Show windows contents while dragging

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Nick

When I go into "my computer - properties - performance - advanced" and set
(check mark) "Show window contents while dragging", it only stays that way
for the current session. As soon as I log-off or shutdown-restart the
computer it resets back to being unchecked.

Anyone ever experienced this and have any suggestions as to what is the
cause of this and a fix? Thanks in advance for any information anyone can
give me on this very annoying problem.

Computer:

New Dell XPS_GEN_2
Windows XP Pro
Intel 875P chipset
3.2 GHz Pentium 4
1 GB DDR
ATI 9800 XT PRO (driver version 3.9, 09/30/2003)
 
Let me guess, the radio buttons at the top are set to "Let Windows
choose what's best for my computer" right? If so, then Windows will reset
it each time you boot up to what it thinks is best. You need to set it to
"Custom". Although I'm not sure why it would disable that since your system
should make it set it. I thought maybe your drivers were not optimal but
you've got Catalyst 3.9...

If the above tip did not help, try going into Display
Properties->Appearance->Effects and setting "Show window contents while
dragging". Maybe that will set it permanently.


HTH

--
Alec S.
alec @ synetech . cjb . net


e
 
Alec, thanks for the reply. The radio button is set to custom and I did also
try to set that option the other way you said by right clicking the desktop
and picking display options and then effects, same result. And the first
thing I did was to get the latest display driver from ATI - all that has not
corrected the problem. If anyone has some other suggestions, please let me
know.
 
I am having the exact same problem with my new Dell
XPS_GEN_2 running XP Pro. I have tried both ways of
setting this and it never stays.

Have you found a way to get this to work? This is the
first PC I've had a problem on. All my previous Dells
worked fine.

Thanks,
Ralph
 
Try this...

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 30. (Windows XP Doesn't Save User Settings)

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Regards,
Jan

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| Rwolman - no fix yet. I'm waiting on a reply from Dell forum. It's a nightmare....
|

| > I am having the exact same problem with my new Dell
| > XPS_GEN_2 running XP Pro. I have tried both ways of
| > setting this and it never stays.
| >
| > Have you found a way to get this to work? This is the
| > first PC I've had a problem on. All my previous Dells
| > worked fine.
| >
| > Thanks,
| > Ralph
| > >-----Original Message-----
| > >When I go into "my computer - properties - performance - advanced" and set (check mark) "Show window contents while dragging",
it only stays that way for the current session. As soon as I log-off or shutdown-restart the computer it resets back to being
unchecked.
| > >
| > >Anyone ever experienced this and have any suggestions as to what is the cause of this and a fix? Thanks in advance for any
information anyone can give me on this very annoying problem.
| > >
| > >Computer:
| > >
| > >New Dell XPS_GEN_2
| > >Windows XP Pro
| > >Intel 875P chipset
| > >3.2 GHz Pentium 4
| > >1 GB DDR
| > >ATI 9800 XT PRO (driver version 3.9, 09/30/2003)
 
Thanks Jan, that would not work as well. After two days of researching this
problem with Microsoft and dell, it turns out to be a know problem with all
high-end computer that dell is sending out lately. Looks like the image they
are currently using to ghost their high-end systems is a bad image. The only
know fix available is a reformat - I will be sending mine back.

thanks...
_ _ J said:
Try this...

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 30. (Windows XP Doesn't Save User Settings)

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Regards,
Jan

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--------------------------


| Rwolman - no fix yet. I'm waiting on a reply from Dell forum. It's a nightmare....
|

| > I am having the exact same problem with my new Dell
| > XPS_GEN_2 running XP Pro. I have tried both ways of
| > setting this and it never stays.
| >
| > Have you found a way to get this to work? This is the
| > first PC I've had a problem on. All my previous Dells
| > worked fine.
| >
| > Thanks,
| > Ralph
| > >-----Original Message-----
| > >When I go into "my computer - properties - performance - advanced"
Click to expand...
and set (check mark) "Show window contents while dragging",
it only stays that way for the current session. As soon as I log-off or
Click to expand...
shutdown-restart the computer it resets back to being
unchecked.
| > >
| > >Anyone ever experienced this and have any suggestions as to what is
Click to expand...
the cause of this and a fix? Thanks in advance for any
 
Good luck!

