I missed you lot!!

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Mar 7th 2011, 5:55 pm

SDDep

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I missed you lot!!

Ok, maybe not all of you, and I'm sure I wasn't missed..

New job was keeping me busy, I'm settled in now and have figured out how to make sure no one can see what I'm doing at my desk...

Glad to be back...

Mar 7th 2011, 7:02 pm

meauxna

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Re: I missed you lot!!

You *were* missed! Several people have wondered where you've been.
You'd never believe how long it took me to find the 'show desktop now' button on Win7.

Last edited by meauxna; Mar 7th 2011 at 8:07 pm. Reason: didn't mean to distract from 'welcome back'. :)

Mar 7th 2011, 7:07 pm

elfman

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Re: I missed you lot!!

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Originally Posted by meauxna

you just went away <poof>.

no need to call the guy's sexuality into question just because he a had a break from BE for a while....

Mar 7th 2011, 7:11 pm

BritishGuy36

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Re: I missed you lot!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by meauxna

You'd never believe how long it took me to find the 'show desktop now' button on Win7.

BG's tip of the day:

Pressing the Windows key and the letter M minimises everything so you can see the desktop. That keystroke has been available since at least XP, maybe earlier. Quicker than messing with the mouse in most scenarios.

Mar 7th 2011, 7:18 pm

Jerseygirl

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Re: I missed you lot!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by BritishGuy36

Or move the cursor to the bottom right hand corner of the screen. Moving the cursor back makes the text reappear.

Alternatively...right click at the bottom right hand corner of the screen...click again to see text.

Last edited by Jerseygirl; Mar 7th 2011 at 7:20 pm.

Mar 7th 2011, 7:20 pm

meauxna

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Re: I missed you lot!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by elfman

no need to call the guy's sexuality into question just because he a had a break from BE for a while....

I knew that was coming. Pedant.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BritishGuy36

Thanks, I didn't know that one. Windows key + D also goes to desktop (faster, but not as gracefully as Win +M).
If I've got my hand on the mouse (more usual), that button is still my quickie.

Not that I have anything to hide.

Mar 7th 2011, 7:21 pm

BritishGuy36

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Re: I missed you lot!!

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Originally Posted by Jerseygirl

Yeah but that doesn't work for those of us with multiple screens.

We have to make a conscious effort to locate the mouse over that small oblong rather than the cursor ending up on the screen to the right of the one that hosts the taskbar.

But your point is taken.

Mar 7th 2011, 7:27 pm

meauxna

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Re: I missed you lot!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by BritishGuy36

BG's tip of the day:

Do you have a perma fix for the 'auto hide the taskbar' feature by any chance? If you use it, you know what I'm talking about, if you don't, don't get involved.. it's a path to madness.