Two queries about XP...

[iMav]

i guess that can go away if u unchk show shadow under menu option ... i think u can access that by going to properties->appearnce->effects ...

 

[aryayush]

That doesn't help.

 

[slugger]

i think d 3D effect of d menu bar will remain

 

[aryayush]

It is grossly disproportionate, but anyway, it is not too much of a bother.

 

[Vishal Gupta]

Still has one problem though. The hidden task bar throws a gigantic shadow beneath it that makes the menu bar look like it is way above the level of the desktop. I can deal with it though; no problem.

Try to disable the option "Keep the taskbar on top of other windows" from Startmenu and Taskbar Properties.

 

[casanova]

One question arya, what are you planning to do. You are not using a dock, so how will you access your proggies.

Let me know so even I can thank them, hehehe

 

[slugger]

One question arya, what are you planning to do. You are not using a dock, so how will you access your proggies.

Let me know so even I can thank them, hehehe

d start menu can b accesed usin d M.S key and 4 accesing d different appz dat r being run and present in d menu bar use Alt+Tab

 

[aryayush]

Try to disable the option "Keep the taskbar on top of other windows" from Startmenu and Taskbar Properties.

Doesn't help.

One question arya, what are you planning to do. You are not using a dock, so how will you access your proggies.

Let me know so even I can thank them, hehehe

I use the original Dock, the one that programs like RKLauncher and ObjectDock try to emulate, Apple's own. How do I use Apple's Dock with Windows? Well, some secrets are better left uncovered. Suffice it to say that you would be needing a Mac for that.

 

[casanova]

^^
Hmmm, I get it.

BTW, Slugger did u mean Alt+Tab. That doesn't make a complete replacement for taskbar.

 

[slugger]

^^
Hmmm, I get it.

BTW, Slugger did u mean Alt+Tab.

LOL ya i did mean Alt+Tab

wen i posted it i had just learn abt FF's Ctrl+Tab
so got a lil' confused

That doesn't make a complete replacement for taskbar.

well except quick-launch and system tray

i dont use quick-launch and access system tray not so frequently
so Alt+Tab does a pretty good job 4 me since my taskbar is also hidden

thanx 4 pointin out d typo

 

[speedrider_100]

Disable/Remove the Taskbar

The following script saved as removeTaskbar.reg will remove all of the items individually, forcing them not to show up on the desktop.


REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSetTaskbar"=dword:00000001
"NoTrayItemsDisplay"=dword:00000001
"HideClock"=dword:00000001
"NoToolbarsOnTaskbar"=dword:00000001
"NoTrayContextMenu"=dword:00000001
"NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000


*NOTE if you wish to have this only applied until your next reboot, run this with:
"NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000001 instead.

this will keep windows from saving these settings, and the taskbar should reappear on your next reboot

**If it doesn't, change all the values to 000000 to disable ALL features, also remove the - from the first path line. This will return the taskbar and it's components.
*NOTE you may have to re-add any toolbars, etc you had previously added to the taskbar.

 

[aryayush]

Thank you, but I've already achieved what I wanted. Turns out, the guys who wrote Parallels Desktop (which I use to run Windows on my Mac) knew that no Mac user would stand the ugly taskbar on his beautiful OS X desktop. So they had the option in the application itself. Bless them!