--
Regards,
Jan

Please reply in newsgroups
--------------------------

| Thanks Jan, that would not work as well. After two days of researching this
| problem with Microsoft and dell, it turns out to be a know problem with all
| high-end computer that dell is sending out lately. Looks like the image they
| are currently using to ghost their high-end systems is a bad image. The only
| know fix available is a reformat - I will be sending mine back.
|
| thanks...
| | > Try this...
| >
| > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
| > Line 30. (Windows XP Doesn't Save User Settings)
| >
| > --
| > Regards,
| > Jan
| >
| > Please reply in newsgroups
| > --------------------------
| >
| >
| > | Rwolman - no fix yet. I'm waiting on a reply from Dell forum. It's a
| nightmare....
| > |
| >
| > | > I am having the exact same problem with my new Dell
| > | > XPS_GEN_2 running XP Pro. I have tried both ways of
| > | > setting this and it never stays.
| > | >
| > | > Have you found a way to get this to work? This is the
| > | > first PC I've had a problem on. All my previous Dells
| > | > worked fine.
| > | >
| > | > Thanks,
| > | > Ralph
| > | > >-----Original Message-----
| > | > >When I go into "my computer - properties - performance - advanced"
| and set (check mark) "Show window contents while dragging",
| > it only stays that way for the current session. As soon as I log-off or
| shutdown-restart the computer it resets back to being
| > unchecked.
| > | > >
| > | > >Anyone ever experienced this and have any suggestions as to what is
| the cause of this and a fix? Thanks in advance for any
| > information anyone can give me on this very annoying problem.
| > | > >
| > | > >Computer:
| > | > >
| > | > >New Dell XPS_GEN_2
| > | > >Windows XP Pro
| > | > >Intel 875P chipset
| > | > >3.2 GHz Pentium 4
| > | > >1 GB DDR
| > | > >ATI 9800 XT PRO (driver version 3.9, 09/30/2003)
| >
| >
|
|
 
Great - my new Dimension 8300 is experiencing the same problems (PLUS the
System32 window-shows-at-startup issue due to the SB Audigy driver problem).
I am soooooo pissed. And their tech support line is feigning ignorance...

The machine is only a week old. Think I could get a replacement?

Alan in Hoboken
 
You have one month to the day on the invoice. One hour after that - they
will slam the door on you so you need to act fast. They will run you all
around the world with fix this - fix that, but I have been on this for 14
days now and the ONLY fix is a reformat of the hard drive and a clean
install. No way for me am I doing that on a 2 week old $3500 system.

That part that will drive all of crazy is that this is a known dell problem
from as far back as last September I know of so far. And then when you call
India for support on this - they act as if they know not what you are
talking about and have you do six or more fix's that they know will not
correct the problem. I have went so far as to even do a upgrade reinstall of
XP - still no luck. Then they start saying to call hardware - they say call
software, again - then call Microsoft, it's not a Dell problem. Don't buy
that - they sold you a computer that will not run correctly or as the
operating system is designed.

Then you will have to start the battle of sending it back - which will be
hard, very hard. If you get that done - it will still cost you about $200.00
for shipping. I have not started the return process because I will be out of
town for a week starting next week. If I get the problems I will contact my
credit card to charge back the charge as they will at that time be in
violation of their "Total Satisfaction" return policy. After 30 days you
loose - act now.

Depending on how this goes, I may contact a lawyer and see about a
class-action against then as they know about this and keep sending them out.
The best the customer gets out of it is weeks of misery then a $200.00
shipping bill for it. That cant be correct. On the Dell web forum, I stopped
counting at 100 the number of persons complaining about this. There must be
thousands of us - makes for a good class-action. Any lawyers out there...

