Some observations with win7 compared with XP

[Scott]

Good: You can now shrink an existing partition in disk management.



Bad: In event viewer I can't grab the scroll thumb with the mouse and

scroll the contents of the window.

 

[Gordon]

"Scott" wrote in message

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> Good: You can now shrink an existing partition in disk management.



But only until you meet the first immovable file. And you can't move the

created space in order to expand a partition to the right of the space...

 

[KCB]

"Scott" wrote in message

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> Good: You can now shrink an existing partition in disk management.

>

> Bad: In event viewer I can't grab the scroll thumb with the mouse and

> scroll the contents of the window.



I click in the window, then use my mouse wheel. It's about as effective.

 

[Scott]

KCB wrote:

>

> "Scott" wrote in message

> news:nuqdnczE3qs_bSDWnZ2dnUVZ_oudnZ2d@giganews.com...

>> Good: You can now shrink an existing partition in disk management.

>>

>> Bad: In event viewer I can't grab the scroll thumb with the mouse and

>> scroll the contents of the window.

>

> I click in the window, then use my mouse wheel. It's about as effective.



Not even close to being as effective. With mouse wheel it would take

around a minute to scroll all the way through... grabbing the scroll

thumb, 1 - 2 seconds.

 

[Char Jackson]

On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:54:26 -0500, Scott wrote:



>KCB wrote:

>>

>> "Scott" wrote in message

>> news:nuqdnczE3qs_bSDWnZ2dnUVZ_oudnZ2d@giganews.com...

>>> Good: You can now shrink an existing partition in disk management.

>>>

>>> Bad: In event viewer I can't grab the scroll thumb with the mouse and

>>> scroll the contents of the window.

>>

>> I click in the window, then use my mouse wheel. It's about as effective.

>

>Not even close to being as effective. With mouse wheel it would take

>around a minute to scroll all the way through... grabbing the scroll

>thumb, 1 - 2 seconds.



What's a scroll thumb?

 

[Scott]

Char Jackson wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:54:26 -0500, Scott wrote:

>

>> KCB wrote:

>>> "Scott" wrote in message

>>> news:nuqdnczE3qs_bSDWnZ2dnUVZ_oudnZ2d@giganews.com...

>>>> Good: You can now shrink an existing partition in disk management.

>>>>

>>>> Bad: In event viewer I can't grab the scroll thumb with the mouse and

>>>> scroll the contents of the window.

>>> I click in the window, then use my mouse wheel. It's about as effective.

>> Not even close to being as effective. With mouse wheel it would take

>> around a minute to scroll all the way through... grabbing the scroll

>> thumb, 1 - 2 seconds.

>

> What's a scroll thumb?

>



Also called a scroll box, grip, bar, etc, etc



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrollbar

 

[Char Jackson]

On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:25:21 -0500, Scott wrote:



>Char Jackson wrote:

>> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:54:26 -0500, Scott wrote:

>>

>>> KCB wrote:

>>>> "Scott" wrote in message

>>>> news:nuqdnczE3qs_bSDWnZ2dnUVZ_oudnZ2d@giganews.com...

>>>>> Good: You can now shrink an existing partition in disk management.

>>>>>

>>>>> Bad: In event viewer I can't grab the scroll thumb with the mouse and

>>>>> scroll the contents of the window.

>>>> I click in the window, then use my mouse wheel. It's about as effective.

>>> Not even close to being as effective. With mouse wheel it would take

>>> around a minute to scroll all the way through... grabbing the scroll

>>> thumb, 1 - 2 seconds.

>>

>> What's a scroll thumb?

>>

>

>Also called a scroll box, grip, bar, etc, etc

>

>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrollbar



Thanks, never heard it called a thumb before.

 

[Bob I]

On 4/12/2010 12:54 PM, Scott wrote:

> KCB wrote:

>>

>> "Scott" wrote in message

>> news:nuqdnczE3qs_bSDWnZ2dnUVZ_oudnZ2d@giganews.com...

>>> Good: You can now shrink an existing partition in disk management.

>>>

>>> Bad: In event viewer I can't grab the scroll thumb with the mouse and

>>> scroll the contents of the window.

>>

>> I click in the window, then use my mouse wheel. It's about as effective.

