I can go into the "Personalization" area of Control Panel, and under the
"Window Color and Appearance/Effects" section, I can check the box to "show
window contents whle dragging." So far, so good; I can see the contents
while I drag the windows around my screen. I can even reboot and have the
setting remain intact.

But frequently (several times a week!), the setting somehow turns itself
off, and I'm back to dragging around empty boxes. I have to go through the
whole process to check the box again. That gets extremely annoying. It
seems pretty random--at least I haven't been able to find any activity that
consistently resets the feature.

Is there any way to make that setting stick permanently? Is there another
place to change the setting? Is there a Registry setting I can add that
will set the feature on every time I reboot?

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"DragFullWindows"="1"

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"Joe" <avoidspam2@cox.net> wrote in message
news:uUK$aPGgIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>I can go into the "Personalization" area of Control Panel, and under the
>"Window Color and Appearance/Effects" section, I can check the box to "show
>window contents whle dragging." So far, so good; I can see the contents
>while I drag the windows around my screen. I can even reboot and have the
>setting remain intact.
>
> But frequently (several times a week!), the setting somehow turns itself
> off, and I'm back to dragging around empty boxes. I have to go through
> the whole process to check the box again. That gets extremely annoying.
> It seems pretty random--at least I haven't been able to find any activity
> that consistently resets the feature.
>
> Is there any way to make that setting stick permanently? Is there another
> place to change the setting? Is there a Registry setting I can add that
> will set the feature on every time I reboot?[/color]

Thanks, Mark. That ("1") is my current setting. But it won't "stick," and
tomorrow (or the next day), I'll find that it has mysteriously been reset to
"0."

Would modifying it directly in the registry, rather than through Control
Panel make any difference in the the permanence of the setting?

Any thoughts/clues about what might be resetting the key? I've done a
little bit of troubleshooting, but I haven't been able to pinpoint anything
that seems to be involved.

"Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
> "DragFullWindows"="1"
>
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>
> .
> "Joe" [email]avoidspam1@verizon.net[/email] wrote in message
> news:uUK$aPGgIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>I can go into the "Personalization" area of Control Panel, and under the
>>"Window Color and Appearance/Effects" section, I can check the box to
>>"show window contents whle dragging." So far, so good; I can see the
>>contents while I drag the windows around my screen. I can even reboot and
>>have the setting remain intact.
>>
>> But frequently (several times a week!), the setting somehow turns itself
>> off, and I'm back to dragging around empty boxes. I have to go through
>> the whole process to check the box again. That gets extremely annoying.
>> It seems pretty random--at least I haven't been able to find any activity
>> that consistently resets the feature.
>>
>> Is there any way to make that setting stick permanently? Is there
>> another place to change the setting? Is there a Registry setting I can
>> add that will set the feature on every time I reboot?[/color]
>[/color]

Well, I'm quite sure I know why it happens. You lack the resources necessary
(in Vista's opinion) to adequately run the Aero personalization theme. (or
at least that part of it.) Something will probably load up your ram to the
point of paging to the Virtual Memory beyond some Vista defined point. I
have 3 gigs of ram, and a 400 gig half full hard drive set, and I still pop
out of Vista Aero if I get a huge amount going. Of course, it's likely you
and I demand more of the system than the average user.

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"Joe" <avoidspam2@cox.net> wrote in message
news:%23zM3BeGgIHA.1944@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Thanks, Mark. That ("1") is my current setting. But it won't "stick,"
> and tomorrow (or the next day), I'll find that it has mysteriously been
> reset to "0."
>
> Would modifying it directly in the registry, rather than through Control
> Panel make any difference in the the permanence of the setting?
>
> Any thoughts/clues about what might be resetting the key? I've done a
> little bit of troubleshooting, but I haven't been able to pinpoint
> anything that seems to be involved.
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:uYw62WGgIHA.5296@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
>> "DragFullWindows"="1"
>>
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>>
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>>
>> .
>> "Joe" [email]avoidspam1@verizon.net[/email] wrote in message
>> news:uUK$aPGgIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>>I can go into the "Personalization" area of Control Panel, and under the
>>>"Window Color and Appearance/Effects" section, I can check the box to
>>>"show window contents whle dragging." So far, so good; I can see the
>>>contents while I drag the windows around my screen. I can even reboot
>>>and have the setting remain intact.
>>>
>>> But frequently (several times a week!), the setting somehow turns itself
>>> off, and I'm back to dragging around empty boxes. I have to go through
>>> the whole process to check the box again. That gets extremely annoying.
>>> It seems pretty random--at least I haven't been able to find any
>>> activity that consistently resets the feature.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to make that setting stick permanently? Is there
>>> another place to change the setting? Is there a Registry setting I can
>>> add that will set the feature on every time I reboot?[/color]
>>[/color]
>[/color]

