[Elvandil]

These are mainly for my own convenience, but I thought someone else might find them handy. One adds "Services" to the context menu of My Computer, and the other adds "Device Manager".

Pro only, I suspect, since they reference the MMC.

Any others people think might be useful?

[Flrman1]

Thanks Elvandil! I find it useful.

[SIR****TMG]

well i don't have xp pro...............just xp............but somebody will use them

[Elvandil]

Originally Posted by SIR****TMG

well i don't have xp pro...............just xp............but somebody will use them

I'd make one for Home if I had it, but I don't know what opens these things in Home. I could guess, but then I wouldn't want to distribute something I made based on guesses .

[DaveBurnett]

I'd make one for Home if I had it, but I don't know what opens these things in Home.

It is in TechRef and MSDN.



Mind you, I haven't installed it either.

[Space Cowboy]

Anyone know how to make Windows XP "Event Viewer" and " Services" open maximised?

I try to keep the stuff (mentioned here) somewhat hidden so they don't get played with by mistake..

Thanks
Cowboy

[Elvandil]

Originally Posted by DaveBurnett

It is in TechRef and MSDN.



Mind you, I haven't installed it either.

LOL. Yes, of course they are, but I'd still like to try them after making them and have to wait until an HE comes my way.

[Elvandil]

Originally Posted by Space Cowboy

Anyone know how to make Windows XP "Event Viewer" and " Services" open maximised?

I try to keep the stuff (mentioned here) somewhat hidden so they don't get played with by mistake..

Thanks
Cowboy

Couldn't get them to open maximized, either. But then I really don't want to spend too much time on it, you understand.

If others use your account, I can see the wisdom of making those things unavailable. But in a limited account, they won't do much even if present.

[Space Cowboy]

If others use your account, I can see the wisdom of making those things unavailable. But in a limited account, they won't do much even if present.

Don't worry about it .. NOBODY has figured it out for me yet And I've been searchin.

There is only ONE account on my computer..

I have enough trouble keeping that straighted out

Thanks for the effort

[Elvandil]

Nobody? Well. we can't have that.

Attached is a shortcut you can run from anywhere that will open the Services window maximized.

[Space Cowboy]

Thanks Allot

Works like a charm ..

Even this guy named NEWT couldn't figure out the event viewer tweak ..

Laters

[Bob Cerelli]

Since nobody was able to provide the maximized Event Viewer, I think I have it figured out for you.

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/eventvwr_max.zip

In addition, rather than just posting a file to download, I'd like to let you all know it is not that much of a mystery or difficult. Just open an existing file and the maximized one and look at the few different lines of text at the beginning, particularly "SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED" rather than "SW_SHOWNORMAL"

Maybe this additional information will help you reconfigure other ones for yourself as well.

[Space Cowboy]

Thanks Bob .. Works Perfect .. Now if I could just stop looking in there I'd be all set

Keeps me outa trouble I guess

Cheers

[Bob Cerelli]

Glad it worked and thanks for posting back. Really pretty simple to do.

[Elvandil]

Originally Posted by Space Cowboy

Thanks Allot

Works like a charm ..

Even this guy named NEWT couldn't figure out the event viewer tweak ..

Laters

You're welcome. The zip file above has shortcuts for both Services and the Event Viewer. Now that I've figured it out, I'm bound to have imitators .

These can be made for any snap-in. Sorry that some people think that is "simple"---I'm sure that that slap in the face wasn't appreciated very much after all the effort you put in. But it wasn't really that "simple" until another approach was tried, so I appreciate the effort that you put into it originally.

PS. I guess I haven't seen much of Newt lately. But I don't really miss him, either. You?

Glad you joined the good one.