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Windows 7 newbies with questions...

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Phillip Pi

Flightless Bird
Hello!

I started to use Dell OEM's 64-bit Windows 7 HP system as my production
machine since my old XP Pro. SP2 box was too slow and doing weird things.

I am still not fully used to Windows 7. I have a few newbie questions:
1. Is there a freeware to make my windows go into shade/roll (up and
down)? I used to use WinShade and WinRoll, but they don't work too well
in v7.
2. How can I sort my Start Menu to show FOLDERS first and then the
shortcuts? All the shortcuts are shown first and then the groups,
alphabetically. I don't like this new change. I couldn't find any
options to fix this.
3. Is there a bug with program icons (generic application icon) being
missing? I noticed them in Start Menu and taskbar, I see a few missing
icons. Icons do exist and work.
4. I like the aero effects, but the borders and shadows are too thick.
How can I make them thinner? I couldn't find a way to change it. I find
the appearance for colors and text changes, but couldn't change the
border thickness size.
5. What happened to edit.com, a text editor, in cmd.exe? Is there a
replacement?
6. Does Windows 7 have a support tool like XP? I loved its tools it had
like bindiff.exe.

I might have more questions later on. I think these are enough for now.
Thank you in advance. :)
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Partner Engineering/Internet Service Provider/Symantec Online Services,
Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
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Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
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Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.
 
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Dave-UK

Flightless Bird
"Phillip Pi" <phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC> wrote in message
news:a5KdnZIqo65SwdvWnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@earthlink.com...
> Hello!
>
> I started to use Dell OEM's 64-bit Windows 7 HP system as my production machine since my old XP
> Pro. SP2 box was too slow and doing weird things.
>
> I am still not fully used to Windows 7. I have a few newbie questions:
> 1. Is there a freeware to make my windows go into shade/roll (up and down)? I used to use WinShade
> and WinRoll, but they don't work too well in v7.
> 2. How can I sort my Start Menu to show FOLDERS first and then the shortcuts? All the shortcuts
> are shown first and then the groups, alphabetically. I don't like this new change. I couldn't find
> any options to fix this.
> 3. Is there a bug with program icons (generic application icon) being missing? I noticed them in
> Start Menu and taskbar, I see a few missing icons. Icons do exist and work.
> 4. I like the aero effects, but the borders and shadows are too thick. How can I make them
> thinner? I couldn't find a way to change it. I find the appearance for colors and text changes,
> but couldn't change the border thickness size.
> 5. What happened to edit.com, a text editor, in cmd.exe? Is there a replacement?
> 6. Does Windows 7 have a support tool like XP? I loved its tools it had like bindiff.exe.
>
> I might have more questions later on. I think these are enough for now. Thank you in advance. :)
> --
> Phillip Pi



You need to learn how to ask a question in a newsgroup.
You will get more focused answers if you ask one question
per post, not a several questions in one post.
 
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JonC

Flightless Bird
In article <KYGdnckh5Kwp_NvWnZ2dnUVZ8h-dnZ2d@giganews.com>,
Here@Home.com says...
>
> "Phillip Pi" <phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC> wrote in message
> news:a5KdnZIqo65SwdvWnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@earthlink.com...
> > Hello!
> >
> > I started to use Dell OEM's 64-bit Windows 7 HP system as my production machine since my old XP
> > Pro. SP2 box was too slow and doing weird things.
> >
> > I am still not fully used to Windows 7. I have a few newbie questions:
> > 1. Is there a freeware to make my windows go into shade/roll (up and down)? I used to use WinShade
> > and WinRoll, but they don't work too well in v7.
> > 2. How can I sort my Start Menu to show FOLDERS first and then the shortcuts? All the shortcuts
> > are shown first and then the groups, alphabetically. I don't like this new change. I couldn't find
> > any options to fix this.
> > 3. Is there a bug with program icons (generic application icon) being missing? I noticed them in
> > Start Menu and taskbar, I see a few missing icons. Icons do exist and work.
> > 4. I like the aero effects, but the borders and shadows are too thick. How can I make them
> > thinner? I couldn't find a way to change it. I find the appearance for colors and text changes,
> > but couldn't change the border thickness size.
> > 5. What happened to edit.com, a text editor, in cmd.exe? Is there a replacement?
> > 6. Does Windows 7 have a support tool like XP? I loved its tools it had like bindiff.exe.
> >
> > I might have more questions later on. I think these are enough for now. Thank you in advance. :)
> > --
> > Phillip Pi

>
>
> You need to learn how to ask a question in a newsgroup.
> You will get more focused answers if you ask one question
> per post, not a several questions in one post.
>
>
>


Try this for your every whim.

http://www.howtogeek.com/tag/windows-7/
 
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Phillip Pi

Flightless Bird
On 1/7/2010 2:35 PM PT, Dave-UK typed:

>> I started to use Dell OEM's 64-bit Windows 7 HP system as my
>> production machine since my old XP Pro. SP2 box was too slow and doing
>> weird things.
>>
>> I am still not fully used to Windows 7. I have a few newbie questions:
>> 1. Is there a freeware to make my windows go into shade/roll (up and
>> down)? I used to use WinShade and WinRoll, but they don't work too
>> well in v7.
>> 2. How can I sort my Start Menu to show FOLDERS first and then the
>> shortcuts? All the shortcuts are shown first and then the groups,
>> alphabetically. I don't like this new change. I couldn't find any
>> options to fix this.
>> 3. Is there a bug with program icons (generic application icon) being
>> missing? I noticed them in Start Menu and taskbar, I see a few missing
>> icons. Icons do exist and work.
>> 4. I like the aero effects, but the borders and shadows are too thick.
>> How can I make them thinner? I couldn't find a way to change it. I
>> find the appearance for colors and text changes, but couldn't change
>> the border thickness size.
>> 5. What happened to edit.com, a text editor, in cmd.exe? Is there a
>> replacement?
>> 6. Does Windows 7 have a support tool like XP? I loved its tools it
>> had like bindiff.exe.
>>
>> I might have more questions later on. I think these are enough for
>> now. Thank you in advance. :)

>
> You need to learn how to ask a question in a newsgroup.
> You will get more focused answers if you ask one question
> per post, not a several questions in one post.


So posting ten or more threads is OK? I thought people hated that. I
will do that later then.
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Partner Engineering/Internet Service Provider/Symantec Online Services,
Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
-----------------------------------------------------
Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.
 
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