EAGLE Netlist conversion

[John Larkin]

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:23:13 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote:

Woke up two hours ago to RAIN! It's still coming down nice and
steady!

Hallelujah!

It last rained 142 days ago.

...Jim Thompson

We may get snow this weekend in Da City. Maybe we'll ski down into the
village for coffee. Thursday night we got woke up by a hailstorm, and
lately it's been wet and colder than a well-digger's ass.

The Brat is at Cornell, in Ithaca, where 9 degrees F with 30 mph wind
is normal lately. My sweet little baby girl called last week and said,
among other news, that she just bought a Jeep Grand Cherokee so she
wouldn't have to walk to softball practice in the snow.

This global warming thing sucks.

John

 

[Don Bowey]

On 3/16/06 8:12 AM, in article 2c3j12d9k894tl1ja9ccalrii8715unehe@4ax.com,
"Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

Fighting my way thru the annoyances introduced in XP...

In Windows Explorer, in Win2K, in a directory "details" view, I see
the actual tiny icons associated with each file type.

In WinXP I only see one of Billy's crap shapes.

How do I get to a Win2K view?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

If I understand what you want, do this:

1. Right click on the "Start" button, then select "Classic Start Menu."
Click "OK" to depart.

2. From the Start Menu, select Settings then Control Menu, which will open.

3. Open "Folder Options," and Select: use Windows classic folders, and
select: Open each folder in its own window.

I believe this will undo all the twinky Microsoft, kiddy formatting.

Don

 

[Don Bowey]

On 3/16/06 9:58 AM, in article C03EE75A.2A8F8%dbowey@comcast.net, "Don
Bowey" <dbowey@comcast.net> wrote:

On 3/16/06 8:12 AM, in article 2c3j12d9k894tl1ja9ccalrii8715unehe@4ax.com,
"Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

Fighting my way thru the annoyances introduced in XP...

In Windows Explorer, in Win2K, in a directory "details" view, I see
the actual tiny icons associated with each file type.

In WinXP I only see one of Billy's crap shapes.

How do I get to a Win2K view?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

If I understand what you want, do this:

1. Right click on the "Start" button, then select "Classic Start Menu."
Click "OK" to depart.

2. From the Start Menu, select Settings then Control Menu, which will open.
Control Panel
3. Open "Folder Options," and Select: use Windows classic folders, and
select: Open each folder in its own window.

I believe this will undo all the twinky Microsoft, kiddy formatting.

Don

 

[Joerg]

Hello Jim,

Did that, get a standard details list EXCEPT the icon thumbnails are
not right.

Heed Don's advice and switch to the "classic" display format. It makes
it all look like you never switch to a more "modern" system. But it does
not reduce the number of new type crashes :-(

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

 

[qrk]

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:12:05 -0700, Jim Thompson
<thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

Fighting my way thru the annoyances introduced in XP...

In Windows Explorer, in Win2K, in a directory "details" view, I see
the actual tiny icons associated with each file type.

In WinXP I only see one of Billy's crap shapes.

How do I get to a Win2K view?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

If I remember correctly, you need to hit two places, possibly a third.

1. Right-click on the task bar, select properties. Fish around and you
will find something to make the GUI behave like Win2k. While you're in
there, you might want to enable "Display Administrative Tools" and
disable "Use Personalized Menus". Enabled personalized menus causes
the pull-down menus to only partially show, a major annoyance! If you
use M$ Office stuff, you can also turn off this collapsed menu
behavior in the Office (Tools|Customize|Options|Menus show recently
used commands first).

2. In Windoze Explorer, there is stuff in Tools|Folder Options that
you can set for a less cluttered look. You should also disable "Hide
extensions for known file types". A fine option to maximize opening
something evil!

3. Right click in a blank area of your desktop and select properties.
You can change stuff in the appearance tab to various canned
appearances or customize it your liking.


