re: windows stuck at maximal size Saturday, January 31, 2004 at 3:12 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by bluhboy (6 messages posted) Frustration, I suppose. This problem is particularly annoying since it is so cumbersome to fix up. It is also difficult to reproduce: in my reply to the F11 suggestion, I had to re-create the problem. So I closed an application with the window maximized and then re-started it. It didn't exhibit the behavior. I tried again and again over the following half an hour without success. Then, after returning to my work it happened. I can't even remember the sequence of steps except that I hadn't actually closed any applications although there were some maximized windows. Of course, I can't very well avoid using maximized windows entirely just to avoid this problem - I would simply just like to be able to have certain windows maxmized and certain windows resizeable. (By the way, I took the opportunity to test the F11 suggestion and it didn't work.) So, why blame it on Microsoft? I suppose, having used Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT, 2000, Me and not noticing this problem until XP (and I've seen it all three versions, Home, Professional and Tablet) it does truly seem like a bug introduced to Windows XP. I know several other people who find this a frustrating problem but I they aren't the sort that would search out forums to try to resolve the problem. "Stupid" was in part a result of the frustration (it is easy to accidentally close the window when trying to drag it and resize it) and also in part knowing that such unpredictable bugs - by which I mean it is difficult to reproduce the behavior but it almost always show up a number of times a day - are especially disturbing because they indicate that the problem may be the result of sloppy work by a company that is creating new operating systems versions that seem to confuse differences with improvements. Like the auto mechanic you always feel may be creating more problems in your car to get return business, it seems like the new operating systems have to meet a quota of problems so that Microsoft can justify its business of introducing newer versions every year or so. On Friday, January 30, 2004 at 9:50 pm, Ricer46 wrote: >It's funny how these "stupidities" that are always blamed on Microsoft affect so >few people. I wonder why that is? > > Written in response to: re: windows stuck at maximal size (Ricer46: Friday, January 30, 2004 at 9:50 pm) Responses to this message: re: windows stuck at maximal size (bluhboy: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at 4:20 am) All messages in this thread [show all] windows stuck at maximal size (bluhboy: Fri, Jan 30, 2004, 7:17 pm) re: windows stuck at maximal size (triplate: Fri, Jan 30, 2004, 7:28 pm) re: windows stuck at maximal size (bluhboy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 2:47 pm) re: windows stuck at maximal size (Ricer46: Fri, Jan 30, 2004, 9:50 pm) re: windows stuck at maximal size (bluhboy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 3:12 pm) re: windows stuck at maximal size (bluhboy: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 4:20 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum