplayTV had it labeled something else for the episode name, so I'm really really glad I decided to watch it; very timely, and I'm seeing the movie in a couple hours with my girlfriend.)
Speaking of which, does anyone know how to tell XP to stop rearranging menus and/or hiding half of the options? That's such a PITA -- who the hell thought of such a moronic thing?
Most likely a flawed "usability study" which said people want less complexity. But taking something complex and leaving it complex while hiding the options to be "discovered" at some random future time is not really reducing the complexity: it's increasing it.
To speak practically, here's what I do every time I install XP (I'll be thorough since I've already done it, so I'll just list the options the way I like them which shows the most information):
Right-click on taskbar, Properties.
Taskbar tab: uncheck "Auto-hide the taskbar" and "Hide inactive icons"; everything else checked.
Start Menu tab: radio button "Classic Start menu", then click "Customize...", and check "Display Administrative Tools", "Display Log Off", "Display Run", "Enable dragging and dropping"; everything else unchecked (including the one you wanted to get rid of, "Use Personalized Menus").
Right-click on background, Properties.
Desktop tab: background select "(None)" (for RDPing in over a modem).
Screen Saver tab: Blank, wait 2 minutes, check "On resume, password protect", and for Power have it turn the monitor off after 3 minutes (and never turn off the hard drives). This is so if I forget to lock it when I leave my workstation, there'll be a very small window where I can be "rooted" by my coworkers (it happens, best protect yourself from it).
Appearance tab: click "Effects..." and then uncheck "Use the following transition effect for menus and tooltips:" (again for RDP sessions), "Use large icons", and "Hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation until I press the Alt key" (God damn who thought of that one?); everything else checked (and use ClearType).
Hit WindowsKey+E (to start Windows Explorer).
Select menu item View, Status Bar.
Then select menu item View, Details.
Then select menu item View, Arrange Icons by, Name.
Then select menu item View, Arrange Icons by, and uncheck Show in Groups.
Then select menu item Tools, Folder Options.
General tab: "Use Windows classic folders", "Open each folder in the same window", and "Double-click to open an item (single-click to select)".
View tab: uncheck "Display simple folder view in Explorer's Folders list" (this is the one that expands a folder when you click on the folder in the left pane; I only want it to expand when I click the plus, and of course I don't want it to un-epand the other folders I had expanded), "Do not cache thumbnails", "Hide extensions for known file types" (this opened the door email attachment viruses), "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" (I know what I'm doing); all others checked. Also, select the radio button "Show hidden files and folders". Then click "Apply", then click "Apply to All Folders". This will not only apply the settings you made in here, but also the View settings in the previous few bullets.
That's all I can remember, but then there are also settings within applications that you'll want to remove, such as in Outlook XP, select menu item Tools, Customize, Options tab: check "Always show full menus". Other applications will have similar settings.
I hope this helps. I would bet that these are all Registry entries somewhere; perhaps if I have some downtime (ha!) I'll make a.REG file out of these so the next time I set up a machine or VM I can just double-click the.REG file and be done with it. Enjoy!
Maybe we could put cameras all over the US except for one tiny area (e.g. Jersey City . . . sorry if your from there) and all the criminals would find themselves corraled into a tiny area.
Reading this article and the comments, I got the following idea. People are saying, "You have no right to privacy in public."
So, let's all get together and buy an area, develop it, and call it the city named "Private".
Maybe start with something the size of a mall or so, and grow from there. No recording devices allowed, no authorities without warrants.
It would never work. Reminds me a little of "Escape from New York" et al. But as others have said, it's getting so you can't go anywhere without being recorded and databased.
Factual error: In the scene where Peter is saving the children from the burning building, there is no smoke from the fire. Black smoke would be bellowing out the windows. He wouldn't be able to just stand up and walk through the building.
(Emphasis mine.) Smoke yelling out a building is much more interesting than simply wafting.
This sounds like a business opportunity. We got any venture capitalists in the audience? Let's put together a team to do this at much cheaper rates. We'll still make money of course, but it looks like there's a lot of wiggle room.
I too used to read a magazine, when I had had both cable and DSL (cable is generally faster, by about 3x), and went back to dial-up for a year and a half.
Thankfully I'm back on cable. But I did get to read more.;-)
...Who run amok by turning public monuments in Washington D.C. and New York into jelly
There was a Philip K. Dick short story, "The Man Who Japed", which was about a guy who went crazy and humorously defaced a public statue--in a society in which everyone pretty much always behaved.
But this is slashdot - couldn't we be discussing other technical ways to prevent children from hearing adult content without having to censor that adult content?
This is OT, but to be pedantic, it's "All other things being equal." In other words, you're saying start with the same assumptions/variables, and change just this one variable; all other things remain equal to the starting condition of the scenario.
That said, even "All other things being equal" doesn't really fit in your sentence; it's concisely written as merely: "The simplest explanation is probably the correct one."
Don't know about the rest of you, but I felt a strong sense of irony when, scrolling down to the posts, I saw the pretty, colorful ad for Microsoft: "Make a name for yourself with Windows Server System. Get the full Reuters story."
Keyword matching sometimes doesn't do it exactly right...
You can buy an option to insure that a short doesn't eat your lunch.
Not on SCOX you can't. Believe me, I did the homework. Wish I had shorted at 20 where I called the top, but like others have said I wasn't sure Microsoft didn't already have other plans for them... Without options as insurance, I won't take a short position.
