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> ...Is there a way to
> cross-post one message to multiple newsgroups?
Yes: I'm crossposting this reply to WinXP General!
Bobbi wrote:
> PA Bear- I believe you were the one who suggested that my original post in
> windowsxp.general should have been posted in this forum, so I did. I do
> understand that cross-posting wastes everyone's time. Is there a way to
> cross-post one message to multiple newsgroups?
>
>> Asked/Answered in WinXP General (where we've also discussed the 2+ years
>> of Windows Updates you've not yet installed, including SP3). If you must
>> make identical posts to multiple newsgroups, please cross-post one (1)
>> message to all of them. Thank you.
>>
>> Multiposting vs Crossposting:
>> http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm Bobbi wrote:
>>> I seem to have messed up my computer.
>>>
>>> I've just now installed IE7 and ran into the problem of my self-made
>>> desktop
>>> icons for websites being replaced by the general IE symbol. I read some
>>> old
>>> posts and think I've learned how to fix that, but in the meantime I took
>>> one
>>> suggestion of resetting my desktop appearance special effects to NOT use
>>> large icons and then resetting it again to USE large icons. That was a
>>> mistake. Now I can't seem to change the desktop icons which refer to
>>> websites on the web: I select the one I want from
>>> my special icon folder and click OK and then apply, but it won't change
>>> it.
>>> The icon flashes briefly but then remains the same old IE symbol.
>>>
>>> So my questions are now:
>>>
>>> (1) How to get the desktop to replace the icon with the one I've
>>> selected,
>>> and
>>> (2) How to get IE7 to stop changing them.
>>>
>>> Note: I CAN change desktop icons for shortcuts which refer to web pages
>>> which are entirely on my computer. Why not for shortcuts which refer to
>>> real
>>> websites?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bobbi
> cross-post one message to multiple newsgroups?
Yes: I'm crossposting this reply to WinXP General!
Bobbi wrote:
> PA Bear- I believe you were the one who suggested that my original post in
> windowsxp.general should have been posted in this forum, so I did. I do
> understand that cross-posting wastes everyone's time. Is there a way to
> cross-post one message to multiple newsgroups?
>
>> Asked/Answered in WinXP General (where we've also discussed the 2+ years
>> of Windows Updates you've not yet installed, including SP3). If you must
>> make identical posts to multiple newsgroups, please cross-post one (1)
>> message to all of them. Thank you.
>>
>> Multiposting vs Crossposting:
>> http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm Bobbi wrote:
>>> I seem to have messed up my computer.
>>>
>>> I've just now installed IE7 and ran into the problem of my self-made
>>> desktop
>>> icons for websites being replaced by the general IE symbol. I read some
>>> old
>>> posts and think I've learned how to fix that, but in the meantime I took
>>> one
>>> suggestion of resetting my desktop appearance special effects to NOT use
>>> large icons and then resetting it again to USE large icons. That was a
>>> mistake. Now I can't seem to change the desktop icons which refer to
>>> websites on the web: I select the one I want from
>>> my special icon folder and click OK and then apply, but it won't change
>>> it.
>>> The icon flashes briefly but then remains the same old IE symbol.
>>>
>>> So my questions are now:
>>>
>>> (1) How to get the desktop to replace the icon with the one I've
>>> selected,
>>> and
>>> (2) How to get IE7 to stop changing them.
>>>
>>> Note: I CAN change desktop icons for shortcuts which refer to web pages
>>> which are entirely on my computer. Why not for shortcuts which refer to
>>> real
>>> websites?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bobbi