Another hidden tip, if you want Windoze Explorer to go to a certain
directory when you open Exploder, you can put the following switches
in the Target line:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,/select,e:\DL

The last part, "e:\DL" specifies that it will view the root of the E:
drive and highlight the DL directory. If you want to hop into the DL
directory, just hit the Enter key.

---
Mark

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:39:46 GMT, qrk <SpamTrap@spam.net> wrote:

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:12:05 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

Fighting my way thru the annoyances introduced in XP...

In Windows Explorer, in Win2K, in a directory "details" view, I see
the actual tiny icons associated with each file type.

In WinXP I only see one of Billy's crap shapes.

How do I get to a Win2K view?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

If I remember correctly, you need to hit two places, possibly a third.

1. Right-click on the task bar, select properties. Fish around and you
will find something to make the GUI behave like Win2k. While you're in
there, you might want to enable "Display Administrative Tools" and
disable "Use Personalized Menus". Enabled personalized menus causes
the pull-down menus to only partially show, a major annoyance! If you
use M$ Office stuff, you can also turn off this collapsed menu
behavior in the Office (Tools|Customize|Options|Menus show recently
used commands first).

2. In Windoze Explorer, there is stuff in Tools|Folder Options that
you can set for a less cluttered look. You should also disable "Hide
extensions for known file types". A fine option to maximize opening
something evil!

3. Right click in a blank area of your desktop and select properties.
You can change stuff in the appearance tab to various canned
appearances or customize it your liking.


Another hidden tip, if you want Windoze Explorer to go to a certain
directory when you open Exploder, you can put the following switches
in the Target line:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,/select,e:\DL

The last part, "e:\DL" specifies that it will view the root of the E:
drive and highlight the DL directory. If you want to hop into the DL
directory, just hit the Enter key.

---
Mark

Hi Mark,

Done all that, but small icons to left of file names (in directory
listing) are not correct.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

It's what you learn, after you know it all, that counts.

 

Jim Thompson wrote:

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:39:46 GMT, qrk <SpamTrap@spam.net> wrote:

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:12:05 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

Fighting my way thru the annoyances introduced in XP...

In Windows Explorer, in Win2K, in a directory "details" view, I see
the actual tiny icons associated with each file type.

In WinXP I only see one of Billy's crap shapes.

How do I get to a Win2K view?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

If I remember correctly, you need to hit two places, possibly a third.

1. Right-click on the task bar, select properties. Fish around and you
will find something to make the GUI behave like Win2k. While you're in
there, you might want to enable "Display Administrative Tools" and
disable "Use Personalized Menus". Enabled personalized menus causes
the pull-down menus to only partially show, a major annoyance! If you
use M$ Office stuff, you can also turn off this collapsed menu
behavior in the Office (Tools|Customize|Options|Menus show recently
used commands first).

2. In Windoze Explorer, there is stuff in Tools|Folder Options that
you can set for a less cluttered look. You should also disable "Hide
extensions for known file types". A fine option to maximize opening
something evil!

3. Right click in a blank area of your desktop and select properties.
You can change stuff in the appearance tab to various canned
appearances or customize it your liking.


Another hidden tip, if you want Windoze Explorer to go to a certain
directory when you open Exploder, you can put the following switches
in the Target line:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,/select,e:\DL

The last part, "e:\DL" specifies that it will view the root of the E:
drive and highlight the DL directory. If you want to hop into the DL
directory, just hit the Enter key.

---
Mark

Hi Mark,

Done all that, but small icons to left of file names (in directory
listing) are not correct.

...Jim Thompson
--

Format the C: drive and install Windows 2000 already.

(cheesy grin)

~ One Happy Madman

 

[Martin Riddle]

"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
message news:icpj121crchvu5chmr2b6fel1s8gip6bvh@4ax.com...

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:39:46 GMT, qrk <SpamTrap@spam.net> wrote:

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:12:05 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

Fighting my way thru the annoyances introduced in XP...

In Windows Explorer, in Win2K, in a directory "details" view, I see
the actual tiny icons associated with each file type.

In WinXP I only see one of Billy's crap shapes.

