> From Harold (one of the original questions regarding
granddaughter's new
> Toshiba laptop)
<snip> 1. Where are the original screensavers to be
found? <snip> --- Harold
> From: Hugh Vandervoort
> Screensavers are .scr files. Use Vista's search feature
to find them. My
> guess is they are in the Windows folder, but I don't
know. Why do you want
> to know? I'll bet you're removing the ones you don't
use. --- Hugh
This bet you'd lose but I can understand the guess. Yes,
there was a time
I'd be removing those savers I don't intend to use, keeping
only the
"blank". Now I keep them all "just in
case". Reason I asked is that I like
to put a folder in the Start menu called
"Screensavers" with all the
shortcuts to those savers. Then I'll pick one of the
shortcuts and go to
Properties and add a "Shortcut Key" (let's say J
or comma; two keys I can
easily find even in the dark), and if I want to immediately
put the
screensaver on for any reason, it's Ctrl+Alt+Shortcut key.
It's no problem on my XP but with my granddaughter's Vista,
things seem very
different. I think I did try *.scr with no results. I'll try
it again when
she's here
Regarding:
2. How do you make all files visible?
3. How do I stop the mouse-overs? Files are opening up all
around me without
my permission.
I'll keep looking around. Strange that I couldn't find the
"make all files
visible" option which of course is easy to find in 95
and in XP. And once,
by accident (which I don't know if I'll find it again), I
did come across
some configuration window where mouse-overs can be stopped.
I was in a
hurry, she had to leave, maybe it'll happen again.
The recycle bin is back; it was very early in my
"deletion spree" so I
easily reinstalled the system.
However, I know that in XP, if you want to create a recycle
bin or change
the name of it, in the registry you navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion
explorerDesktopNameSpace{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002
F954E}...
and that's where it is. If you lose it for whatever reason,
you just create
that in the left pane,
modify in the
right, and enter "Recycle Bin" (sans quotes). For
some reason, that didn't
work in Vista. --- Harold
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