feature in Windows I'd like to see..

[bandXtrb]

When you logoff with IE windows open, then logon again, they would be restored exactly the way they were.

 

[saftey]

you can make it do that

 

[Wizkid]

If you know how to program you could write something that would do this. Wouldn't be too hard... might even be done already... try searching on google or something

 

[Ameesh]

that is a feature of windowsxp, its not just ie but any program.

 

[spanky]

i'd like to see a feature in windows where i can kill all those who send me spam.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Originally posted by: spankyOO7
i'd like to see a feature in windows where i can kill all those who send me spam.

That's the feature I'll be looking for

 

[Stratum9]

I don't know how it is in XP but hate how Win2k and all previous versions of Windows have the option for Show/Hiding system files buried in the Folder Options/View Tab.

I'd rather have a button on the toolbar for on-the-fly Show/Hide system files and hidden files and folders. I like to keep them hidden most of the time but sometimes need to unhide them.

I did manage to make a workaround by using shortcuts to .reg files and then refreshing the Explorer window, but it's still not as convenient as a toolbar button would be.

 

[Scootin159]

Originally posted by: Stratum9
I don't know how it is in XP but hate how Win2k and all previous versions of Windows have the option for Show/Hiding system files buried in the Folder Options/View Tab.

I'd rather have a button on the toolbar for on-the-fly Show/Hide system files and hidden files and folders. I like to keep them hidden most of the time but sometimes need to unhide them.

I did manage to make a workaround by using shortcuts to .reg files and then refreshing the Explorer window, but it's still not as convenient as a toolbar button would be.

It's the exact same way in XP as it was in win2k.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: spankyOO7
i'd like to see a feature in windows where i can kill all those who send me spam.

if you use the .NET frameworks you can enable this scenario using XML and webservices.

 

[kru]

use opera

 

[BillGates]

Opera has the option to start browsing where you last left off - and if it crashes for whatever reason and you had 10 windows open, the next time you open it, it'll give you the option to continue that as well and you won't lose any of the pages you were on...pretty sweet....

I guess the only reason this could be bad is if you were at work looking at "naughty" things, killed the browser when you heard somebody coming, and then mindlessly opened it again later when somebody was nearby...whoopsie.

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: spankyOO7
i'd like to see a feature in windows where i can kill all those who send me spam.

if you use the .NET frameworks you can enable this scenario using XML and webservices.

I'd pay for the Web Service that kills spammers.

 

[jaggrey]

Originally posted by: Ameesh
that is a feature of windowsxp, its not just ie but any program.

Where is this feature in WinXP?

 

[FrustratedUser]

I like to be able to choose what I want to install from the Windows CD.
I do not like to fill my HD with features I never use as default.

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: bandXtrb
When you logoff with IE windows open, then logon again, they would be restored exactly the way they were.

Not quite exactly what you want, but there is a feature called "Hibernation."

It was introduced with Windows 2000. Now it's also part of Windows ME and XP.

In a nutshell, it dumps all memory information to the hard drive and shuts down the computer. Next time you boot up, it restores everything back to memory so you come back to Windows (almost) exactly the way you were using it.

To enable hibernation, go to Control Panel\Power Options and enable it under the Hibernate tab.

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
I like to be able to choose what I want to install from the Windows CD.
I do not like to fill my HD with features I never use as default.

Windows XP Embedded might allow you to do that. Apparently it's a version of Windows XP that may be installed in modules so that it can be modified to fit different embedded devices.

I plan to experiment with it some time soon. I'll keep ATOT updated about the results.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: jaggrey

Originally posted by: Ameesh
that is a feature of windowsxp, its not just ie but any program.

Where is this feature in WinXP?

enable fast user switching, when you log off it will kepp all the programs you are running on, you could be in the middle of a dungeon siege battle and it will still stay up.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
I like to be able to choose what I want to install from the Windows CD.
I do not like to fill my HD with features I never use as default.

you can do that too, when running setup for xp just choose to not copy the windows cd to your harddrive and then it will ask you for the cd when you try to install something.

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: jaggrey

Originally posted by: Ameesh
that is a feature of windowsxp, its not just ie but any program.

Where is this feature in WinXP?

enable fast user switching, when you log off it will kepp all the programs you are running on, you could be in the middle of a dungeon siege battle and it will still stay up.

Oh yeah. That's another option.

Too bad that my systems are registered into a domain - like they should be.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Sounds great but I'm running W2K.
I don't like the activation of XP. I like to install windows on multiple rigs.
How about that?

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Sounds great but I'm running W2K.
I don't like the activation of XP. I like to install windows on multiple rigs.
How about that?

you have to buy multiple copies of windows if you want to use it on multiple desktops otherwise you are a pirate. arrrrrrrrrrrgh matey!

 

[FrustratedUser]

OK OK I give up!!

I like to reformat/reinstall as many times as I want in a week without begging MS for a new code.
I like to upgrade, change, modify as many times as I want without begging for a new code.

:frown:

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
OK OK I give up!!

I like to reformat/reinstall as many times as I want in a week without begging MS for a new code.
I like to upgrade, change, modify as many times as I want without begging for a new code.

:frown:

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuure.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: joohang

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
OK OK I give up!!

I like to reformat/reinstall as many times as I want in a week without begging MS for a new code.
I like to upgrade, change, modify as many times as I want without begging for a new code.

:frown:

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuure.

And what is so wrong with that?

 

[joohang]

And what is so wrong with that?

I didn't say there was anything wrong.

Just to bother you further:

I like to reformat/reinstall as many times as I want in a week without begging MS for a new code.

Problem: You can use Windows XP without activation for 30 days.

I like to upgrade, change, modify as many times as I want without begging for a new code.

You don't beg for new code. You talk to a computer who politely asks you for your product key. And the computer calls you out a string of code that you punch in to your system. It's a hassle but you don't "beg" for any code.