How do I get to a Win2K view?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

If I remember correctly, you need to hit two places, possibly a
third.

1. Right-click on the task bar, select properties. Fish around and
you
will find something to make the GUI behave like Win2k. While you're
in
there, you might want to enable "Display Administrative Tools" and
disable "Use Personalized Menus". Enabled personalized menus causes
the pull-down menus to only partially show, a major annoyance! If you
use M$ Office stuff, you can also turn off this collapsed menu
behavior in the Office (Tools|Customize|Options|Menus show recently
used commands first).

2. In Windoze Explorer, there is stuff in Tools|Folder Options that
you can set for a less cluttered look. You should also disable "Hide
extensions for known file types". A fine option to maximize opening
something evil!

3. Right click in a blank area of your desktop and select properties.
You can change stuff in the appearance tab to various canned
appearances or customize it your liking.


Another hidden tip, if you want Windoze Explorer to go to a certain
directory when you open Exploder, you can put the following switches
in the Target line:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,/select,e:\DL

The last part, "e:\DL" specifies that it will view the root of the E:
drive and highlight the DL directory. If you want to hop into the DL
directory, just hit the Enter key.

---
Mark

Hi Mark,

Done all that, but small icons to left of file names (in directory
listing) are not correct.

You might want to download Powertoys for XP. I believe there is a
utility that will rebuild the Icon store if is corrupt.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Download TweakUI.exe
Run and select the bottom item to repair Explorers Icons.

Cheers

 

[Jim Thompson]

On 16 Mar 2006 15:36:04 -0800, onehappymadman@yahoo.com wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:39:46 GMT, qrk <SpamTrap@spam.net> wrote:

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:12:05 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

Fighting my way thru the annoyances introduced in XP...

In Windows Explorer, in Win2K, in a directory "details" view, I see
the actual tiny icons associated with each file type.

In WinXP I only see one of Billy's crap shapes.

How do I get to a Win2K view?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

If I remember correctly, you need to hit two places, possibly a third.

1. Right-click on the task bar, select properties. Fish around and you
will find something to make the GUI behave like Win2k. While you're in
there, you might want to enable "Display Administrative Tools" and
disable "Use Personalized Menus". Enabled personalized menus causes
the pull-down menus to only partially show, a major annoyance! If you
use M$ Office stuff, you can also turn off this collapsed menu
behavior in the Office (Tools|Customize|Options|Menus show recently
used commands first).

2. In Windoze Explorer, there is stuff in Tools|Folder Options that
you can set for a less cluttered look. You should also disable "Hide
extensions for known file types". A fine option to maximize opening
something evil!

3. Right click in a blank area of your desktop and select properties.
You can change stuff in the appearance tab to various canned
appearances or customize it your liking.


Another hidden tip, if you want Windoze Explorer to go to a certain
directory when you open Exploder, you can put the following switches
in the Target line:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,/select,e:\DL

The last part, "e:\DL" specifies that it will view the root of the E:
drive and highlight the DL directory. If you want to hop into the DL
directory, just hit the Enter key.

---
Mark

Hi Mark,

Done all that, but small icons to left of file names (in directory
listing) are not correct.

...Jim Thompson
--


Format the C: drive and install Windows 2000 already.

(cheesy grin)

~ One Happy Madman

I tell you, I'm tempted ;-)

But these new boxes come with hardware tied to the OS. So it's
another form of nightmare to get it all working.

With my old Sony laptop, delivered with WinME, I redid it as Win2K.
Took me two months to get the audio and video to work right :-(

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

It's what you learn, after you know it all, that counts.

 

Jim Thompson wrote:

On 16 Mar 2006 15:36:04 -0800, onehappymadman@yahoo.com wrote:


Jim Thompson wrote:
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:39:46 GMT, qrk <SpamTrap@spam.net> wrote:

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:12:05 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

Fighting my way thru the annoyances introduced in XP...

In Windows Explorer, in Win2K, in a directory "details" view, I see
the actual tiny icons associated with each file type.

