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Ask and you shall receive...... To get a second desktop with just one click on the system tray in '95 you can use some freeware called DoubleDeskTop at: http://www.midstream.com/indexdd.shtml Just go down the page and click on "DoubleDesktop for Windows 9x/NT" Enjoy, Gary Kuznitz On 18 Jan 00, at 15:15, Jim Langston wrote: > Well, the virtual desktops in windows are a little different... > Your display can have many windows open on the screen, > then you can switch to another virtual display and open up > more windows. So you could have 3 windows open on > one, 4 on the other, more on even more virtual displays. > > Then you can switch between them. > > It would be like minimizing your whole desktop in windows > and having another one pop up. > > Regards, > > Jim Langston > > "Fisher, Don" wrote: > > > Pardon my ignorance, but how does this differ from having all open > > applications "maximized" and using the ALT-TAB key sequence to > > switch between them? > > > > <SNIP> > > One great feature of X-based workstations (like Linux) is > > multiple virtual displays that you can easily switch between > > using one physical monitor. You can have one virtual display > > with an editor open to your work, another with help text, > > a third running Minesweeper, etc. It's something I really > > miss here at work - the WNT desktop is horrible in comparison. > > > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the > list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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