I did see in all my travels a fix for the system32 folder opening up at
start-up, but there is no way I remember where that was now. That can be
fixed though. It involves going into msconfig and taking out a line. Don't
try it unless you get the complete instruction. If you do things wrong in
there you can have some serious problems. But that issue can be corrected -
there is no fix for the "show window contents while dragging" issue.

Of the Dell web site:

Below is another post I found on this forum today. Clearly, this is a huge
problem that Dell is well aware of and even so, they are still building and
selling these computers, knowing full well that they are defective out the
door. This is an outrage! As mine is only 10 days old and I am very
dissatisfied, as soon as return from Christmas vacation I will be sending it
back in accordance with Dell's "Total Satisfaction" return policy.



squ1ffy wrote:


I have a brand new Dell Dimension 8300 - 3.0ghz P4, Radeon 9800 pro.

If I click the 'show windows contents while dragging' setting, it works for
the session but then doesn't work when you log off and on, or reboot.

I've been round the houses on this a number of times:

a.. I've tried the Wind32k.sys fix - it installed correctly (and fixed the
dragging icons problem (though the icons often corrupt so I'm not convinced)
but doesn't sort this one.
b.. I've checked the setting both in display properties and visual
effects.
c.. Got the latest video drivers (catalyst 3.9)
d.. I've check the registry and the dragfullwindows key is set to 1 even
after the log off, but doesn't seem to do anything.
e.. I've done a repair re-install of XP and it still isn't fixed - must be
a registry problem or something similar.
I've scoured the web and a number of people with new Dell have this problem.
Clearly the image they used to build the machines is broken. Dell, this
will be a problem as the machine are high end & expensive, so the people who
buy them are likely to know what they are doing and find these problems very
irritating.

This is infuriating. It may sound cosmetic, but I do a lot of image editing
and it means moving images around in say Paint Shop Pro you can't see what
you are doing until you let go of the mouse.

Essentially the only option I have left is to reformat and re-install
everything from scratch. A good 1/2 a day wasted. Dell, you need to sort
this out! I should *not* have to to a re-format to get basic windows
functionality working!


Then you will have
 
From google

This problem is fairly common in Windows NT 4.0, 2000, and XP. It's
caused by an erroneous entry in one of the Registry keys that control
programs launched at start-up. The two keys in question are
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.


Each named value within these two keys represents a program launched at
start-up; each value's data holds the command to be executed. If the
command is blank or contains just a character in double quotation
marks, this missing data can cause Windows Explorer to display the
System32 folder at start-up.

To fix the problem launch REGEDIT from the Start menu's Run dialog and
navigate to one of the keys mentioned above. Select Export from the
Registry menu and export the key to a REG file, so you can undo any
deletions if necessary.

In my xps ,1 day old, it was the current user key and it was _L:/ENG
key that needed deleted(soundblaster).

Would you believe the tech had originaly told me to go to msconfig and
boot in selective mode and click never show me this again box.
So it would always boot in selective(diagnostic) mode.
What an Idiot.
He also told me it was normal...yeah right.

Mine is OK now...just wonder what else is wrong that we just don't
see...


rgillbilly
 
What was the original post? From the subject, I can't see how the runkeys
play a part here.

As per your statement concerning /L:ENG, that wasn't all in all bad advice.
Disabling the option via msconfig, removes the runkey. Did you know that?

However, the fix is:

This is a known issue for owners of an SB Audigy 2 sound card. Re-enable
the item in MSConfig.

Then see www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm, Line 260, Left column for a
small utility that will correct this for you. The problem is caused by a
leading space before the /L:ENG. This causes the problem, the script
corrects it.

Also, if you ever disable items in msconfig/startup from idiot tech advice
in the future:

Clear Disabled Items from Msconfig Startup (Line 148)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
 
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