XP screen?

After a recent barrage of updates it seems , both of our desktops open
every page in minimized mode and we need to manually expand them! Is there a
simple way to stop this from happening? Please. Thank you John B

Sloop John B ...

Do you mean when you open a program or browser the *window* needs to be
expanded as they are minimized ?
What happens after you expand and then close them ... do they still open
minimized ?
If yes, please list which updates were installed. The easiest way to do
that is to go to
Start > Run > copy and paste the below into the Open: line and then
click OK or press Enter

%windir%\softwaredistribution\reportingevents.log

The latest successfully installed updates are listed at the *bottom* of
the above log.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2009]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============



seadog wrote:

> After a recent barrage of updates it seems , both of our desktops open
> every page in minimized mode and we need to manually expand them! Is there a
> simple way to stop this from happening? Please. Thank you John B

Thanx for the info but may I ask this? How do I know which one it must be as
we allow M/S to automatically apply the updates on our units so I don't know
which one may be the culprit. Our memory isn't as it once was ! Thanx John b

"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

> Sloop John B ...
>
> Do you mean when you open a program or browser the *window* needs to be
> expanded as they are minimized ?
> What happens after you expand and then close them ... do they still open
> minimized ?
> If yes, please list which updates were installed. The easiest way to do
> that is to go to
> Start > Run > copy and paste the below into the Open: line and then
> click OK or press Enter
>
> %windir%\softwaredistribution\reportingevents.log
>
> The latest successfully installed updates are listed at the *bottom* of
> the above log.
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2009]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
>
>
> seadog wrote:
>
> > After a recent barrage of updates it seems , both of our desktops open
> > every page in minimized mode and we need to manually expand them! Is there a
> > simple way to stop this from happening? Please. Thank you John B
>

I already posted once how you can see which updates were just installed
succesfully. Let's see if you can find it this time <w> :

... please list which updates were installed. The easiest way to do that
is to go to
Start > Run > copy and paste the below into the Open: line and then
click OK or press Enter

%windir%\softwaredistribution\reportingevents.log

The latest successfully installed updates are listed at the *bottom* of
the above log.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: IF Run is not on the Start Menu, add it by *right* clicking the
Start Menu, choose Properties.
Click the Customize button towards the bottom of the window.
Under Advanced Start menu options, scroll down to
" Display Run " and put a check in the box next to it.
Click OK, then Apply, then OK once more.


Got it ? BTW, I'm old, too. Heck, I remember the 1952 World Series !


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2009]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============



seadog wrote:

> Thanx for the info but may I ask this? How do I know which one it must be as
> we allow M/S to automatically apply the updates on our units so I don't know
> which one may be the culprit. Our memory isn't as it once was ! Thanx John b
>
> "MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:
>
>
>>Sloop John B ...
>>
>>Do you mean when you open a program or browser the *window* needs to be
>>expanded as they are minimized ?
>>What happens after you expand and then close them ... do they still open
>>minimized ?
>>If yes, please list which updates were installed. The easiest way to do
>>that is to go to
>>Start > Run > copy and paste the below into the Open: line and then
>>click OK or press Enter
>>
>>%windir%\softwaredistribution\reportingevents.lo g
>>
>>The latest successfully installed updates are listed at the *bottom* of
>>the above log.
>>
>>MowGreen [MVP 2003-2009]
>>===============
>> *-343-* FDNY
>>Never Forgotten
>>===============
>>
>>
>>
>>seadog wrote:
>>
>>
>>> After a recent barrage of updates it seems , both of our desktops open
>>>every page in minimized mode and we need to manually expand them! Is there a
>>>simple way to stop this from happening? Please. Thank you John B
>>

Drag with the mouse cursor the window to full screen, close it on the x in
the upper right corner while holding ctrl on yout keyboard, see if it now
opens in ful screen. do this with every type of window if succesfull.


"seadog" <> wrote in message
news:1AA2078D-13E4-4CEE-8BBE-...
> After a recent barrage of updates it seems , both of our desktops open
> every page in minimized mode and we need to manually expand them! Is
> there a
> simple way to stop this from happening? Please. Thank you John B