Hello Group, I recently had a HDD crash and am slowly putting together a new
computer. Installed a copy of Win XP Pro Sp1 only.

Here is the problem that I have:

The main computer screen is divided for some reason and I cna't figure out
how to turn something OFF..!

For some reason, the computer screen is divided... 3\4 of the screen is my
background pic. The remaining 1\4 is a white background that has the
following on it...

_________________
Folder Tasks

Other Places

Details
___________________
As mentioned... it is a solod white bar going from the bottom to the top of
the screen - always being on the left side of the screen.

It's looks like something that MS has come up with, but I can't seem to get
rid of it...!

Any Ideas...!

Starz_Kid...

"Starz_Kid" wrote

> Hello Group, I recently had a HDD crash and am slowly putting together a
> new
> computer. Installed a copy of Win XP Pro Sp1 only.
>
> Here is the problem that I have:
>
> The main computer screen is divided for some reason and I cna't figure out
> how to turn something OFF..!
>
> For some reason, the computer screen is divided... 3\4 of the screen is my
> background pic. The remaining 1\4 is a white background that has the
> following on it...
>
> _________________
> Folder Tasks
>
> Other Places
>
> Details
> ___________________
> As mentioned... it is a solod white bar going from the bottom to the top
> of
> the screen - always being on the left side of the screen.
>
> It's looks like something that MS has come up with, but I can't seem to
> get
> rid of it...!

Those are called the common tasks. Run the edit on Kelly's site:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 15: Remove Common Tasks from the Desktop

See the top of the page for info on running the edit.

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Rock [ MVP User/Shell]

"Rock" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Starz_Kid" wrote
>
> > Hello Group, I recently had a HDD crash and am slowly putting together a
> > new
> > computer. Installed a copy of Win XP Pro Sp1 only.
> >
> > Here is the problem that I have:
> >
> > The main computer screen is divided for some reason and I cna't figure
out
> > how to turn something OFF..!
> >
> > For some reason, the computer screen is divided... 3\4 of the screen is
my
> > background pic. The remaining 1\4 is a white background that has the
> > following on it...
> >
> > _________________
> > Folder Tasks
> >
> > Other Places
> >
> > Details
> > ___________________
> > As mentioned... it is a solod white bar going from the bottom to the top
> > of
> > the screen - always being on the left side of the screen.
> >
> > It's looks like something that MS has come up with, but I can't seem to
> > get
> > rid of it...!
>
> Those are called the common tasks. Run the edit on Kelly's site:
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
> Line 15: Remove Common Tasks from the Desktop
>
> See the top of the page for info on running the edit.
>
> --
>
> Rock [ MVP User/Shell]
>

Thanks Rock, I'll give it a try.

Starz_Kid...