Possible Problem With Vista Performance Pack KB938979

Hi all,

After downloading and installing this update, I found that my menus
were behaving differently to normal. When you clicked on a menu or
sub-menu option in any program, the menus would cascade out to the
left, instead of to the left as they had previously done.

Uninstalling the update put the menus back to normal.

Has anybody else who has installed this update had a similar problem?

In case you are wondering what the hell I'm talking about, have a look
at these two screen shots to see the before and after effect.

The before image.

http://www.georgedingwall.co.uk/imag...p/MenusOld.jpg

The after image.

http://www.georgedingwall.co.uk/images/temp/Menus.jpg

Bye for now,

George Dingwall

Invergordon, Scotland

http://www.georgedingwall.co.uk

If you've got Tablet PC settings under Hardware and Sound in Control Panel,
go and check the left-right handed settings, they swap the menus around.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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"George Dingwall" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi all,
>
> After downloading and installing this update, I found that my menus
> were behaving differently to normal. When you clicked on a menu or
> sub-menu option in any program, the menus would cascade out to the
> left, instead of to the left as they had previously done.
>
> Uninstalling the update put the menus back to normal.
>
> Has anybody else who has installed this update had a similar problem?
>
> In case you are wondering what the hell I'm talking about, have a look
> at these two screen shots to see the before and after effect.
>
> The before image.
>
> http://www.georgedingwall.co.uk/imag...p/MenusOld.jpg
>
> The after image.
>
> http://www.georgedingwall.co.uk/images/temp/Menus.jpg
>
> Bye for now,
>
> George Dingwall
>
> Invergordon, Scotland
>
> http://www.georgedingwall.co.uk

George Dingwall <> wrote in
news::

> Hi all,
>
> After downloading and installing this update, I found that my
> menus were behaving differently to normal. When you clicked on a
> menu or sub-menu option in any program, the menus would cascade
> out to the left, instead of to the left as they had previously
> done.
>
> Uninstalling the update put the menus back to normal.
>
> Has anybody else who has installed this update had a similar
> problem?
>
> In case you are wondering what the hell I'm talking about, have a
> look at these two screen shots to see the before and after effect.
>
> The before image.
>
> http://www.georgedingwall.co.uk/imag...p/MenusOld.jpg
>
> The after image.
>
> http://www.georgedingwall.co.uk/images/temp/Menus.jpg
>
> Bye for now,
>
> George Dingwall
>
> Invergordon, Scotland
>
> http://www.georgedingwall.co.uk


That is the way it is suppose to work the menus will fly out in the
direction with the most available room. As your pictures show IE is
larger and more centered therefore the menus can cascade to the
right, in the second picture IE is smaller and to the right
therefore the menus will cascade to the left. there is nothing
wrong.

--
The most reliable time to upgrade to a new Operating System is at the
end of its life cycle.

Dave

On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:56:52 +0100, "Paul Smith"
<> wrote:

>If you've got Tablet PC settings under Hardware and Sound in Control Panel,
>go and check the left-right handed settings, they swap the menus around.

Hi Paul,

Thanks for that tip. I've just re-installed the update, and it changed
the handedness setting in the Tablet PC options so that menus were
flying out from the left instead of how it was previously from the
right.

I was beginning to go mad over this, as people I know who have also
installed the update did not have the same problem.

Thanks again, Paul, I really appreciate your help. I spent over two
hours on the phone, and with remote desktop access today, and they did
not think of that solution. I'm well pleased.

Bye for now,

George Dingwall

Invergordon, Scotland

http://www.georgedingwall.co.uk

"Dave Cox" <> wrote in message
news:Xns998E7FC87FAAdcoxgmailcom@69.28.186.121...
>
> That is the way it is suppose to work the menus will fly out in the
> direction with the most available room. As your pictures show IE is
> larger and more centered therefore the menus can cascade to the
> right, in the second picture IE is smaller and to the right
> therefore the menus will cascade to the left. there is nothing
> wrong.
>

Wrong. Look at the arrows on the menu in the picture. He has already got
the solution to the problem, but it is strange that the update had changed
the registry key (or whatever) involved.

ss.

