New Program Installs Stays Highlighted On Start Lists
Jun 16, 2005
freshly installed xp back onto my computer and after using the newly installed programs they still remain highlighted under the start list. not really a problem just annoying to see it all the time. anybody have a quick fix to this one
When I close a program the desktop icon remains highlighted, until I mouse click elsewhere on the desktop. This only presents a real problem when I log off of my dial up server and the icon remains highlighted. If I forget to un-highlight it, my phone won't ring, although my answering machine will pick up the call.
A portion of my Start menu stays on my screen after I click on it until I do something like open a new window. Here are some screenshots: http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/8...enuportion.jpg --- AFTER I close the Start menuhttp://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8...rtmenufull.jpg --- BEFORE I close the Start menu
Today when I tried to install four new, different programs and/or updates on my Windows XP Pro / HP Compaq P4 machine, I received a variety of error messages which all, in effect, stated that the programs can only be installed on machines equipped with Windows XP Pro, SP 2.I have Windows XP Pro, SP 2 installed on my machine and, obviously, for some reason that fact is not being recognized by Windows installer or something else. Does anyone have a solution? Thanks.
I have a number of used Dell systems, mostly optiplex GX150, GX240, GX260 and GX270, as well as one brand new custom built machine.There are at least 15 machines total, and on each one I've installed Windows XP Professional with SP2 on the disc. On each one, ALL or MOST of the windows updates will fail if I skip the SP3 installation. This isn't a problem as SP3 works fine on the Dell machines and they're being prepped to be sold anyway.The problem is on the custom build. The customer specifically requested NOT to have Service Pack 3 on the machine. There are about 20 updates that fail on this machine. I've tried using Dial-a-fix to re-register dll's and restart services etc to no avail.These are all clean XP installs with no additional software other than device drivers.
When you create several files in a word processor or spreadsheet or other program, the program will list the files you recently created the next time you start it, down toward the bottom of the File button on the menu. How do you clear the list of recent files? My wife is copying some old audio cassettes to CD. When she is done with each cassette, she deletes the files from the computer but they still show up on the files menu. This bothers the heck out of her so she is bothering the heck out of me to get rid of the file listing.
how can i clear the drop-down lists in Internet explorer,like when i chick to put a user name in somewhere, but so many have been added in i have to scroll down to find my user names.
I have been using Add/Remove icon in Control Panel to remove programs. Although the Win2k Pro is running fine ,the icon of Add/Remove Program is not opening the next window to remove the programs.
Ever wonder where you file extensions went? Working with files when you can not tell what the file extension can be a huge pain in the butt. MS has made it possible for all file names with the extensions to be shown.in any folder that contains files. Click on the tools menu and select folder options. Then click on the view tab. Locate where it lists Hide extensions of known file types and uncheck it
I was playing with services but this seems to be affecting both of my hardware profiles... It wasn't happening last night, it was only today. I have restarted several times, tried different profiles and different user accounts and all icons are still like this
When i was on the net i clicked save web page as to see what would happen. Now all my icons on my desktop look like they are highlighted when they are not.
Yesterday I cleaned a computer using (cleanup.exe)I also uninstalled McAfee and installed Avast! Now all of the sudden when I boot up all of the icons are highlighted and my desktop wallpaper is cut in half, also the icons don't work when you click them
I am getting annoyed. My fonts have been highlighted for so long. And its not because I changed the theme, its always like this, even on the regular XP theme.. Is there anyway I can fix this?
In Explorer, when right clicking and dragging to a destination folder, is there a way to keep the destination folder highlighted when you release the button and then make your selection from the menu?
All of a sudden my WinXP Pro is highlighting multi files to be opened. If if click lower on the screen all files above are highlighted. How do I stop this from happening?
the program is saying that hide the file or show the hidden file which do I want? Show hidden or dont show hidden. The do not show is highlighted.Which is the right way?
My desktop looks like this (sorry for the large image) and I don't want the text on my icons to be highlighted. I can't seem to get rid of them, though. The color corresponds to the color of the desktop behind the wallpaper
I was trying to move a jpeg to the desktop and after closing open IE I noticed all my desktop icons were highlighted, I have tried backtracking without any success.
My icons on my desktop stay permanantly highlighted for some reason. I ran spybot, NAV, Adware, and Pest Patrol and cleaned up a few spyware and adware programs, but nothing seems to help out the icon situation. Here is a picture if you want to see what it looks like- http://pspdownloadguide.com/images/myscreen.gif
Sometimes when cutting and pasting text from a web page, the "smart" highlighting grabs stuff I don't want it to grab. For Example:start here 'and select this text'but not this Using your mouse, start at the "a" in "and" on the previous line. Click and hold to start text highlighting, then move the mouse to the end of the word text.
Can anyone explain why my icons look like this, the way the text is highlighted.I did a system restore and was fine but soon came back within minutes. Not a big problem more annoying.<A HREF="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/thebaldebayer/icons.jpg">Screenshot here</A>
I am not sure what I did but the text on my desktop icons is suddenly highlighted and despite trying several things I can't make it go away! All I have managed to do is change the color a few times. I googled this problem and tried the several 'solutions' that I found but none of them worked. Can anyone help me solve this annoying problem?
the last few times i turned on my computer in the morning it immediately shuts down, BUT, it will start normally after i wait an hour or 2 and just keep trying. sometines i can push the start button 10 times and it will start 10 times for 1 second and other times i get no response after the initial 1 second start. a led for the cat 5 input on the back of the computer stays lit when i go through this process. even though there is no response from the computer.
When I click on a program it highlights several prrograms at once. If I click on a lower program on the screen all programs above are highlighted. same thing happens in email.
I have setup a second hard drive for data storage only (no OS) and have allocated all availables space under a single extended partition to make future expansion as painless as possible. I have divided the extended partition into three logical partitons, whose volume labels are now highlighted in blue in My Computer. The same happens to all files and folders that are now stored in these logical partitions.