Kat said:
The post by Tim A. seems to be the nearest to my XP problem. I have what
seems to look like, a part of a vertical left corner, of a regular
"Windows XP looking" window on my desktop. I have run my virus and spyware
programs many times and I don't pick up a thing. I can't get rid of it.
It's very small, maybe 1/2 in. x 1 in. and I cannot right click or throw
it in the trash. I can click on it and move it around the desktop though.
What is this little thing and how do I get rid of it? I'm not sure if I
should follow the answers for Tim A.'s question b/c it doesn't seem
exactly the same. Any suggestions? Please help!
Because most of us use a real newsreader to access these groups instead of
the awful web interface (and I'll give you information about that at the
end of this post), we don't know who "Tim A" is and what his problem was.
Go to the Display applet in Control Panel and look on the Desktop tab. Click
on Customize Desktop, and then click on the Web tab. You will see that
there are checkmarks next to "My Current Home Page" and probably "Lock
Desktop Items". Uncheck these, Apply/OK out and see if the item disappears.
If it doesn't, please post back with the results.
Here is the information about how to best use these groups (and it is very
easy to set up a newsreader):
Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is
really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn
to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you
can use Outlook Express since you already have it. Here are some links to
information about newsgroups:
About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=basics.html - Basics of
Usenet
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation
of newsgroups
Using Outlook Express as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express Newsreader
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx
How to Post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working
properly
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs. crossposting
Malke