"Dave Cox" <> wrote in message

>
>
> That is the way it is suppose to work the menus will fly out in the
> direction with the most available room. As your pictures show IE is
> larger and more centered therefore the menus can cascade to the
> right, in the second picture IE is smaller and to the right
> therefore the menus will cascade to the left. there is nothing
> wrong.
>

You are correct, Dave. The two photos are apples-and-oranges comparisons
because the IE window is in a different place. The only reliable comparison
is to do it pre and post-upgrade with the IE window in the same spot both
times.

"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
news:%23%...
> "Dave Cox" <> wrote in message
> news:Xns998E7FC87FAAdcoxgmailcom@69.28.186.121...
>>
>> That is the way it is suppose to work the menus will fly out in the
>> direction with the most available room. As your pictures show IE is
>> larger and more centered therefore the menus can cascade to the
>> right, in the second picture IE is smaller and to the right
>> therefore the menus will cascade to the left. there is nothing
>> wrong.
>>
>
> Wrong. Look at the arrows on the menu in the picture. He has already got
> the solution to the problem, but it is strange that the update had changed
> the registry key (or whatever) involved.
>


Nope, Dave is correct. I just tested it myself. And even though I got the
menus to swing out to the left, the arrows were still pointing right.

"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
news:%23%...
> "Dave Cox" <> wrote in message
> news:Xns998E7FC87FAAdcoxgmailcom@69.28.186.121...
>>
>> That is the way it is suppose to work the menus will fly out in the
>> direction with the most available room. As your pictures show IE is
>> larger and more centered therefore the menus can cascade to the
>> right, in the second picture IE is smaller and to the right
>> therefore the menus will cascade to the left. there is nothing
>> wrong.
>>
>
> Wrong. Look at the arrows on the menu in the picture. He has already got
> the solution to the problem, but it is strange that the update had changed
> the registry key (or whatever) involved.
>


Nope, Dave is correct. I just tested it myself. And even though I got the
menus to swing out to the left, the arrows were still pointing right.

"DP" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Dave Cox" <> wrote in message
>
>>
>>
>> That is the way it is suppose to work the menus will fly out in the
>> direction with the most available room. As your pictures show IE is
>> larger and more centered therefore the menus can cascade to the
>> right, in the second picture IE is smaller and to the right
>> therefore the menus will cascade to the left. there is nothing
>> wrong.
>>
>
> You are correct, Dave. The two photos are apples-and-oranges comparisons
> because the IE window is in a different place. The only reliable
> comparison is to do it pre and post-upgrade with the IE window in the same
> spot both times.
>


Wrong. Look at the positions of the flyout arrows on the IE menus. That
can only happen in left-hand mode.

ss.

The arrows are on the right side in both cases. If you take your IE window
and move it to the right of your screen and click on Favorites dropdwon
menu, the menus fly out to the left even though the arrows are pointing
right.
If you move the IE window to the right side of your screen, the arrows point
to the right and the menus fly out to the right.
Have you tried this?
Or am I misunderstanding what you're saying?
The menus fly out to wherever they can find space, left or right, but the
arrows always point right.



"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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> "DP" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> "Dave Cox" <> wrote in message
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That is the way it is suppose to work the menus will fly out in the
>>> direction with the most available room. As your pictures show IE is
>>> larger and more centered therefore the menus can cascade to the
>>> right, in the second picture IE is smaller and to the right
>>> therefore the menus will cascade to the left. there is nothing
>>> wrong.
>>>
>>
>> You are correct, Dave. The two photos are apples-and-oranges comparisons
>> because the IE window is in a different place. The only reliable
>> comparison is to do it pre and post-upgrade with the IE window in the
>> same spot both times.
>>
>
>
> Wrong. Look at the positions of the flyout arrows on the IE menus. That
> can only happen in left-hand mode.
>
> ss.
>