How to get my toolbars back and have smaller Icons on Windows 98

[Guest barb]

My computer is really messed up I do not have my toolbars and my Icons are

very large, can't even scroll down in my e-mails.

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: How to get my toolbars back and have smaller Icons on Windows 98

 

Right-click the Desktop, then click Properties, then click on the Settings

tab and use the slider there to set your view to a higher resolution. If it

won't allow you a higher resolution than what you have now, the video

drivers need to be reinstalled.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"barb" <barb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:1D58229F-D9F7-4E1B-A899-8939AC1D1D64@microsoft.com...

> My computer is really messed up I do not have my toolbars and my Icons are

> very large, can't even scroll down in my e-mails.

[Guest Dan]

Re: How to get my toolbars back and have smaller Icons on Windows

 

Re: How to get my toolbars back and have smaller Icons on Windows

 

Gary, since the user seems to have solved the problem then I wanted to ask

you a question. How come it has gotten so bad as far as Spyware, Adware,

Unwanted Web-links tied to advertising even on the replacement cds from the

hardware manufacturers now. It just makes our job that make harder when we

have to deal with continual annoying and s_itty craplets. I would appreciate

your feeback on this and why the industry is making our job that make tougher

and really making it difficult for the end user who knows little about

computers and will just use a default installation rather than a customized

installation of programs. The examples are on the replacement Audigy cd the

web links for Free AOL are installed all over the place and the Free AOL is

placed into the trusted sites. It did not affect me however since I had

placed the check mark for access in trusted sites to only https and also I am

continually annoyed that in installations of XP Professional that I have to

go back and adjust the settings in Internet Explorer especially under the

Advanced tab and site adjustments and cookie handling to allow for at least a

slightly more secure user experience. It would be really nice if Microsoft

did these adjustments by default. A perfect example is cookie handling in

Internet Explorer where I have to adjust the settings to just allow 1st party

cookies and block 3rd party cookies. Thanks for your feedback in advance.

 

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

> Right-click the Desktop, then click Properties, then click on the Settings

> tab and use the slider there to set your view to a higher resolution. If it

> won't allow you a higher resolution than what you have now, the video

> drivers need to be reinstalled.

>

> --

> Gary S. Terhune

> MS-MVP Shell/User

> http://www.grystmill.com

>

> "barb" <barb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:1D58229F-D9F7-4E1B-A899-8939AC1D1D64@microsoft.com...

> > My computer is really messed up I do not have my toolbars and my Icons are

> > very large, can't even scroll down in my e-mails.

>

>

>

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: How to get my toolbars back and have smaller Icons on Windows

 

Re: How to get my toolbars back and have smaller Icons on Windows

 

1. The internet is the ultimate democracy, and with democracies you take the

bad with the good. Except in the most egregious cases, freedom for ALL is

the guiding principle. We protect the innocent as much as possible while

trying not to overly restrict the rights of the many.

 

2. Microsoft, at least with the consumer-level offerings, has thrived in

great part due to idiot-proofing. The great battle, not unlike the one

above, is to allow more competent users the ability to get around that

idiot-proofing, while still maintaining it for the vast majority who need

it. With your example, most people need the automatic handling of cookies.

They would quickly be irritated by constant prompts to allow or deny

cookies, and would probably refuse all of them out of habit. That will cause

a lot of problems when they refuse cookies for a site that needs them to get

the job done. By their nature, you have to be able to judge,

*ahead_of_time*, whether the cookies will be necessary for a given site. You

also have to know how to undo the blocking or allowing of cookies, which, if

not beyond their abilities, is beyond their patience. When I set up people

with the same cookie settings you and I use, I have to teach them how to

manage them properly. For those who seem not to be able to grasp the

concepts, I leave their cookie handling on autopilot.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:51B429FD-9C55-4D01-B5B2-6EEB06C09E53@microsoft.com...

> Gary, since the user seems to have solved the problem then I wanted to ask

> you a question. How come it has gotten so bad as far as Spyware, Adware,

> Unwanted Web-links tied to advertising even on the replacement cds from

> the

> hardware manufacturers now. It just makes our job that make harder when

> we

> have to deal with continual annoying and s_itty craplets. I would

> appreciate

> your feeback on this and why the industry is making our job that make

> tougher

> and really making it difficult for the end user who knows little about

> computers and will just use a default installation rather than a

> customized

> installation of programs. The examples are on the replacement Audigy cd

> the

> web links for Free AOL are installed all over the place and the Free AOL

> is

> placed into the trusted sites. It did not affect me however since I had

> placed the check mark for access in trusted sites to only https and also I

> am

> continually annoyed that in installations of XP Professional that I have

> to

> go back and adjust the settings in Internet Explorer especially under the

> Advanced tab and site adjustments and cookie handling to allow for at

> least a

> slightly more secure user experience. It would be really nice if

> Microsoft

> did these adjustments by default. A perfect example is cookie handling in

> Internet Explorer where I have to adjust the settings to just allow 1st

> party

> cookies and block 3rd party cookies. Thanks for your feedback in advance.

