KenJackson

When I minimize a window, I expect it to go to the end of the list, and normally it does. But sometimes I press ALT-Tab expecting to switch to the windows under the current one, but the window I just minimized pops back up instead. Outlook is the chief culprit. Firefox seems to do it now too. This is extremely annoying. I don't want to hold it down and inspect the icons and have to keep pressing tab until I get the right one. I want it to work consistently and reliably for all windows so I can keep my mind focused on the work I'm doing. Is there anyway to force minimized applications to go to the end of the ALT-Tab list?

You just want to see what text is in the file, right? That is, you aren't trying to edit the binary, right? You can use the strings command to do that. If it's not installed by default in your distro, install the binutils package. I'm not familiar with .btg files, but you will be able to see any ASCII they contain with this command: Code: strings file.btg If they contain unicode, this will probably work better: Code: strings -el file.btg If you get a lot of short little garbage strings, you can add a length discriminator, like -n8 to only show you strings of 8 chars or more.

Ah! I found the link I was looking for when I posted the reply above. It's Why Linux is Better. Click on the fist box: Forget about Viruses. The author says, "If you've ever heard of a real Linux virus, please tell me".

Is the problem consistently different at the two houses? Are you using any different hardware at each house? Different USB drive? Keyboard? Mouse? Monitor? A quick google reveals that the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error message is generally associated with buggy drivers (small software modules that are automatically loaded for each hardware item in or connected to your computer). It's possible that one component has an incorrect or corrupted driver. If you can narrow it down to which component, you'll be a long way toward solving the problem. Or you can just not use that piece of hardware.

Since no one else has even mentioned it, let me mention that we aren't talking about computer virus protection, we're talking about Windows virus protection. That is, no other common computer operating system has any significant problem with viruses. I don't use Windows at home, so I don't have to worry about viruses. Many of the alternatives to Windows can be downloaded and installed at no cost. I'll just plug my favourite alternative: Linux. Take a look at (GetGnuLinux.org) or you can browse the many Linux distros at DistroWatch. My current favourite distro is Fedora. Also, (OpenSolaris.org) is becoming a serious contender for the desktop. Also, there is PCBSD and other BSDs. And of course there is Apple.