Well, either I have to remember, every time I get behind the wheel, to plug in the handsfree, or I run a greater risk of losing control as both hands are off the wheel and I'm frantically trying to get the handsfree plugged in before missing the incoming call.
I wonder if studies have been done that show that the type of people who get in car accidents while talking on the cell phone, wouldn't also do other distracting activities in their cars which would endanger themselves and others just as much? Probably not, most new laws (here at least) are to remove freedoms, not reinforce them.
I'm waiting for the embedded cell phone, so I can just answer the phone by grinding my teeth the right way (or sticking my finger in my ear, or whatever). Being able to communicate via subvocalization sounds cool too, so I could have a conversation in a restaurant and not bother the other patrons.
I think the real issue is that politicians have to justify themselves. If they just sit there for 2 years and don't create new laws, people think they're being unproductive.
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How do you do that?
I may not have forgotten it, since I didn't specify all the changes I made, just (in some cases) everything that was "checked" and (in others) everything that was "unchecked". The rest of them may not have been the defaults (but would have been, respectively, "unchecked" and "checked").
But I am genuinely curious: where is that setting, if I missed it?
Thanks!
She hated the movie, btw, but she went anyway knowing she'd hate it so it looks like we've got something going. I realize you were being funny and I'm being offtopic, but what the hell. ;-)
A robot that cleans and you can sleep with it? Goodbye left hand!
(Seriously, I just saw it last week--and my ReplayTV had it labeled something else for the episode name, so I'm really really glad I decided to watch it; very timely, and I'm seeing the movie in a couple hours with my girlfriend.)
Most likely a flawed "usability study" which said people want less complexity. But taking something complex and leaving it complex while hiding the options to be "discovered" at some random future time is not really reducing the complexity: it's increasing it.
To speak practically, here's what I do every time I install XP (I'll be thorough since I've already done it, so I'll just list the options the way I like them which shows the most information):
Right-click on taskbar, Properties.
Right-click on background, Properties.
Hit WindowsKey+E (to start Windows Explorer).
That's all I can remember, but then there are also settings within applications that you'll want to remove, such as in Outlook XP, select menu item Tools, Customize, Options tab: check "Always show full menus". Other applications will have similar settings.
I hope this helps. I would bet that these are all Registry entries somewhere; perhaps if I have some downtime (ha!) I'll make a .REG file out of these so the next time I set up a machine or VM I can just double-click the .REG file and be done with it. Enjoy!
I'm addicted to donuts you insensitive clod!
Reading this article and the comments, I got the following idea. People are saying, "You have no right to privacy in public."
So, let's all get together and buy an area, develop it, and call it the city named "Private".
Maybe start with something the size of a mall or so, and grow from there. No recording devices allowed, no authorities without warrants.
It would never work. Reminds me a little of "Escape from New York" et al. But as others have said, it's getting so you can't go anywhere without being recorded and databased.
Doesn't that sound like their next step? ( Can you sue a judge? "He didn't cooperate with out extor-- um, revenue plan!")
"I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!" - Crowe T. Robot, MST3K
(Emphasis mine.) Smoke yelling out a building is much more interesting than simply wafting.
This sounds like a business opportunity. We got any venture capitalists in the audience? Let's put together a team to do this at much cheaper rates. We'll still make money of course, but it looks like there's a lot of wiggle room.
Thankfully I'm back on cable. But I did get to read more. ;-)
Which is exactly what the Department of Homeland Security said recently: don't use IE.
Also, it helps to have seen yesterday's King of the Hill...
There was a Philip K. Dick short story, "The Man Who Japed", which was about a guy who went crazy and humorously defaced a public statue--in a society in which everyone pretty much always behaved.
Thanks for the memories. ;-)
This is OT, but to be pedantic, it's "All other things being equal." In other words, you're saying start with the same assumptions/variables, and change just this one variable; all other things remain equal to the starting condition of the scenario.
That said, even "All other things being equal" doesn't really fit in your sentence; it's concisely written as merely: "The simplest explanation is probably the correct one."
Keyword matching sometimes doesn't do it exactly right...
Is it just me, or does that name sound like something Bill the Cat would say?
Um, yeah, it was a rhetorical question: the watchers of course get better spectacles than those being watched. Double-plus-good!
And, how do the police investigate if access is blocked?
OT: You already know it, but great UID!
Not on SCOX you can't. Believe me, I did the homework. Wish I had shorted at 20 where I called the top, but like others have said I wasn't sure Microsoft didn't already have other plans for them... Without options as insurance, I won't take a short position.
I wonder if studies have been done that show that the type of people who get in car accidents while talking on the cell phone, wouldn't also do other distracting activities in their cars which would endanger themselves and others just as much? Probably not, most new laws (here at least) are to remove freedoms, not reinforce them.
I'm waiting for the embedded cell phone, so I can just answer the phone by grinding my teeth the right way (or sticking my finger in my ear, or whatever). Being able to communicate via subvocalization sounds cool too, so I could have a conversation in a restaurant and not bother the other patrons.
I think the real issue is that politicians have to justify themselves. If they just sit there for 2 years and don't create new laws, people think they're being unproductive.
I just re-read the 5 books (plus Young Zaphod Plays it Safe) twice in the past couple months. I love the train ride. ;-)