2 annoying things about xp

Turner

(1) When i have 7 windows open and each has its own little bar on the taskbar and then i open another, windows shoves them all into one.
Is there anyway to stop this ?

(2) When i open a new window (say click on a link) the new one opens but not full screen. I have to go and click the square in the right hand corner.
It seems trivial but when you open say 7 links a minute in a forum with lots of links, it kinda gets annoying.
Anybody know how to solve this as both of these problems combined together is very annoying.

Cheers


Chief.

Creamy Goodness

two solutions to q1.

get firefox and use tab browsing (opens multiple pages but uses only one space on taskbar)

or

go to start >> control panel >> taskbar and start menu >> untick group similar taskbar buttons

Turner

Excellent thanks...

Makes such a difference already.


Now whos gonna tackle question 2 ??

PhoenixRising

...and answer to Q2:

right click on the icon in question and click properties. In the 'Run' box choose maximized.

There you go, problems solved.:)

Creamy Goodness

also if you manually resize the window, then when u open another window it automatically opens in that size


Xp isn't really annoying now is it?

well okay i went too far.

statement retracted

zAbbo

How are these XP problems, indeed what are you talking about - IE ????

using firefox, hold mouse3 to click a link, it will open in a seperate tab

Cal

Answer to Question 2.

Run your window for IE in 'restore down' mode. Then stretch it to your required size. Open a new window and stretch that window too. Then after you close those windows all newly opened windows will open in the previously set size.

I hope that makes sense.

Cal

Turner

Excellent both problems solved..

Thanks.

jesus_thats_gre

Or, right click on your task bar and click properties

untick "group similar taskbar buttons"....

anti internet explorer monkeys!

ando

get advant browser, its faster than firefox and its integrated with IE so you get tabs + all webpages load fine