I can't get rid of Small Window in Desktop

j...@eldorado.com

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Nov 23, 2009, 1:18:38 PM11/23/09

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This desktop sits in a nearby therapy facility for the amusement of
the in-patients. I see that there is a small window in the middle of
the desktop screen that just can't be removed. Or, at least I can't
find out how. The window seems likely to be Google Mail related.

The user doesn't have administrator privileges, and the administrator
login requires a password which no one seems to know.
Thus I can't run msconfig.

Any idea how I can erase it for good?
Thanks
Duke

Andrew E.

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Nov 23, 2009, 9:59:02 PM11/23/09

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R.click on the desktop,properties,desktop,web tab,locate & run the
"desktop clean up wizard".....

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Richard Urban

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Nov 24, 2009, 2:31:14 AM11/24/09

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Right click on the desktop. Then click "Refresh"

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J. P. Gilliver (John)

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Nov 24, 2009, 3:36:24 AM11/24/09

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In message <gdklg5lnts7n7cm77...@4ax.com>, j...@eldorado.com
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It is definitely a window, is it, not just a small image loaded as a
wallpaper?
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j...@eldorado.com

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Nov 24, 2009, 5:16:08 AM11/24/09

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On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:59:02 -0800, Andrew E. <eckr...@msn.com>
wrote:

> R.click on the desktop,properties,desktop,web tab,locate & run the
> "desktop clean up wizard".....

Thanks - I did do the 'properties' thing, but I don't remember seeing
the "desktop clean up wizard". I'll look again today, when I
re-visit.

Duke

j...@eldorado.com

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Nov 24, 2009, 5:16:30 AM11/24/09

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On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:31:14 -0500, "Richard Urban"
<richardurba...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Right click on the desktop. Then click "Refresh"

Thanks

Duke

j...@eldorado.com

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Nov 24, 2009, 5:18:49 AM11/24/09

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On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:36:24 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
<G6...@soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>It is definitely a window, is it, not just a small image loaded as a
>wallpaper?

Seems to be. I couldn't enter Control Panel to see.

Duke

J. P. Gilliver (John)

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Nov 25, 2009, 3:18:57 AM11/25/09

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In message <mkcng5t6torqkihdu...@4ax.com>, j...@eldorado.com
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If you right-click the desktop, properties, desktop, does it show in the
little model of the desktop?

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j...@eldorado.com

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Nov 25, 2009, 7:13:59 AM11/25/09

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On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:18:57 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
<G6...@soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote:

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>If you right-click the desktop, properties, desktop, does it show in the
>little model of the desktop?

I'll check later when I return to nursing home. My wife there
suddenly had to be taken back to a hospital so I am now busy
otherwise. Please be patient.
Thanks

Duke

j...@eldorado.com

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Nov 25, 2009, 8:54:07 AM11/25/09

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On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:18:57 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
<G6...@soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote:

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>If you right-click the desktop, properties, desktop, does it show in the
>little model of the desktop?

I stopped and took a quick look. Right click on desktop produces the
familiar 'display properties' window, in which of course you can alter
background, resolutions, etc. BTW, the little window says 'Google
Mobile'.
Back to hospital now - cya a little later.
Duke

J. P. Gilliver (John)

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Nov 25, 2009, 5:23:03 PM11/25/09

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In message <rgdqg51gt8ht9s4u2...@4ax.com>, j...@eldorado.com
writes:

>On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:18:57 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
><G6...@soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>If you right-click the desktop, properties, desktop, does it show in the
>>little model of the desktop?
>
>
>I stopped and took a quick look. Right click on desktop produces the
>familiar 'display properties' window, in which of course you can alter
>background, resolutions, etc. BTW, the little window says 'Google
>Mobile'.

[]
If from the "display properties" window you select the "Desktop" tab,
does the picture show the desktop with your little window in it?

I'm still trying to establish it isn't a small image that's somehow got
loaded as wallpaper. However, I don't think so now (though still worth
checking).

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j...@eldorado.com

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Nov 26, 2009, 4:59:56 AM11/26/09

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On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:23:03 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
<G6...@soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In message <rgdqg51gt8ht9s4u2...@4ax.com>, j...@eldorado.com
>writes:
>>On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:18:57 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
>><G6...@soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>If you right-click the desktop, properties, desktop, does it show in the
>>>little model of the desktop?
>>
>>
>>I stopped and took a quick look. Right click on desktop produces the
>>familiar 'display properties' window, in which of course you can alter
>>background, resolutions, etc. BTW, the little window says 'Google
>>Mobile'.
>[]
>If from the "display properties" window you select the "Desktop" tab,
>does the picture show the desktop with your little window in it?
>
>I'm still trying to establish it isn't a small image that's somehow got
>loaded as wallpaper. However, I don't think so now (though still worth
>checking).

I don't think so. I scanned the wallpaper and background choices and
do not see that image anywhere. I think Google Mobile is the culprit
but I had nothing to do with that, nor can I seem to get rid of that
either. Probably because I do not have Admin privs. Oh well.

M.I.5�

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Dec 1, 2009, 9:14:32 AM12/1/09

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<j...@eldorado.com> wrote in message
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> This desktop sits in a nearby therapy facility for the amusement of
> the in-patients. I see that there is a small window in the middle of
> the desktop screen that just can't be removed. Or, at least I can't
> find out how. The window seems likely to be Google Mail related.
>
> The user doesn't have administrator privileges, and the administrator
> login requires a password which no one seems to know.
> Thus I can't run msconfig.
>

One possibility is that some comedian has incorporated this window as part
of the wallpaper. Since it isn't actually a window you can never close it.

J. P. Gilliver (John)

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Dec 4, 2009, 3:28:36 AM12/4/09

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In message <4b15249c$1...@glkas0286.greenlnk.net>, M.I.5�

This we have already addressed - hence my asking if it was still there
in the mini desktop within Display Properties. Trying loading a
different wallpaper will prove that one way or the other.

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