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(Edited by TimOz on 19-Jun-08 20:13. Now that I know how, the way it shoulda been…)

And then there’s the flash, but slightly more long-winded way, if you click the icon to the right of the one Al highlighted, before you enter the url. It puts description into your post, where you can then replace the “linkURL” with your url, and the “description” with text that describes the url, eg Lounge Control Panel.

How did Hans get the literal tags to show in his post?

Finally twigged it! And now I understand the reason for that [evilgin]

Nice bit of diagnosis / debugging!

It’s easy to forget that disabling browser add-ons, and then re-enabling them one at a time, can be very effective when nothing obvious is causing problems.

> unless you have copper screening in your walls…

Would reo (steel reinforcement mesh and bars) in a concrete staircase and balconies qualify? If these are in a direct line between a laptop and our wireless router, things deteriorate rapidly. At other times everything is rosy, with good speed and signal strength even in the backyard 30m+ (100ft) from the router.

> as with anything from Mozilla, date subject to change…

Has “Mozilla” morphed into a generic term for “any software developer”?

> socks in the dresser drawer in a particular order…

Nothing wrong with OCD, as long as you’ve got it under control and don’t obsess about it!

> intrusion

That’s impossible in the Lounge, isn’t it?

I also believe in the value of passwords, but also value choice. Somewhat like wearing seat belts & bike helmets; I wear mine almost religiously, but object vehemently to being forced to (I also believe I’m responsible for the mess if I don’t). So, especially in a corporate environment with arbitrary rules, I look for ways to make things work the way I like to, rather than what has been mandated (a rebel from way back ).

I also write down my less frequently used passwords, but try keep them safe in case one of the laptops goes “walkabout”, or the passwords fall into the wrong hands. Mine are slotted in among written to do lists and other “innocent” notes, well separated from the accounts they apply to, and made to appear like random doodlings, or errors, to anyone else.

In the office environment, to get access to someone else’ machine, the best places to look are the post-it note stuck under the keyboard or desk or wall calendar, the back of the desk calendar, and the top drawer. It’s also common to see passwords on whiteboards

I may have been unclear. What I referred to was the tooltips for notification area icons being partially hidden behind the taskbar, see below…

It’s a case by case exercise. The simplest is to install as the LUA, while temporarily elevated to admin role, as suggested earlier.

If that fails, you’re into the world of “advanced” file security. You’ll need to figure out which folders &/or files cause the problems for an LUA. Then (with your admin hat firmly on) in explorer you right-click the offender(s), select the “Security” tab and adjust permissions as needed. You can select the “advanced” button to bring up the “Advanced Security Settings” dialog to configure inheritance as well as check effective permissions.

I’m not the ideal person to explain the ins & outs of the details since I mostly muddled my way through by trial and error. It may look daunting at first glance, but if you pause, relax, and think about what you’re trying to achieve, it’s quite doable. After all, I managed it on the family PC, while it was shared by five of us, each with their own needs. (Now we’re spread across 4 PCs on a LAN.)

btw Although this is directly about XP Pro, it can be done in XP Home as well. You get to see and use the “Security” tab if you boot to Safe mode. Or you can use CACLS from the DOS command line (as I tried before XP Pro).

> I get a different pop-up…

Me too (see below) – it’s all courtesy of whatever goodies/add-ons are loaded in FF, as well as any other tweaks you have applied that affect the context menus.

I think there’s an echo in here.

You were almost there! Try:

=IF(AND(B29=”YES”, H1=2), 1, 0)

Just add an ECHO with the desired message before the GOTO MENU after the last “IF” statement in your menu. You might also want to add “/P” to the DIR command, with a PAUSE on the next line, to make sure your user sees the result.

btw, If you need to build proper menus for DOS, there are many existing well worked out solutions around, as well as command line extensions and programs that will do the job for you rather than the need to “roll your own”. If you’re doing this as a learning exercise, that’s

Yes, I had forgotten about the admin password thing, partly because with XP Pro I’ve been able toget away from the need for it. There maybe a few other “gotchas” as you go along.

I’ve found the exercise useful to help “partition” my computer use, but it ain’t for everyone. Apart from the admin and LUA accounts, I also have a games account, with a corresponding hardware profile to maximise performance (have to reboot for that one).

And sometimes, tho’ not often enough, toggling the option off/on (or on/off) with an “apply” after each step, will restore the status quo.

I prefer the taskbar on Autohide, but sometimes Windows “forgets” about it. The “off/on” trick can fix it, but often only partly. with tooltips hidden behind the taskbar, and then the only “cure” is a reboot.