[Virtualacorn-list] Triple or quadruple click on Windows7

[Paul Sprangers]

Op 20-6-2011 23:20, Jeremy Nicoll - ml virtualacorn schreef:
>> No, it makes no difference at all.
> Sloppy terms, Paul.
>
> "No"... you mean that right-click&  run... to start the program does not
> work properly?  That's an important discovery because it means all the
> n-click mouse stuff is irrelevant.
>
> Or did you mean that the program started via right-click&  run starts
> properly but then fails to end properly?
I mean that it makes no difference at all.
When I right-click & run on the exe file, nothing happens (that is, 
nothing visible).
I have to do it twice without delay, in order to get the program started 
- which is the equivalent of quadruple left clicking, isn't it?
It also makes no difference for the false shut down.
What do you mean, by the way, when you say that this discovery means 
that all the n-click mouse stuff is irrelevant?

>> I'm afraid this is largely exceeding my skills. For example, where can I
>> find the 'Event Manager's Security Events Log'. Is it part of the
>> Windows Task Manager?
> It isn't.
>
> In XP, the Events Logs (of which there are several recording different types
> of event in the system) are at Control Panel ->  Administrative Tools ->
> Event Viewer.  (I use them often enough that I have a desktop shortcut
> straight to them.)  Under XP there's normally at least Application, System
> and Internet Explorer logs.  The Security log records the sort of 'security'
> info that might concern a corporate network administrator, which is why the
> stuff in it gets turned on (as I described in an earlier post) by changing
> 'Audit' policies on the system.
>
> I have no idea how the event logs in W7 are organised.  However before you
> try to turn any extra logging on, you need to look at the System and
> Application logs (if they exist) for both the times of the failed starts and
> the failed shutdowns to see if any events are recorded.

All right, I've found it. Now it is running for half an hour and still 
'reading data...' Probably, it is reconstructing the entire history of 
my poor laptop since I bought it.
I will let you know if it comes up with something sensible that I'm able 
to understand.

Kind regards,
Paul Sprangers