Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.



590 posts

Ultimate Geek


Topic # 101996 14-May-2012 08:39 Send private message

eg, the msconfig startup items window.....

You cannot increase the windows size. So, the file and pathnames are obscured and you have to resize columns (but cannot resize enough due to the small window) and use scrollbars to view the contents...surely this is something so basic it would be done properly?  

I wonder why they don't fix such obvious faults, as microsoft staff themselves are also probably annoyed by this.

Will have to see if they fixed this in windows 8 :)





Create new topic
1072 posts

Uber Geek


  Reply # 624624 14-May-2012 08:53 Send private message

Probably because it's easier to lay out and the average user will only use msconfig once in a blue moon (if ever) - yeah I suppose it is a little annoying but it's never really bothered me in the past. Haven't looked at msconfig in win 8 yet but a quick search and it doesn't look like it's changed...

http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/image40.png

gzt

3203 posts

Uber Geek

Subscriber

  Reply # 624777 14-May-2012 12:07 Send private message

Not on windows today but you can expand that one on the horizontal axis (but not the vertical)? maybe not.

Try this: http://www.digitallis.co.uk/pc/ResizeEnable/index.html

6895 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted
Subscriber

  Reply # 624969 14-May-2012 16:34 Send private message

surfisup1000: eg, the msconfig startup items window.....  


Have you seen the Sysinternals Suite?

Autoruns is a the utility you want instead I think

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902

Electron consumer
64 posts

Master Geek

Subscriber

  Reply # 625930 16-May-2012 10:13 Send private message

Possibly because some tools were never meant to be released, so weren't bound by the same UI rules during development.

But then they turned out to be useful (if only to power users) so they included them, and figured the time spent using x number of users < effort required to modify.

Create new topic
Twitter »
Follow us to receive Twitter updates when new discussions are posted in our forums:



Follow us to receive Twitter updates when news items and blogs are posted in our frontpage:



Follow us to receive Twitter updates when new jobs are posted to our jobs board:



Follow us to receive Twitter updates when tech item prices are listed in our price comparison site:




News »

Trending now »
Hot discussions in our forums right now:

Fecked up religious people strike again :-(
Created by Mark, last reply by freitasm on 25-May-2013 08:44 (85 replies)
Pages... 4 5 6


Cannabis is illegal yet we have really strong 'legal highs' ?
Created by qwerty7, last reply by freitasm on 23-May-2013 23:20 (74 replies)
Pages... 3 4 5


A new project coming to Geekzone
Created by freitasm, last reply by l43a2 on 24-May-2013 23:02 (342 replies)
Pages... 21 22 23


Xbox One
Created by DjShadow, last reply by nathan on 25-May-2013 14:53 (73 replies)
Pages... 3 4 5


HTC One (2013) owners' discussion
Created by Dingbatt, last reply by mrgsm021 on 25-May-2013 14:30 (1567 replies)
Pages... 103 104 105


Monolithic Cement Sheet cladding mid 80s house - "leaky home" or not?
Created by joker97, last reply by mattwnz on 24-May-2013 23:46 (15 replies)

Orcon, Is this for real or a scam??
Created by old3eyes, last reply by DarthKermit on 22-May-2013 19:12 (29 replies)
Pages... 2


Entire house HTPC concept
Created by InfiniteLoop, last reply by darthmeow on 24-May-2013 12:19 (26 replies)
Pages... 2



Geekzone Jobs »
Most recent NZ jobs in technology:

Security Analyst
Posted 25-May-2013 09:28

Java Developer
Posted 25-May-2013 09:28

Senior IT Business Analyst
Posted 25-May-2013 09:28

Systems Engineer
Posted 25-May-2013 09:28

Organisational Change Analyst
Posted 24-May-2013 19:28

Dedicated Java Developer/ Technical lead
Posted 24-May-2013 18:28

Account Manager - IT/Telco
Posted 24-May-2013 18:28


Geekzone Live »
Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.

Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.

Alternatively, you can receive a daily email with Geekzone updates.