>

> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

>

>> Right-click the Desktop, then click Properties, then click on the

>> Settings

>> tab and use the slider there to set your view to a higher resolution. If

>> it

>> won't allow you a higher resolution than what you have now, the video

>> drivers need to be reinstalled.

>>

>> --

>> Gary S. Terhune

>> MS-MVP Shell/User

>> http://www.grystmill.com

>>

>> "barb" <barb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:1D58229F-D9F7-4E1B-A899-8939AC1D1D64@microsoft.com...

>> > My computer is really messed up I do not have my toolbars and my Icons

>> > are

>> > very large, can't even scroll down in my e-mails.

>>

>>

>>

[Guest Dan]

Re: How to get my toolbars back and have smaller Icons on Windows

 

Re: How to get my toolbars back and have smaller Icons on Windows

 

Thanks for the detailed response, Gary. I appreciate it. BTW, do you allow

session cookies or not?

 

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

> 1. The internet is the ultimate democracy, and with democracies you take the

> bad with the good. Except in the most egregious cases, freedom for ALL is

> the guiding principle. We protect the innocent as much as possible while

> trying not to overly restrict the rights of the many.

>

> 2. Microsoft, at least with the consumer-level offerings, has thrived in

> great part due to idiot-proofing. The great battle, not unlike the one

> above, is to allow more competent users the ability to get around that

> idiot-proofing, while still maintaining it for the vast majority who need

> it. With your example, most people need the automatic handling of cookies.

> They would quickly be irritated by constant prompts to allow or deny

> cookies, and would probably refuse all of them out of habit. That will cause

> a lot of problems when they refuse cookies for a site that needs them to get

> the job done. By their nature, you have to be able to judge,

> *ahead_of_time*, whether the cookies will be necessary for a given site. You

> also have to know how to undo the blocking or allowing of cookies, which, if

> not beyond their abilities, is beyond their patience. When I set up people

> with the same cookie settings you and I use, I have to teach them how to

> manage them properly. For those who seem not to be able to grasp the

> concepts, I leave their cookie handling on autopilot.

>

> --

> Gary S. Terhune

> MS-MVP Shell/User

> http://www.grystmill.com

>

> "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:51B429FD-9C55-4D01-B5B2-6EEB06C09E53@microsoft.com...

> > Gary, since the user seems to have solved the problem then I wanted to ask

> > you a question. How come it has gotten so bad as far as Spyware, Adware,

> > Unwanted Web-links tied to advertising even on the replacement cds from

> > the

> > hardware manufacturers now. It just makes our job that make harder when

> > we

> > have to deal with continual annoying and s_itty craplets. I would

> > appreciate

> > your feeback on this and why the industry is making our job that make

> > tougher

> > and really making it difficult for the end user who knows little about

> > computers and will just use a default installation rather than a

> > customized

> > installation of programs. The examples are on the replacement Audigy cd

> > the

> > web links for Free AOL are installed all over the place and the Free AOL

> > is

> > placed into the trusted sites. It did not affect me however since I had

> > placed the check mark for access in trusted sites to only https and also I

> > am

> > continually annoyed that in installations of XP Professional that I have

> > to

> > go back and adjust the settings in Internet Explorer especially under the

> > Advanced tab and site adjustments and cookie handling to allow for at

> > least a

> > slightly more secure user experience. It would be really nice if

> > Microsoft

> > did these adjustments by default. A perfect example is cookie handling in

> > Internet Explorer where I have to adjust the settings to just allow 1st

> > party

> > cookies and block 3rd party cookies. Thanks for your feedback in advance.

> >

> > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

> >

> >> Right-click the Desktop, then click Properties, then click on the

> >> Settings

> >> tab and use the slider there to set your view to a higher resolution. If

> >> it

> >> won't allow you a higher resolution than what you have now, the video

> >> drivers need to be reinstalled.