In WinXP I only see one of Billy's crap shapes.

How do I get to a Win2K view?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

If I remember correctly, you need to hit two places, possibly a third.

1. Right-click on the task bar, select properties. Fish around and you
will find something to make the GUI behave like Win2k. While you're in
there, you might want to enable "Display Administrative Tools" and
disable "Use Personalized Menus". Enabled personalized menus causes
the pull-down menus to only partially show, a major annoyance! If you
use M$ Office stuff, you can also turn off this collapsed menu
behavior in the Office (Tools|Customize|Options|Menus show recently
used commands first).

2. In Windoze Explorer, there is stuff in Tools|Folder Options that
you can set for a less cluttered look. You should also disable "Hide
extensions for known file types". A fine option to maximize opening
something evil!

3. Right click in a blank area of your desktop and select properties.
You can change stuff in the appearance tab to various canned
appearances or customize it your liking.


Another hidden tip, if you want Windoze Explorer to go to a certain
directory when you open Exploder, you can put the following switches
in the Target line:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,/select,e:\DL

The last part, "e:\DL" specifies that it will view the root of the E:
drive and highlight the DL directory. If you want to hop into the DL
directory, just hit the Enter key.

---
Mark

Hi Mark,

Done all that, but small icons to left of file names (in directory
listing) are not correct.

...Jim Thompson
--


Format the C: drive and install Windows 2000 already.

(cheesy grin)

~ One Happy Madman

I tell you, I'm tempted ;-)

But these new boxes come with hardware tied to the OS. So it's
another form of nightmare to get it all working.

With my old Sony laptop, delivered with WinME, I redid it as Win2K.
Took me two months to get the audio and video to work right :-(

Well, give it a shot anyway, as long as you have the System Restore
CDs. (Or System Restore hidden partition on the HP machines.)

If it's a comms box only, maybe try Fedora Core 4 Linux?

 

[John G]

"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
message news:icpj121crchvu5chmr2b6fel1s8gip6bvh@4ax.com...

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:39:46 GMT, qrk <SpamTrap@spam.net> wrote:

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:12:05 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

Fighting my way thru the annoyances introduced in XP...

In Windows Explorer, in Win2K, in a directory "details" view, I see
the actual tiny icons associated with each file type.

In WinXP I only see one of Billy's crap shapes.

How do I get to a Win2K view?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

If I remember correctly, you need to hit two places, possibly a third.

1. Right-click on the task bar, select properties. Fish around and you
will find something to make the GUI behave like Win2k. While you're in
there, you might want to enable "Display Administrative Tools" and
disable "Use Personalized Menus". Enabled personalized menus causes
the pull-down menus to only partially show, a major annoyance! If you
use M$ Office stuff, you can also turn off this collapsed menu
behavior in the Office (Tools|Customize|Options|Menus show recently
used commands first).

2. In Windoze Explorer, there is stuff in Tools|Folder Options that
you can set for a less cluttered look. You should also disable "Hide
extensions for known file types". A fine option to maximize opening
something evil!

3. Right click in a blank area of your desktop and select properties.
You can change stuff in the appearance tab to various canned
appearances or customize it your liking.


Another hidden tip, if you want Windoze Explorer to go to a certain
directory when you open Exploder, you can put the following switches
in the Target line:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,/select,e:\DL

The last part, "e:\DL" specifies that it will view the root of the E:
drive and highlight the DL directory. If you want to hop into the DL
directory, just hit the Enter key.

---
Mark

Hi Mark,

Done all that, but small icons to left of file names (in directory
listing) are not correct.

...Jim Thompson.

Jim,
Are all the icons you see the same? If so could you copy one to
somewhere so we could look at it because I do not remember any place
where you can change that.
--
John G

Wot's Your Real Problem?

 

[Joerg]

Hello Jim,

But these new boxes come with hardware tied to the OS. So it's
another form of nightmare to get it all working.

