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See my reply to you in this thread. I think I'll let David and Kelly work out what
her reg file is actually supposed to do. I only know what Kelly purports it to do.
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"sf" <sf@gEEmail.com> wrote in message
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> That's information overload David! I'm not an expert - the only thing
> I want to do is display ALL of my day/date/year pop-up over the clock.
>
> A simple yes or no (with correcting information) will suffice.
>
>
> sf
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> On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 04:41:44 +1000, David Candy wrote:
>
> > Only if you want Kelly's preferences.
> >
> > This tip specifies whether to use a X-Mouse style interface. An X-Mouse
interface (in part) means that windows the mouse is over are active. This has been
added to Explorer Options on the Explorer page.
> >
> > The user preference mask is a hexadecimal representation of bit values. To set
use Windows Calculator and the values from the table below.
> >
> > To use Windows Calculator take the value from UserPreferences and AND it with
the value from the table below.
> >
> > a.. Put the value from the table below into Calculator in Hex mode
> > b.. Press AND
> > c.. Take the value from from user preferences (in this sample 000000fd as
it's byte order reversed).
> > d.. If it is set it will return the same value as the table below, if it's
not set it will return 0
> > Bit 0 is 2^0 = 1, Bit 2 is 2^1 = 2, Bit 3 is 2^2 = 4, Bit 4 is 2^3 = 8, Bit 5
is 2^4 = 0x10 (16),..., Bit n is 2^(n-1).
> >
> > Byte order reversed is how numbers are stored as binary.
> >
> > 9e 3e 07 80 = DWord (in hexidecimal) 80 07 3e 9e = 0x80073e9e
> > 90,32,07,80 = 80 07 32 90 = 0x80073290
> > Bit UI Setting Default Value Meaning
> > 0 Active window tracking 0 Active window tracking disabled.
> > 1 Menu animation 1 Menu animation enabled; menu effect depends on value
of bit 9.
> > 2 Combo box animation 1 Slide-open effect for combo boxes enabled.
> > 3 List box smooth scrolling 1 Smooth-scrolling effect for list boxes
enabled.
> > 4 Gradient captions 1 Gradient effect for window title bars enabled.
> > 5 Keyboard cues 0 Menu access key letters underlined only when the menu
is activated from the keyboard.
> > 6 Active window tracking Z order 0 Windows activated through active
window tracking are not brought to the top.
> > 7 Hot tracking 1 Hot tracking enabled.
> > 8 Reserved 0 This bit reserved for future use.
> > 9 Menu fade 1 Menu fade animation enabled. If menu fade animation is
disabled, menus use slide animation. This bit is ignored if menu animation (bit 1)
is disabled.
> > 10 Selection fade 1 Selection fade enabled; the selected menu will remain
on the screen briefly and then fade out after the user makes a selection.
> > 11 Tool tip animation 1 Tool tip animation enabled; effect depends on
value of bit 12.
> > 12 Tool tip fade 1 Tool tip fade animation enabled. If tool tip fade
animation is disabled, tool tips use slide animation. This bit is ignored if tool
tip animation (bit 11) is disabled.
> > 13 Cursor shadow 1 Cursor shadow is enabled. This effect only appears if
the system has a color depth of more than 256 colors.
> > 14-30 Reserved 0 These bits reserved for future use.
> > 31 UI effects 1 All UI effects (combo box animation, cursor shadow,
gradient captions, hot tracking, list box smooth scrolling, menu animation, menu
underlines, selection fade, tool tip animation) are enabled.
>
>
>
>
> Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.
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