"Screen Crawlers"

[Brent N.]

Why does having the Microsoft Office XP Shortcut Bar at the top of the
screen, set to Auto-Hide, turn normally behaving applications such as
Microsoft Bookshelf 2000, Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0, Norton Internet
Security 2004 Log Viewer, Norton System Doctor 2004, etc. into "screen
crawlers"? You know, those pesky programs that move up the screen a
couple of pixels every time they are stopped and restarted.

Environment is Windows XP Home SP2 with Office XP Developer SP3.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Please visit the Office experts in an appropriate Office newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.office.misc

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| Why does having the Microsoft Office XP Shortcut Bar at the top of the
| screen, set to Auto-Hide, turn normally behaving applications such as
| Microsoft Bookshelf 2000, Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0, Norton Internet
| Security 2004 Log Viewer, Norton System Doctor 2004, etc. into "screen
| crawlers"? You know, those pesky programs that move up the screen a
| couple of pixels every time they are stopped and restarted.
|
| Environment is Windows XP Home SP2 with Office XP Developer SP3.
|
| --
| Brent N.

 

[Brent N.]

This is a Windows problem also, not merely an Office problem, but if
you're going to be a ...

 

[Test Man]

Yeah however an Office component seems to be the cause of the problem,
judging by your description, so a post in the relevant Office newsgroup
should help further.

 

[Brent N.]

Having dealt with experts like Kelly, David and others in this newsgroup, I
felt confident it would have been resolved, but per instruction, it is
posted in microsoft.public.office.misc, awaiting response.

 

[Bob I]

The problem was rectified in Office 2003. <vbg>

 

[Brent N.]

Thank you very much, Bob. You've given me a <vbg>.

I knew this group would provide an answer, and FWIW, I have yet to receive
a single response in microsoft.public.office.misc.

 

[Bob I]

I suspect that was one of numerous reasons it fell by the wayside.
Doesn't play well with others. Alternatives exist in the target
operating systems, etc. BTW I answered there also in case you didn't
come back.