With my old Sony laptop, delivered with WinME, I redid it as Win2K.
Took me two months to get the audio and video to work right :-(

I saved myself that ordeal and cajoled Dell into configuring the PC
before the last one for Win2k. It took some convincing and I had to pay
an extra $100 but it was well worth it. They said I was the first
non-gvt customer with such a "strange" request.

With the next one they said it's impossible, for the very reasons you
mentioned above. Might not be worth the effort just to find out that the
graphics chips or whatever won't run properly because nobdoy ever wrote
a 2k driver for it.

Crash rates when using pretty much full time: XP machine about 2/day, 2k
machine 0.5/day, DOS machine zero/day. What a progress :-(

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:09:29 GMT, "Martin Riddle"
<martinriddle@hotmail.com> wrote:

"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
message news:icpj121crchvu5chmr2b6fel1s8gip6bvh@4ax.com...
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:39:46 GMT, qrk <SpamTrap@spam.net> wrote:

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:12:05 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

Fighting my way thru the annoyances introduced in XP...

In Windows Explorer, in Win2K, in a directory "details" view, I see
the actual tiny icons associated with each file type.

In WinXP I only see one of Billy's crap shapes.

How do I get to a Win2K view?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

If I remember correctly, you need to hit two places, possibly a
third.

1. Right-click on the task bar, select properties. Fish around and
you
will find something to make the GUI behave like Win2k. While you're
in
there, you might want to enable "Display Administrative Tools" and
disable "Use Personalized Menus". Enabled personalized menus causes
the pull-down menus to only partially show, a major annoyance! If you
use M$ Office stuff, you can also turn off this collapsed menu
behavior in the Office (Tools|Customize|Options|Menus show recently
used commands first).

2. In Windoze Explorer, there is stuff in Tools|Folder Options that
you can set for a less cluttered look. You should also disable "Hide
extensions for known file types". A fine option to maximize opening
something evil!

3. Right click in a blank area of your desktop and select properties.
You can change stuff in the appearance tab to various canned
appearances or customize it your liking.


Another hidden tip, if you want Windoze Explorer to go to a certain
directory when you open Exploder, you can put the following switches
in the Target line:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,/select,e:\DL

The last part, "e:\DL" specifies that it will view the root of the E:
drive and highlight the DL directory. If you want to hop into the DL
directory, just hit the Enter key.

---
Mark

Hi Mark,

Done all that, but small icons to left of file names (in directory
listing) are not correct.


You might want to download Powertoys for XP. I believe there is a
utility that will rebuild the Icon store if is corrupt.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Download TweakUI.exe
Run and select the bottom item to repair Explorers Icons.

Cheers

That was one of my first downloads for this box.

But that only works on the Desktop.

What I'm seeing is all files of type .ico show an icon like a piece of
paper with an orange square inside an outlining square.

In Win2K you saw the actual icon representation.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

It's what you learn, after you know it all, that counts.

 

[Martin Riddle]

"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
message news:em5k129p7fpp6tdkdiejfavjdpujhe3825@4ax.com...

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:09:29 GMT, "Martin Riddle"
martinriddle@hotmail.com> wrote:

"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote
in
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On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:39:46 GMT, qrk <SpamTrap@spam.net> wrote:

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:12:05 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

Fighting my way thru the annoyances introduced in XP...

In Windows Explorer, in Win2K, in a directory "details" view, I
see
the actual tiny icons associated with each file type.

In WinXP I only see one of Billy's crap shapes.

How do I get to a Win2K view?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

If I remember correctly, you need to hit two places, possibly a
third.

1. Right-click on the task bar, select properties. Fish around and
you
will find something to make the GUI behave like Win2k. While
you're
in
there, you might want to enable "Display Administrative Tools" and
disable "Use Personalized Menus". Enabled personalized menus
causes
the pull-down menus to only partially show, a major annoyance! If
you
use M$ Office stuff, you can also turn off this collapsed menu
behavior in the Office (Tools|Customize|Options|Menus show
recently
used commands first).

