Re: Idiot (I know that's redundant) spammer

_at_SendSpamHere.ORG
Date: 08/05/03 

Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 11:21:50 GMT

In article <4AUG200319450253@gerg.tamu.edu>, carl@gerg.tamu.edu (Carl Perkins) writes:
>VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG writes...
>}In article <+hcIxEp8ceeq@elias.decus.ch>, p_sture@elias.decus.ch (Paul Sture) writes:
>}>In article <3F2D47C7.8040902@rdrop.com>, Dean Woodward <deanw@rdrop.com> writes:
>}>> Paul Sture wrote:
>}>>> This _should_ be easy.
>}>>>
>}>>> If you have:
>}>>>
>}>>> a.txt b.txt c.txt d.txt
>}>>>
>}>>> Click on a.txt and hold shift down whilst clicking on c.txt and it
>}>>> will select a.txt, b.txt, c.txt.
>}>>>
>}>>> Only want a.txt, c.txt and d.txt?
>}>>>
>}>>> Click on a.txt, hold down CTRL then click on c.txt then click on
>}>>> d.txt.
>}>>
>}>> Assume what he had was:
>}>>
>}>> a.jpg f.jpg k.jpg
>}>> b.jpg g.jpg l.jpg
>}>> c.jpg h.jpg m.jpg
>}>> d.jpg i.jpg n.mpg
>}>> e.jpg j.jpg o.jpg
>}>>
>}>> And he wanted to select b.jpg to n.jpg inclusive. If he clicks b.jpg,
>}>> then SHIFT-click n.jpg, he'll get b,c,d,g,h,i,l,m, and n- leaving out
>}>> e,f,j, and k. That's the way Windows "works" when dealing with multiple
>}>> columns of files.
>}>>
>}>
>}>Aha, the light dawns. About the first job I do to a Windows system is
>}>to switch Explorer to List view, so I get 1 column, plus the file sizes
>}>and dates.
>}
>}
>}How do you configure that? I run IE and enter: file://C: and all I ever
>}get is icons. The "preferrences" in the _F_ile menu is always gray (I'm
>}told this means if cannot be selected and, of course, I cannot).
>}--
>}VAXman- OpenVMS APE certification number: AAA-0001 VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM
>
>Why, exactly, would you use IE for this?
>
>Use "E" (so to speak), just plain "Explorer", not "IE". Two completely
>different programs. As in "double-click on My Computer not Internet Explorer".

OK. And just how does "My Computer" now become "Explorer" sans the "Internet"?

When one looks at the screen there is a PeeCee icon which says "My Computer",
not "Explorer". If everybody is going to call everything "Explorer", how the
hell do you ever figure out how to navigate this nightmare? 

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