An XP question

This is normally done by drag and drop (unless something has locked it)

"Dave Plowman (News)" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Just drag the top margin of the bar to change it back to the right size. Then just click-hold-drag on the bar itself to take it back to the bottom.

If it doesn't, then right-click on it, and unlock.

When I ran win98 I was temporarily stumped by that one. It turned out the drag and drop had to be started by grabbing the numbers of the clock, not any other part of the taskbar. Perhaps the same design lunacy exists in xp too, many odd bugs were carried over from winDOS.

NT

Thanks guys - sorted. Thought I'd tried every combination. ;-)

Anyone recommend a decent KVM switch (PS2)? My last one was just fine - but that used the scroll lock key to operate it - and this new keyboard doesn't have one.

Yup that is a known problem on some KVMs moving between windows and a non windows platform. On solution is an extra mouse connected directly to the problem machine! Not ideal - but workable.

Nope, on xp any blank area of bar will do. The slight problem is there is no feedback that anything is happening until you reach the "tipping point" and then it snaps to the other side.

Rextron make some good ones, that quite often use a double tap of the Ctrl key instead. (bit of a pain in some games though!)

I used to get this problem all the time until I called Joe Strummer for help. He told me to "lock the taskbar, lock the taskbar".

-- Halmyre

I've been using an Aten CS64A (4 port PS2 and audio) without any problems for a few years now, mainly switching between FreeBSD and XP but have had Win98, Vista and Windows 7 connected at times with no problem. It uses keypad num-lock and * followed by 1, 2, 3 or 4 to switch. It's a compact unit with the 4 cables hard wired into it. I see Rapid currently have them at £27.50 + delivery +VAT

Stuart Tyrrell (STD developments/advantage6) used to sell modified KVMs that worked with acorn/windows machines. They may still do so (at a price).

I have an Adder GEM which you can have for P&P.

Known to use as "crazy mouse". The mouse sends three bytes each time it moves (x,y,buttons IIRC) and if one gets dropped somehow the whole thing goes out of sync. Most mouse controllers will timeout and sort themselves out - but some won't.

I suggest a USB mouse.

Andy

USB support on the Acorn is too flakey.

The middle scroll wheel on a usb mouse is so useful, with control you can zoom into webpages. [g]

I get the same problem when switching between two Ubuntu systems, but only in one direction. However, as I now use Synergy I only have to switch once.

... just like my PS2 mouse does :-)

Works on PS2 too.

Switched keyboard and screen, USB mouse on the PC, PS/2 on the Acorn?

It might be worth trying to not move the mouse while switching.

Andy