2. In Windoze Explorer, there is stuff in Tools|Folder Options
that
you can set for a less cluttered look. You should also disable
"Hide
extensions for known file types". A fine option to maximize
opening
something evil!

3. Right click in a blank area of your desktop and select
properties.
You can change stuff in the appearance tab to various canned
appearances or customize it your liking.


Another hidden tip, if you want Windoze Explorer to go to a
certain
directory when you open Exploder, you can put the following
switches
in the Target line:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,/select,e:\DL

The last part, "e:\DL" specifies that it will view the root of the
E:
drive and highlight the DL directory. If you want to hop into the
DL
directory, just hit the Enter key.

---
Mark

Hi Mark,

Done all that, but small icons to left of file names (in directory
listing) are not correct.


You might want to download Powertoys for XP. I believe there is a
utility that will rebuild the Icon store if is corrupt.


http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Download TweakUI.exe
Run and select the bottom item to repair Explorers Icons.

Cheers


That was one of my first downloads for this box.

But that only works on the Desktop.

What I'm seeing is all files of type .ico show an icon like a piece of
paper with an orange square inside an outlining square.

In Win2K you saw the actual icon representation.

...Jim Thompson

Maybe the ico file is allready registered as a file type. Some new
graphics programs do edit ico files now. Maybe some preinstalled
software is on that box.
That is if I understand that only your .ico files have the wrong icon.
What does the ico file open up in when doubled clickd?
Can you right click and Preview?

For example, my system, ico files are associated with MS Visual studio.
But they are displayed properly.


Cheers

 

[Robert]

"Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@example.com> wrote in message
news:2c3j12d9k894tl1ja9ccalrii8715unehe@4ax.com...

Fighting my way thru the annoyances introduced in XP...

In Windows Explorer, in Win2K, in a directory "details" view, I see
the actual tiny icons associated with each file type.

In WinXP I only see one of Billy's crap shapes.

How do I get to a Win2K view?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson
--

The hard way is to go to Windows Explorer and choose "folder options" under
the Tool menu. Then click on the "file types" tab and scroll down until you
see (or type the first letter of the file type) the file type you want to
change the icon for.

Click on it and choose the "advanced" button. In the next box will be an
option to "change Icon" but you might have to look around for the files that
contain the icons you want.


Robert

 

[Roy L. Fuchs]

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:56:42 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> Gave us:

Hi Mark,

Done all that, but small icons to left of file names (in directory
listing) are not correct.


You might want to download Powertoys for XP. I believe there is a
utility that will rebuild the Icon store if is corrupt.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Download TweakUI.exe
Run and select the bottom item to repair Explorers Icons.

Cheers


That was one of my first downloads for this box.

But that only works on the Desktop.

What I'm seeing is all files of type .ico show an icon like a piece of
paper with an orange square inside an outlining square.

In Win2K you saw the actual icon representation.

...Jim Thompson

I am soooo surprised that ANTONY, our resident EXPERT hasn't chimed
in with the right answer. (now the asswipe will say he was waiting
for me to help you out).

You know what, plonktard? I am not going to waste my time on you.
Sooooorry!

 

Joerg skrev:

Hello Jim,


But these new boxes come with hardware tied to the OS. So it's
another form of nightmare to get it all working.

With my old Sony laptop, delivered with WinME, I redid it as Win2K.
Took me two months to get the audio and video to work right :-(


I saved myself that ordeal and cajoled Dell into configuring the PC
before the last one for Win2k. It took some convincing and I had to pay
an extra $100 but it was well worth it. They said I was the first
non-gvt customer with such a "strange" request.

With the next one they said it's impossible, for the very reasons you
mentioned above. Might not be worth the effort just to find out that the
graphics chips or whatever won't run properly because nobdoy ever wrote
a 2k driver for it.

