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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 22 Nov 2000.
Re: Red Baron Pt. 120

Re: Red Baron Pt. 120

On Tue, 21 Nov 2000 22:13:13 +0100 "Ool" <ulr...@t-online.de> wrote:
>I swear, I'll never again use someone else's computer!  You change
>something simple like the screen resolution and before you know it
>you're open to attack because THEY can't set it back!  Computers can
>be hard to handle.  People even more so.  But NEVER put yourself in a
>position where you have to try and negotiate between man and machine!
>They hate each other!  It's like hosting the Israeli peace talks--all
>of a sudden you're in the crossfire from both sides!

If it's Win95 get PowerToysd from Microsoft. That includes "Quickres" which is a
lil icon that sits in the taskbar that you can easily change resolutions with.
There's also "EzDesk" which will remember a different desktop layout for each
resolution.

>Sysadmins and tech support have it tough!  I would make a clever re-
>mark now about admiring C3PO, but that's hard when you've just come
>home from a bunch of people whose heads Star Wars references go over
>entirely, and who just look askance at you if you make them anyway.

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From: Bateau <Its...@Not-A-Real-Address.com>
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Subject: Re: Red Baron Pt. 120
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:08:56 +0800
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