Thanks, again, Mark. I believe you've hit the nail on the head. As a
matter of fact, I'm planning to add more memory this weekend (only got 1.5 G
so far).
I have noticed that the multimeter gadget that shows the processor's (AMD
Turion X2, 1.6 GHz) core usage gets pegged quite a bit during boot-up
sequence. That may be where the resources are lacking. Guess I've also got
on the stick and troubleshoot what I'm loading at startup that is burdening
the processor so heavily.

Unfortunately, I can't seem to figure out how to rate your helpfulness. I
am logged into MS Communities through the Internet. Using Outlook's
Newsreader, I've come to this message by two routes: through
"msnews.microsoft.com" and through "news.verizon.net". Through msnews, I
get a message that I need to log in to the community, but the button doesn't
seem to do anything--it won't log me in, regardless of whether I'm logged in
over on the community website. Through verizon, I don't get a rating
option.

Joe


"Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:eeqeewGgIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Well, I'm quite sure I know why it happens. You lack the resources
> necessary (in Vista's opinion) to adequately run the Aero personalization
> theme. (or at least that part of it.) Something will probably load up your
> ram to the point of paging to the Virtual Memory beyond some Vista defined
> point. I have 3 gigs of ram, and a 400 gig half full hard drive set, and I
> still pop out of Vista Aero if I get a huge amount going. Of course, it's
> likely you and I demand more of the system than the average user.
>
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>
> .
> "Joe" <avoidspam2@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:%23zM3BeGgIHA.1944@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Thanks, Mark. That ("1") is my current setting. But it won't "stick,"
>> and tomorrow (or the next day), I'll find that it has mysteriously been
>> reset to "0."
>>
>> Would modifying it directly in the registry, rather than through Control
>> Panel make any difference in the the permanence of the setting?
>>
>> Any thoughts/clues about what might be resetting the key? I've done a
>> little bit of troubleshooting, but I haven't been able to pinpoint
>> anything that seems to be involved.
>>
>> "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:uYw62WGgIHA.5296@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
>>> "DragFullWindows"="1"
>>>
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>>>
>>> .
>>> "Joe" [email]avoidspam1@verizon.net[/email] wrote in message
>>> news:uUK$aPGgIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>I can go into the "Personalization" area of Control Panel, and under the
>>>>"Window Color and Appearance/Effects" section, I can check the box to
>>>>"show window contents whle dragging." So far, so good; I can see the
>>>>contents while I drag the windows around my screen. I can even reboot
>>>>and have the setting remain intact.
>>>>
>>>> But frequently (several times a week!), the setting somehow turns
>>>> itself off, and I'm back to dragging around empty boxes. I have to go
>>>> through the whole process to check the box again. That gets extremely
>>>> annoying. It seems pretty random--at least I haven't been able to find
>>>> any activity that consistently resets the feature.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way to make that setting stick permanently? Is there
>>>> another place to change the setting? Is there a Registry setting I can
>>>> add that will set the feature on every time I reboot?
>>>[/color]
>>[/color]
>[/color]

OK. I figured it out...

"Joe" wrote:
....[color=blue]
> Unfortunately, I can't seem to figure out how to rate your helpfulness. I
> am logged into MS Communities through the Internet. Using Outlook's
> Newsreader, I've come to this message by two routes: through
> "msnews.microsoft.com" and through "news.verizon.net". Through msnews, I
> get a message that I need to log in to the community, but the button doesn't
> seem to do anything--it won't log me in, regardless of whether I'm logged in
> over on the community website. Through verizon, I don't get a rating
> option.
>
> Joe
>[/color]