[AT] Degree symbol--know how?

[Larry D Goss]

RE: the hidden icons on my Desktop, you're right, Steve, that's precisely 
what it sounds like.  I'm running Windows XP Media Edition on three 
different computers -- two desktops, and a laptop.  On one of the desktops 
and the laptop, I can make the icons visible or hidden by right clicking any 
vacant location on the Desktop.  But right clicking on the Desktop of the 
other desktop computer does absolutely nothing.  Right clicking a vacant 
area in the task bar immediately next to the Start button gives me the 
option of toggling between Show open Windows or Show Desktop, but the 
Desktop shows no icons.  Of course the support sites for the computer and 
for Microsoft have not been helpful.  The bright young guys who work at 
Circuit City (where I bought the computer) claim they've never seen anything 
like this in their (limited) experience.

Like I said, if I didn't have a workaround for the problem, it would be 
painful to use the computer, but with a List version of the Desktop 
available at any time, I've kind of have the attitude "Who needs it?"  :-)

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Degree symbol--know how?


It depends mostly on how you have the mail program set up. If your using
the same set that the person is sending in then you will see the message
the same way it was sent. The problem is that many machines use a
variable font (especially if they are using HTML in messages)instead of
a fixed font. In most instances this is OK. However when you want to use
special symbols you need everyone to be on the same page. When you look
at the older systems used in government or other large systems, 99% of
them are set up to use the same font and the same symbols. That way any
special characters are interpreted correctly.

On the Vista front. I can sum it up in two words. IT S*C^S ! I have been
playing with it since the first beta's came out. Unless you are running
a VERY current machine it will not even run on it. The video aspect
alone requires a top end video card just to install the OS. The
different versions are going to make things interesting as well. With
Basic, Home, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise and Extreme there are a
lot of choices.

Anyone buying a new computer for Christmas should really decide what
they want since MS is offering Vista upgrades BUT only on certain paths.
If you buy a machine with XP Home you will be given an upgrade to Vista
Basic only. If you have XP Media Edition you get a coupon for Vista Home
Premium With XP Pro you get a coupon for Vista Business.

Larry it sounds like you have the option to hide the desktop checked. I
think it is hidden under the desktop settings covering the icons visible
on the desktop.

Larry D Goss wrote:
> Not all Windows XP are created equal.  The symbols came back as a and o on 
> my machine.  I'm running Windows XP Media Edition.
>
> I attended a program on the highlights of Vista a couple of days ago and 
> everything the presenter talked about is something that I already have 
> available and am using in the Media Edition system.  For instance, the All 
> Programs view from the Start button is now a single vertical list instead 
> of the multiple column list that we're used to.  But some of those single 
> column lists are available to you by adding toolbars to your existing 
> Windows XP task bar.  Right click on any blank area in your task bar, 
> Unlock your taskbar, right click on an open area again, and you'll have a 
> Toolbar option available.  Highlighting that will show a half dozen or 
> more toolbars that can be added to your taskbar.  Those will give you the 
> "look and feel" of Vista without having to make any additional changes. 
> For some strange reason, the Desktop on my computer screen is hidden and 
> cannot be made visible.  So I added the Desktop Toolbar to my system and 
> am using that instead.  I kind of like it that way.  Now I don't have to 
> minimize everything or go through the longer process of bringing up the 
> Desktop in order to start a new program.  It also means that my screen 
> saver and background is always completely clear of any program icons.
>
> Larry
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Vorwerk - Printwear Graphics" 
> <pvorwerk at newulmtel.net>
> To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:20 PM
> Subject: RE: [AT] Degree symbol--know how?
>
>
> The symbols showed up fine on my computer - Windows XP os.
>
> Phil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Larry D Goss
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:33 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Degree symbol--know how?
>
> Hey Steve, whatever happened to the old masculine and feminine symbols? 
> Are
>
> we now so politically correct that those have been deleted from our 
> lexicon?
>
> Where such an item is defined in the Windows fonts, it appears as a lower
> case superscript a(ª ) for feminine and o( º) for masculine.  It also
> appears that the rest of the alchemy symbols are missing.  I don't see any
> of them showing up in System, Symbol, Wingdings, or any other font.
>
> It's not that I ever used them, it's just that I didn't realize that 
> they're
>
> gone.  If anybody receives this message on their computer with the old
> masculine and feminine symbols showing inside the parentheses in the above
> paragraph, I'd sure like to know about it.
>
> Larry
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 11:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Degree symbol--know how?
>
>
>>
>>
>> Larry D Goss wrote:
>>> LOL!  That's one of the differences between your computers (and their
>>> keyboards) from the ones we use on this side of the pond, Mattias.  You
>>> probably have multiple language sets installed on your computer with 
>>> each
>
>>> one reassigning letter locations on your keyboard.  It's unusual over
>>> here to have anything other than American English installed on our
>>> computers.
>>>
>>> Larry
>>>
>>
>> For anyone with a Windows machine. Look in the programs/accessories 
>> folder
>
>> and see if you have a shortcut called Character Map. That will show you
>> the codes for various symbols in the different fonts your computer has in
>> it.
>> It also allows you to cut/paste in the character.
>>
>> -- 
>> Steve W.
>> Near Cooperstown, New York
>>
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Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York

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