> >>

> >> --

> >> Gary S. Terhune

> >> MS-MVP Shell/User

> >> http://www.grystmill.com

> >>

> >> "barb" <barb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:1D58229F-D9F7-4E1B-A899-8939AC1D1D64@microsoft.com...

> >> > My computer is really messed up I do not have my toolbars and my Icons

> >> > are

> >> > very large, can't even scroll down in my e-mails.

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

>

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: How to get my toolbars back and have smaller Icons on Windows

 

Re: How to get my toolbars back and have smaller Icons on Windows

 

Yes.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:3CB068AD-F2DE-4EAA-B39C-ADAB37C189AD@microsoft.com...

> Thanks for the detailed response, Gary. I appreciate it. BTW, do you

> allow

> session cookies or not?

>

> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

>

>> 1. The internet is the ultimate democracy, and with democracies you take

>> the

>> bad with the good. Except in the most egregious cases, freedom for ALL is

>> the guiding principle. We protect the innocent as much as possible while

>> trying not to overly restrict the rights of the many.

>>

>> 2. Microsoft, at least with the consumer-level offerings, has thrived in

>> great part due to idiot-proofing. The great battle, not unlike the one

>> above, is to allow more competent users the ability to get around that

>> idiot-proofing, while still maintaining it for the vast majority who need

>> it. With your example, most people need the automatic handling of

>> cookies.

>> They would quickly be irritated by constant prompts to allow or deny

>> cookies, and would probably refuse all of them out of habit. That will

>> cause

>> a lot of problems when they refuse cookies for a site that needs them to

>> get

>> the job done. By their nature, you have to be able to judge,

>> *ahead_of_time*, whether the cookies will be necessary for a given site.

>> You

>> also have to know how to undo the blocking or allowing of cookies, which,

>> if

>> not beyond their abilities, is beyond their patience. When I set up

>> people

>> with the same cookie settings you and I use, I have to teach them how to

>> manage them properly. For those who seem not to be able to grasp the

>> concepts, I leave their cookie handling on autopilot.

>>

>> --

>> Gary S. Terhune

>> MS-MVP Shell/User

>> http://www.grystmill.com

>>

>> "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:51B429FD-9C55-4D01-B5B2-6EEB06C09E53@microsoft.com...

>> > Gary, since the user seems to have solved the problem then I wanted to

>> > ask

>> > you a question. How come it has gotten so bad as far as Spyware,

>> > Adware,

>> > Unwanted Web-links tied to advertising even on the replacement cds from

>> > the

>> > hardware manufacturers now. It just makes our job that make harder

>> > when

>> > we

>> > have to deal with continual annoying and s_itty craplets. I would

>> > appreciate

>> > your feeback on this and why the industry is making our job that make

>> > tougher

>> > and really making it difficult for the end user who knows little about

>> > computers and will just use a default installation rather than a

>> > customized

>> > installation of programs. The examples are on the replacement Audigy

>> > cd

>> > the

>> > web links for Free AOL are installed all over the place and the Free

>> > AOL

>> > is

>> > placed into the trusted sites. It did not affect me however since I

>> > had

>> > placed the check mark for access in trusted sites to only https and

>> > also I

>> > am

>> > continually annoyed that in installations of XP Professional that I

>> > have

>> > to

>> > go back and adjust the settings in Internet Explorer especially under

>> > the

>> > Advanced tab and site adjustments and cookie handling to allow for at

>> > least a

>> > slightly more secure user experience. It would be really nice if

>> > Microsoft

>> > did these adjustments by default. A perfect example is cookie handling

>> > in

>> > Internet Explorer where I have to adjust the settings to just allow 1st

>> > party

>> > cookies and block 3rd party cookies. Thanks for your feedback in

>> > advance.

>> >

>> > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

>> >

>> >> Right-click the Desktop, then click Properties, then click on the

>> >> Settings

>> >> tab and use the slider there to set your view to a higher resolution.

>> >> If

>> >> it

>> >> won't allow you a higher resolution than what you have now, the video

>> >> drivers need to be reinstalled.

>> >>

>> >> --

>> >> Gary S. Terhune

>> >> MS-MVP Shell/User

>> >> http://www.grystmill.com

>> >>

>> >> "barb" <barb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> >> news:1D58229F-D9F7-4E1B-A899-8939AC1D1D64@microsoft.com...

>> >> > My computer is really messed up I do not have my toolbars and my

>> >> > Icons

>> >> > are

>> >> > very large, can't even scroll down in my e-mails.

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>>

>>

>>