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   Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov to anthonyberet   
   Re: Registry bummer   
   29 Jul 07 16:56:03   
   
   XPost: 24hoursupport.helpdesk, alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.os.windows-xp   
      
    anthonyberet  wrote:   
      
   >I am running xp sp2.   
   >   
   >Two applications have a problem, in that the window seems to appear   
   >off-screen. Clicking the tile on the taskbar of the app doesn't help.   
   >Neither does resizing my desktop resolution. Loggin in as a differenmt   
   >user fixes it, but I want to use my main user on this box.   
   >The two apps doing this are .net messenger (since I upgraded from MSN   
   >messenger) and now µtorrent.   
   >For a while I have found Irfanview Thumbnails has produced a very wide   
   >window, running off the screen to the right when restored. This might be   
   >a similar problem.   
   >   
   >I suspect it is somehow caused by The Halflife2 Steam application, as   
   >that resizes the screen, and seemed to crash µtorrent, but I am not sure.   
   >   
   >Is it a registry problem? Can I reset all windows to default startup   
   >positions somehow?   
      
   Yes, No, Maybe... seeing as another profile works. you might just be   
   better off creating a new profile.   
      
   How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile   
   http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151   
      
   Then run ERUNT so if it happens again you can go back to a normal   
   system faster. http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/   
      
      
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