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Try View-->Toolbars and de-select some toolbars, or select Customize to drag&drop what you want where. I keep mine pretty minimal -- I have the Print icon and the Search window on the command bar, below that the Navigation toolbar, and below that nothing but the window tabs.
You can do without the Navigation toolbar if you want to free up that space, all the commands on it are available under the File command or by keyboard shortcut.
You can hit F11, and browse in full-screen mode, which will eliminate some of the cruft.
You can also try the Chrome browser, which has less cruft to begin with.
If you use full screen mode (F11), then the tabs and the address ba appear when you mouse to the top of the screen.
uh, i have no idea if there is an os installed on the external hd. how would i have done that?
If you don't know, then it is unlikely to be. That's why you can't boot--you have no operating system. You'd have to install one on the external drive, assuming the PC can recognise it as a boot device.
aaaaah... hrm, how would i do that? hook up the hd to someone else's computer with a disc drive and then try to copy it over?
No-you'd need Windows installation media and to boot off that and see if it recognises the external disk as a target.
Just thought the Mac people might be interested to know that the new Magic Mouse is actually really nice. The multitouch interface on it works like a charm.
I would like to try the Magic Mouse. My fiancé is convinced she will be getting a Mac desktop as her next computer, and I'm planning on pushing for the 27" iMac when the time comes.
I just bought the new Macbook. I love it. Especially since I had all my stuff backed up via Time Machine, so getting it set up the way I like was a matter of "We've noticed you have a Time Machine backup on t drive . Would you like to restore your User Documents, Applications, and Settings from it?" *click* *wait 2 hours* *new computer the way I like it, including all apps*
The only things that didn't make the transition were a couple of serial numbers (Chronosync made me re-register for some reason), the Parallels XP install (which I deliberately excluded from Time Machine for performance reasons and had no problem setting up again), and, for some reason, my MacTex installation. But all things considered, it was a truly beautiful upgrade/replacement experience.
My HP install of Vista came with an evaluation copy of Office 2007. Which I hated, and I have Office XP anyway. However, when I try and uninstall it, it says "This product installation has been corrupted. Run setup again from the CD, DVD, or other original installation source."
Which I don't have, natch, because it came on the box. But I want the disc space back, and badly. Any recommendations for getting out of this gracefully?