Thanks Ed, you have been most helpful!

Cheers,

Jim N

>>Hi Ed,
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>>My build is 4.72.31.10.8 with .SP1. Yes, it is direct from the VS 6.0 (Enterprise Edition) CD-ROM.
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>That matches mine.
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>>I wish I knew waht "Active DeskTop" was - its objectives, benefits, operation, etc. Yes, I see it there, but I simply don't like to use what I cannot learn (first) about). Perhaps it is time to take the "tour" that comes up with every invokation of my system! I'm used to paper for information like this.
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>Try http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/delivery/desktop/actdeskie4/actdeskie4.asp for a starting place - there's even a Word document you can download and print to your heart's delight.
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>>I also got a strange result when I selected "Full Screen" - the title bar seemed to disappear and things looked generally strange. I quickly got out of that (once I found the black on black X-box upper-right.
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>Full Screen is not the same as maximized - it makes maximum use of the screen, eliminating the title bar, moving your task bar, etc. You can get out of it by selecting the 'View' menu choice and unchecking Full Screen. Useful for looking at JPEGs and Channels; other than that, I'd rather just maximize myself.
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>hth,
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>Ed