desktop scrolling

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"neo" <neo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> ok so i was in best buy the other day and i saw a tosiaba laptop and i
> relized that when i moved the mouse to the edge of th screen the actual
> desktop would scroll. so i looked around on the internet and i could not
> find
> anything i was just wondering if you have to have special software for
> this
> and if so where can i get it. im running on a 5700 nvidia card with
> windows
> xp home edition pentium 4 with service pack 2

http://www.nvidia.com/object/feature_nview.html ?

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On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:01:01 -0700, neo wrote:

> ok so i was in best buy the other day and i saw a tosiaba laptop and i
> relized that when i moved the mouse to the edge of th screen the actual
> desktop would scroll. so i looked around on the internet and i could not find
> anything i was just wondering if you have to have special software for this
> and if so where can i get it. im running on a 5700 nvidia card with windows
> xp home edition pentium 4 with service pack 2

This feature has been around for quite some time. If available, it is
something provided by the display drivers - not Windows. If I remember
correctly, there will be an extra option to "expand" the desktop in Display
properties> Settings (grouped with the "extend desktop" and "primary
monitor" options).

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User