Crash rates when using pretty much full time: XP machine about 2/day, 2k
machine 0.5/day, DOS machine zero/day. What a progress :-(

what the hell are you doing to make XP so ustable?, I have a standard
Dell box at
work with winxp-pro it never crashes, current uptime is 23 days. and
its usually running at 100% load with synthesis, par or sims when not
used with several different usb and parallel port programmers/debuggers

-Lasse

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

On 17 Mar 2006 06:56:50 -0800, the renowned langwadt@ieee.org wrote:

Joerg skrev:

Hello Jim,


But these new boxes come with hardware tied to the OS. So it's
another form of nightmare to get it all working.

With my old Sony laptop, delivered with WinME, I redid it as Win2K.
Took me two months to get the audio and video to work right :-(


I saved myself that ordeal and cajoled Dell into configuring the PC
before the last one for Win2k. It took some convincing and I had to pay
an extra $100 but it was well worth it. They said I was the first
non-gvt customer with such a "strange" request.

With the next one they said it's impossible, for the very reasons you
mentioned above. Might not be worth the effort just to find out that the
graphics chips or whatever won't run properly because nobdoy ever wrote
a 2k driver for it.

Crash rates when using pretty much full time: XP machine about 2/day, 2k
machine 0.5/day, DOS machine zero/day. What a progress :-(


what the hell are you doing to make XP so ustable?, I have a standard
Dell box at
work with winxp-pro it never crashes, current uptime is 23 days. and
its usually running at 100% load with synthesis, par or sims when not
used with several different usb and parallel port programmers/debuggers

-Lasse

I have maybe one restart every couple of weeks with Win2K. I
occassionally have to kill Acrobat because it gets into tussels with
something else, but that's not the OS's fault. One every 2 days would
be Win95 levels of stability, and unacceptable, IMO.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

 

[Ken Smith]

In article <1142556021.977587.111490@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
[.........]

Well, give it a shot anyway, as long as you have the System Restore
CDs. (Or System Restore hidden partition on the HP machines.)

You are assuming that the restore CDs will restore the system. I wouldn't
trust it. On a desk top machine, I'd go buy a new hard disk, unmount the
XP one and put linux on the new one. That way in the unlikely event that
you actually want to go back to XP, you can do it with a screw driver.

This way Bill Gates will never know.

If it's a comms box only, maybe try Fedora Core 4 Linux?

I'm using SuSE 9.3-64, the only problem I have with it is that they no
longer include the "Billy Basher" game. It was a fun "wack a mole" like
game.


--
--
kensmith@rahul.net forging knowledge

 

[John Larkin]

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:54:25 -0500, Spehro Pefhany
<speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

On 17 Mar 2006 06:56:50 -0800, the renowned langwadt@ieee.org wrote:


Joerg skrev:

Hello Jim,


But these new boxes come with hardware tied to the OS. So it's
another form of nightmare to get it all working.

With my old Sony laptop, delivered with WinME, I redid it as Win2K.
Took me two months to get the audio and video to work right :-(


I saved myself that ordeal and cajoled Dell into configuring the PC
before the last one for Win2k. It took some convincing and I had to pay
an extra $100 but it was well worth it. They said I was the first
non-gvt customer with such a "strange" request.

With the next one they said it's impossible, for the very reasons you
mentioned above. Might not be worth the effort just to find out that the
graphics chips or whatever won't run properly because nobdoy ever wrote
a 2k driver for it.

Crash rates when using pretty much full time: XP machine about 2/day, 2k
machine 0.5/day, DOS machine zero/day. What a progress :-(


what the hell are you doing to make XP so ustable?, I have a standard
Dell box at
work with winxp-pro it never crashes, current uptime is 23 days. and
its usually running at 100% load with synthesis, par or sims when not
used with several different usb and parallel port programmers/debuggers

-Lasse

I have maybe one restart every couple of weeks with Win2K. I
occassionally have to kill Acrobat because it gets into tussels with
something else, but that's not the OS's fault. One every 2 days would
be Win95 levels of stability, and unacceptable, IMO.

My old PDP-11 timeshare system would run for months between power
failures. Windows is, I suppose, "progress."

John