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Windows 7 Start Menu Task Bar Windows Classic Fail Continuity Produc
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1704 - Summary/Objective
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170501 - Follow up ref SDS 4 0000.
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170903 - 800 642 7676
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170906 - Talked to Lera following up work on 091118. ref SDS 3 J58K
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170909 - Case Number:
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170911 - 1117279353
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171301 - Called transferred to Arbind Nayak.
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171303 - This is a technical support unit in India.
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171306 - Microsoft Technical Support Engineer was able to use Microsoft Easy
171307 - Assist today, which failed the other day, Today, we turned cookies
171308 - on, and this enabled Easy Assist to run.
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171311 - The two problems were visible to Microsoft.
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171701 - Explained process of installing Windows 7 on j drive by first
171702 - installing Windows XP 32-bit on j, and then upgrading to Windows 7
171703 - 32-bit.
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171706 - Need to know how do the same thing with Windows 7 64 bit, per planning
171707 - at Fry's earlier today, reported on 091124 1042. ref SDS 4 Q68H
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171710 - Inquiry today on the Internet indicates there a great many different
171711 - versions of Windows XP 64-bit software. Called Microsoft to get
171712 - guidance on which would be best for the purpose of upgrading to
171713 - Windows 7.
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171716 - Arbind wants to try installing Windows 7 64-bit on j drive without
171717 - having Windows XP 64-bit installed.
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171720 - Arbind put the call on hold while he performed a virtual installation
171721 - for Windows 7 64-bit operating system on a computer in the Microsoft
171722 - customer support lab.
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172101 - Arbind reported his test shows regardless of which drive Windows 7
172102 - 64-bit operating system code is installed, when the computer is run,
172103 - the Windows 7 64-bit operating system is displayed on the c drive,
172104 - similar to problems encountered installing Windows 7 on c16, and
172105 - reported on 090711 1500. ref SDS 1 WM77
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172108 - This confirms Fry's work plan to first install Windows XP 64-bit
172109 - operating system on j drive, and then upgrade to Vista 64-bit, and
172110 - finally upgrade to Windows 7 64-bit so the operating system will
172111 - display on the j drive, rather than on the c drive. ref SDS 4 Q68H
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172114 - Arbind solved the problem of the Start menu by finding a program...
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172116 - csmenu.exe
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172119 - Stored this on...
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172121 - g: 00 csmenu
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172124 - Running this changes the registry to display the classic Windows XP
172125 - Start menu on c16 for Windows 7, updating initial configuration on,
172126 - ref SDS 2 PH6N
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172129 - Need to eliminate Documents in the registry. Since we are going to
172130 - remove Windows 7 32-bit from j and install Windows 7 64-bit, do not
172131 - need to make this change now.
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172134 - Quick Launch is a convenient addition to Windows Task Bar.
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172137 - Windows 7 removed Quick Launch. It can be created for the w7 taskbar
172138 - by executing a command, demonstrated by Arbind during the tech
172139 - support call today...
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172142 - Arbind, configured "Quick Launch" on the Windows 7 Taskbar using the
172143 - following steps...
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172145 - Taskbar right-click
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172147 - Toolbars > New Toolbar
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172150 - Type in the folder box at bottom of screen, exactly this...
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172152 - %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
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172155 - Then click "Select Folder."
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172158 - Windows 7 will then create the following, which previously did not
172159 - exist....
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172161 - J:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
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172164 - Quick Launch will be opened on the right end of the task bar near
172165 - icons and time field.
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172168 - Right click on task bar and open Toolbars at the top of the menu.
172169 - Quick Launch will have been added at the bottom of the lisk and has a
172170 - check mark, showing it is active, as an added toolbar.
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172173 - Quicklaunch enables dragging applications to the task bar for quick
172174 - launch. The problem is that it is displaying about 30 characters, so
172175 - there is only enough room for 5 or so applications. Additionally,
172176 - Quick Launch is listed on the Task Bar taking up room for listing the
172177 - applications that are on the desktop.
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172180 - Arbind did initial setup for quicklaunch on c16 for Windows 7, to
172181 - update original configuraiton of c16 on 090715 2146. ref SDS 2 LD6L
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172184 - After the call, figured out that Quick Launch can be displayed without
172185 - the name of the feature, and with icons only, and further dragged far
172186 - left to closely emulate efficiency of Windows XP Task bar for
172187 - launching commonly used tools.
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172190 - Arbind is sending a letter explaining how to setup the Start Menu,
172191 - and how to configure Quick Launch.
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172194 - We can reply to continue work on getting quick launch to work
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