>

> Not even close to being as effective. With mouse wheel it would take

> around a minute to scroll all the way through... grabbing the scroll

> thumb, 1 - 2 seconds.



You can click in the area above or below the "thumb" and scroll pretty

rapidly.

 

[Bob I]

On 4/12/2010 12:54 PM, Scott wrote:

> KCB wrote:

>>

>> "Scott" wrote in message

>> news:nuqdnczE3qs_bSDWnZ2dnUVZ_oudnZ2d@giganews.com...

>>> Good: You can now shrink an existing partition in disk management.

>>>

>>> Bad: In event viewer I can't grab the scroll thumb with the mouse and

>>> scroll the contents of the window.

>>

>> I click in the window, then use my mouse wheel. It's about as effective.

>

> Not even close to being as effective. With mouse wheel it would take

> around a minute to scroll all the way through... grabbing the scroll

> thumb, 1 - 2 seconds.



You can click in the area above or below the "thumb" and scroll pretty

rapidly.

 

[Scott]

Bob I wrote:

> On 4/12/2010 12:54 PM, Scott wrote:

>> KCB wrote:

>>>

>>> "Scott" wrote in message

>>> news:nuqdnczE3qs_bSDWnZ2dnUVZ_oudnZ2d@giganews.com...

>>>> Good: You can now shrink an existing partition in disk management.

>>>>

>>>> Bad: In event viewer I can't grab the scroll thumb with the mouse and

>>>> scroll the contents of the window.

>>>

>>> I click in the window, then use my mouse wheel. It's about as effective.

>>

>> Not even close to being as effective. With mouse wheel it would take

>> around a minute to scroll all the way through... grabbing the scroll

>> thumb, 1 - 2 seconds.

>

> You can click in the area above or below the "thumb" and scroll pretty

> rapidly.



OK that's almost as fast but not nearly as smooth and I can't control

precisely the position of the thumb, not to mention that to change

direction I have to move the mouse all the way to the opposite end.

Event Viewer is one place where I really need to grab the thumb to

quickly and smoothly locate the warnings and errors in both directions.

 

[Char Jackson]

On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:26:56 -0500, Scott wrote:



>Bob I wrote:

>> On 4/12/2010 12:54 PM, Scott wrote:

>>> KCB wrote:

>>>>

>>>> "Scott" wrote in message

>>>> news:nuqdnczE3qs_bSDWnZ2dnUVZ_oudnZ2d@giganews.com...

>>>>> Good: You can now shrink an existing partition in disk management.

>>>>>

>>>>> Bad: In event viewer I can't grab the scroll thumb with the mouse and

>>>>> scroll the contents of the window.

>>>>

>>>> I click in the window, then use my mouse wheel. It's about as effective.

>>>

>>> Not even close to being as effective. With mouse wheel it would take

>>> around a minute to scroll all the way through... grabbing the scroll

>>> thumb, 1 - 2 seconds.

>>

>> You can click in the area above or below the "thumb" and scroll pretty

>> rapidly.

>

>OK that's almost as fast but not nearly as smooth and I can't control

>precisely the position of the thumb, not to mention that to change

>direction I have to move the mouse all the way to the opposite end.

>Event Viewer is one place where I really need to grab the thumb to

>quickly and smoothly locate the warnings and errors in both directions.



Another alternative is to use Eventviewer's Filter command to select

just what you want to see. Go to the View menu, select Filter, then

deselect everything except Warnings and Errors. The view reverts back

to 'everything' when you close and re-open Eventviewer, or you can

simply select All Records from the View menu.

 

[KCB]

> On 4/12/2010 12:54 PM, Scott wrote:

>> KCB wrote:

>>>

>>> "Scott" wrote in message

>>> news:nuqdnczE3qs_bSDWnZ2dnUVZ_oudnZ2d@giganews.com...

>>>> Good: You can now shrink an existing partition in disk management.

>>>>

>>>> Bad: In event viewer I can't grab the scroll thumb with the mouse and

>>>> scroll the contents of the window.

>>>

>>> I click in the window, then use my mouse wheel. It's about as effective.

>>

>> Not even close to being as effective. With mouse wheel it would take

>> around a minute to scroll all the way through... grabbing the scroll

>> thumb, 1 - 2 seconds.





I was assuming that you would actually want to see the contents, not just go

from top to bottom as fast as possible.