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   Zadok to All   
   Re: Registry bummer   
   29 Jul 07 20:42:06   
   
   XPost: 24hoursupport.helpdesk, alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.os.windows-xp   
   From: Zadok@utopia.net   
      
   On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:59:56 +0100, 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?   
      
      
   Right click on the "tile on the taskbar of the app" and select "move".   
   Hold down the shift key and use the arrow keys to bring the window   
   into view. Release the keys and hit "enter". Make check payable to   
   Zadok. Let us know how you did.   
      
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