Strange Window on Display

[Bill Lathan]

My brother has a Dell C510 laptop computer with Windows 2000 installed. When
he was using it recently, he hit a few incorrect keys and messed up his task
bar and also ended up with a strange display. I was able to correct the task
bar, but I am at a loss as to the display problem.

The standard Window color scheme is used, so that all the dispay should be
blue. However, there is a white rectangle on the right of his display, going
from the top of the monitor to the bottom, that one can resize (left to
right or vice versa) to a small sliver. This is apparently a process of some
sort. The properties for that white window are as follows. Only the General
tab is present:

Not Available

Protocol: HyperText Transfer Protocol
Type: Not Available
Connection: Not Encrypted

Address: http://home.verizon.yahoo.com/? + a string of
alphanumerics

Size: Not Available

Created: Not available

Modified: Not available

It has the Certificates button but I don't remember that it listed anything.
My brother uses Verizon DSL so the address above is no doubt connected with
that.

If anyone has any information or words of wisdom about this issue, I'd
appreciate it. We'd primarily like to know how to get rid of this window.

TIA,

Bill

 

[Dave Patrick]

Sounds like some toolbar. Grab the handle and drag it away from the border
then delete it if desired or right-click the TaskBar and uncheck the new
Toolbar. Failing that you can always create a new account in 'User and
Passwords'

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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:
| My brother has a Dell C510 laptop computer with Windows 2000 installed.
When
| he was using it recently, he hit a few incorrect keys and messed up his
task
| bar and also ended up with a strange display. I was able to correct the
task
| bar, but I am at a loss as to the display problem.
|
| The standard Window color scheme is used, so that all the dispay should be
| blue. However, there is a white rectangle on the right of his display,
going
| from the top of the monitor to the bottom, that one can resize (left to
| right or vice versa) to a small sliver. This is apparently a process of
some
| sort. The properties for that white window are as follows. Only the
General
| tab is present:
|
| Not Available
|
| Protocol: HyperText Transfer Protocol
| Type: Not Available
| Connection: Not Encrypted
|
| Address: http://home.verizon.yahoo.com/? + a string of
| alphanumerics
|
| Size: Not Available
|
| Created: Not available
|
| Modified: Not available
|
| It has the Certificates button but I don't remember that it listed
anything.
| My brother uses Verizon DSL so the address above is no doubt connected
with
| that.
|
| If anyone has any information or words of wisdom about this issue, I'd
| appreciate it. We'd primarily like to know how to get rid of this window.
|
| TIA,
|
| Bill
|
|
|