Resizing

[Jorge Bravo]

I have XP SP2, but as there does not seem to be a forum for XP registry, I
wonder if you can help me with resizing windows. No matter how mucg I press
F5 orrefresh, next time the window comes up quite small again.

is there a registry entry for this?

thank you

 

[Mark V]

I have XP SP2, but as there does not seem to be a forum for XP

NT4, W2K, W2K3, XP are all covered here to date.
Just always specify the OS in question when posting. For XP,
"home" vs. "Pro" may also be relevant.

registry, I wonder if you can help me with resizing windows. No
matter how mucg I press F5 orrefresh, next time the window comes
up quite small again.

You will need to be more specific about "window". An explorer
(shell) window, application window, some type of dialog window, ...
Type of account and profile. (a restricted user on a mandatory
profile will not be able to effectively save window state)
Environment: home system vs. a corporate one with possibly many
Group Policies applied.
And so on.

is there a registry entry for this?

Can't say yet.
BTW do you have REGMON a free Sysinternals tool available there?

 

[Jorge Bravo]

Hi Mark, thanks for your reply.

I meant the IE window.

I'm a little nervous because I had a virus (Prorat.BB) a few days ago and
things are not quite what they used to be.

I'm glad you deal with XP because then I can add another doubt: I read in
the web
http://www.security-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=3752

that the registry keys in quaetion should all be "\"%1\" %*" and I found
one that is not, and which is also covered in the MS link below

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-016.mspx

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htafile\Shell\Open\Command] ="\"%1\" %*"

C:\WINDOWS\system32\mshta.exe "%1" %*

I wonde if this has been alteed by the virus.

Could you help, please?

PS - No, I don't have regmon.

Many thanks for your kind help.

j

 

[Jorge Bravo]

Sorry, just to add that this is a home system XP Media Center and I am the
only user.

j

 

[Dave Patrick]

Here's what I have but I don't see that affecting window size.

C:\Windows\system32\mshta.exe "%1" %*


One of these may help.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870975
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813711
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/93213.mspx?mfr=true

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

Hi Mark, thanks for your reply.

I meant the IE window.

I'm a little nervous because I had a virus (Prorat.BB) a few days ago and
things are not quite what they used to be.

I'm glad you deal with XP because then I can add another doubt: I read in
the web
http://www.security-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=3752

that the registry keys in quaetion should all be "\"%1\" %*" and I found
one that is not, and which is also covered in the MS link below

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-016.mspx

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htafile\Shell\Open\Command] ="\"%1\" %*"

C:\WINDOWS\system32\mshta.exe "%1" %*

I wonde if this has been alteed by the virus.

Could you help, please?

PS - No, I don't have regmon.

Many thanks for your kind help.

j

NT4, W2K, W2K3, XP are all covered here to date.
Just always specify the OS in question when posting. For XP,
"home" vs. "Pro" may also be relevant.


You will need to be more specific about "window". An explorer
(shell) window, application window, some type of dialog window, ...
Type of account and profile. (a restricted user on a mandatory
profile will not be able to effectively save window state)
Environment: home system vs. a corporate one with possibly many
Group Policies applied.
And so on.


Can't say yet.
BTW do you have REGMON a free Sysinternals tool available there?

 

[Mark V]

I have XP SP2, but as there does not seem to be a forum for XP

NT4, W2K, W2K3, XP are all covered here to date.
Just always specify the OS in question when posting. For XP,
"home" vs. "Pro" may also be relevant. [ ]
You will need to be more specific about "window". An explorer
(shell) window, application window, some type of dialog window,

[ ]

Hi Mark, thanks for your reply.

I meant the IE window.

If IE-specific I cannot help. Don't use it.

I'm a little nervous because I had a virus (Prorat.BB) a few
days ago and things are not quite what they used to be.

Restore from backup known-good partition image? (hopefully)
Especially since Prorat.BB can "backdoor" the system.

I'm glad you deal with XP because then I can add another doubt:

I don't. This group supports those Windows versions, but
personally I run W2K.

I read in the web
http://www.security-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=3752

that the registry keys in quaetion should all be "\"%1\" %*"
and I found one that is not, and which is also covered in the MS
link below

This might or might not be virus damage, but I cannot see how that
alone would affect the ability to save window state.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-016.mspx

[ ]

Could you help, please?

PS - No, I don't have regmon.

Many thanks for your kind help.

I believe you need a better group or fora for all this. Starting
with the compromise of the system apparently by a back-door Trojan
which may have done almost anything and may have stolen data as
well. It may be in the end you must re-install or restore to
regain any trust in the system.

 

[Jorge Bravo]

Hello Mark

Sorry to have brought some confusion to the thread.

When you replied that this forum dealt with XP, I moved from the resizing of
the Windows to another more serious matter that has nothing to do with the
windows.

It is that I would like to check a number of entries in the registry and
would appreciate some help.

All that could be dne has been done and I belive the trojan is gone, but
there are I think changes to the registry that I would like to tackle.

Thank you very much


j

In microsoft.public.win2000.registry Jorge Bravo wrote:

I have XP SP2, but as there does not seem to be a forum for XP

NT4, W2K, W2K3, XP are all covered here to date.
Just always specify the OS in question when posting. For XP,
"home" vs. "Pro" may also be relevant. [ ]
You will need to be more specific about "window". An explorer
(shell) window, application window, some type of dialog window,

[ ]

Hi Mark, thanks for your reply.

I meant the IE window.

If IE-specific I cannot help. Don't use it.

I'm a little nervous because I had a virus (Prorat.BB) a few
days ago and things are not quite what they used to be.

Restore from backup known-good partition image? (hopefully)
Especially since Prorat.BB can "backdoor" the system.

I'm glad you deal with XP because then I can add another doubt:

I don't. This group supports those Windows versions, but
personally I run W2K.

I read in the web
http://www.security-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=3752

that the registry keys in quaetion should all be "\"%1\" %*"
and I found one that is not, and which is also covered in the MS
link below

This might or might not be virus damage, but I cannot see how that
alone would affect the ability to save window state.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-016.mspx

[ ]

Could you help, please?

PS - No, I don't have regmon.

Many thanks for your kind help.

I believe you need a better group or fora for all this. Starting
with the compromise of the system apparently by a back-door Trojan
which may have done almost anything and may have stolen data as
well. It may be in the end you must re-install or restore to
regain any trust in the system.

 

[Mark V]

Hello Mark

Sorry to have brought some confusion to the thread.

When you replied that this forum dealt with XP, I moved from the
resizing of the Windows to another more serious matter that has
nothing to do with the windows.

It is that I would like to check a number of entries in the
registry and would appreciate some help.

[ ]

I have here W2K, SP4+:

! REG.EXE VERSION 2.0

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htafile\Shell\Open\Command
<NO NAME> REG_SZ C:\WINNT\System32\mshta.exe "%1" %*

[prior converstion snipped. see up-thread]

 

[Dave Patrick]

And to add to this; what I posted was from Vista registry.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

Hello Mark

Sorry to have brought some confusion to the thread.

When you replied that this forum dealt with XP, I moved from the
resizing of the Windows to another more serious matter that has
nothing to do with the windows.

It is that I would like to check a number of entries in the
registry and would appreciate some help.

[ ]

I have here W2K, SP4+:

! REG.EXE VERSION 2.0

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htafile\Shell\Open\Command
<NO NAME> REG_SZ C:\WINNT\System32\mshta.exe "%1" %*

[prior converstion snipped. see up-thread]