Vista - highlight newly installed programs...

Slightly odd problem here. My wife and I each got a new computer. Due to
some complications, I formatted and reinstalled Vista from scratch while my
wife has her's still as factory standard. All in all, I thought this was
great as I was able to get rid of the "extra" apps. that were installed w/
the factory set up, and I have a clean new Vista install.

What I have noticed however is that newly installed programs do not seem to
hightlight on my machine, but do on her's. An example would be our MS
wireless mice. I realize I could just turn off the highlighting (since its
not working anyway) and that this is hardly a big problem ... or is it? I'm
forced to wonder if - since this is "odd" if nothing else - this is a
precursor to a larger problem, a known bug, an enhacement (I have installed
all updates & patches and noticed a performance patch was issued by MS the
other week which my wife might not have received yet). Any thoughts would be
appreciated. So far, the only thing installed are MS Works and the mouse.
Neither came up as "new" on my machine, but both did on my wife's.

Thank you in advance.

Windows Vista Home Premium
Dell E520 2.8Ghz
2GB RAM 300GB HDD
all patches/updates installed from MS update
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Grail

Hi,

Right click the taskbar, choose properties. On the start menu tab, click
customize. About halfway down the list is an option to highlight newly
installed programs. Enable it if you wish.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Grail" <Grail@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9B87A34F-EF5C-4387-92B5-C7D9162EB1E4@microsoft.com...
> Slightly odd problem here. My wife and I each got a new computer. Due to
> some complications, I formatted and reinstalled Vista from scratch while
> my
> wife has her's still as factory standard. All in all, I thought this was
> great as I was able to get rid of the "extra" apps. that were installed w/
> the factory set up, and I have a clean new Vista install.
>
> What I have noticed however is that newly installed programs do not seem
> to
> hightlight on my machine, but do on her's. An example would be our MS
> wireless mice. I realize I could just turn off the highlighting (since
> its
> not working anyway) and that this is hardly a big problem ... or is it?
> I'm
> forced to wonder if - since this is "odd" if nothing else - this is a
> precursor to a larger problem, a known bug, an enhacement (I have
> installed
> all updates & patches and noticed a performance patch was issued by MS the
> other week which my wife might not have received yet). Any thoughts would
> be
> appreciated. So far, the only thing installed are MS Works and the mouse.
> Neither came up as "new" on my machine, but both did on my wife's.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Windows Vista Home Premium
> Dell E520 2.8Ghz
> 2GB RAM 300GB HDD
> all patches/updates installed from MS update
> --
> __________
> Grail

Sorry - should have mentioned (since its the main crux of the problem), it is
indeed enabled as it should be by default. I have tried turing it off, and
then back on. No change.

Any additional thoughts?
Thanks.
--
__________
Grail


"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Right click the taskbar, choose properties. On the start menu tab, click
> customize. About halfway down the list is an option to highlight newly
> installed programs. Enable it if you wish.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Grail" <Grail@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9B87A34F-EF5C-4387-92B5-C7D9162EB1E4@microsoft.com...
> > Slightly odd problem here. My wife and I each got a new computer. Due to
> > some complications, I formatted and reinstalled Vista from scratch while
> > my
> > wife has her's still as factory standard. All in all, I thought this was
> > great as I was able to get rid of the "extra" apps. that were installed w/
> > the factory set up, and I have a clean new Vista install.
> >
> > What I have noticed however is that newly installed programs do not seem
> > to
> > hightlight on my machine, but do on her's. An example would be our MS
> > wireless mice. I realize I could just turn off the highlighting (since
> > its
> > not working anyway) and that this is hardly a big problem ... or is it?
> > I'm
> > forced to wonder if - since this is "odd" if nothing else - this is a
> > precursor to a larger problem, a known bug, an enhacement (I have
> > installed
> > all updates & patches and noticed a performance patch was issued by MS the
> > other week which my wife might not have received yet). Any thoughts would
> > be
> > appreciated. So far, the only thing installed are MS Works and the mouse.
> > Neither came up as "new" on my machine, but both did on my wife's.
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > Windows Vista Home Premium
> > Dell E520 2.8Ghz
> > 2GB RAM 300GB HDD
> > all patches/updates installed from MS update
> > --
> > __________
> > Grail
>
>

Hi Grail,

Take a look at the "How to Fix Recent Programs Not Being Remembered" section at this link. It will show you how to fix it. Just scroll down a bit until you see that section.

Recent Items List

Shawn

Just wanted to thank you guys for replying - I think I figured out my
problem. At least how it relates to my system;-) It appears that installing
applications *right after* a fresh install of the OS seems to keep them from
being considered "new". Wait 24hr's, and everything works fine - new apps.
show up as new etc. etc.

Thanks again.
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Grail


"brink" wrote:

>
> Grail;426386 Wrote:
> > Sorry - should have mentioned (since its the main crux of the problem),
> > it is
> > indeed enabled as it should be by default. I have tried turing it off,
> > and
> > then back on. No change.
> >
> > Any additional thoughts?
> > Thanks.
> > --
> > __________
> > Grail
> >
> >
>
> Hi Grail,
>
> Take a look at the "How to Fix Recent Programs Not Being Remembered"
> section at this link. It will show you how to fix it. Just scroll down
> a bit until you see that section.
>
> Recent Items List
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
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>

Grail,

Glad to hear it.

Shawn