Frank,
I have seen many good answers from you but I don't think you are answering
the actual problem in this case. I have the same problem and sent a detailed
description to another news group yesterday.
Frank V.
vze32975 at verizon dot net
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From: "FrankV" <(E-Mail Removed)>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 4:17 PM
Subject: Windows/Background conflict
> Dell Dimension 4400
> Dell 1800FP Monitor
> WinXP Home V/2002 SP1 with all updates
>
>
> I have the type of problem where one minute everything is ok and then for
no
> reason something went wrong. I've had no luck in tracking down the problem
> with msconfig, regedit or a number of other programs. I hope you
understand
> what I'm trying to explain. A picture of the screen would show you clearly
> but I can't send it through here.
>
> What I see on my screen is as follows:
>
> The color and background picture is the full screen but all active buttons
I
> have set up have shifted down 1 inch and the top 1 inch is then inactive,
> even though the background is still there. I can see this happen during
the
> boot. The screen is correct during boot but just before it completes
> everything is shifted down 1 inch. This indicates Windows has made a
change
> but I can't track down the change. To make it worse, the Office buttons on
> the upper right corner, within this 1 inch dead area, is still active.
> Pop-ups can still use this top 1 inch.
>
> It's almost like I have been infected with something but PestPatrol and
> Spybot find nothing wrong.
>
> Then to make it even more complicated, IE (or anything like word,
explorer,
> etc.) all cannot use this top 1 inch even when they have been 'maximized'.
> But then if I use the 'full screen' button it fills the whole screen. In
> other words, the 'maximize' and 'full screen' are 2 different things. This
> also shows there is nothing wrong with the monitor.
>
> Then the final straw is occasionally it shifts everything up and the 1
inch
> is dead on the bottom of the screen.
>
> I would appreciate any further suggestions in tracking down this problem.
>
> Frank V.
> vze32975 at verizon dot net
>
>
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"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:066101c3a81a$b39cf550$(E-Mail Removed)
> > Does anyone know why IE6 all of a sudden does not size to
> > my monitor screen anymore? There's about a half inch
> > from the top that doesn't size to the whole monitor
> > anymore. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> From: http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/offpos.htm
>
> Remove any 'Auto-hide' option for the taskbar and while the window is
> maximized, resize the taskbar then return it to the desired size. This is
to
> try to make Windows re-calculate the window size and boundaries.
>
> If no joy, run regedit and remove these registry key values:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main\window_placement
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
> Explorer\Desktop\OldWorkAreas\OldWorkAreaRects
>
> Then reboot.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
> Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
>
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