Windows XP (Looking for this tweak) ?

[dhedges]

I would like to be able to maximize my Windows XP without losing or having the outside border cropped off. I remember using a program a few years ago that could do just that, but I can't remember the name and it's probably outdated now anyway. Would anybody know how this is done or be able to steer me to a program that would prevent the borders of the maximized windows from being chopped off.

Thanks

dhedges

[TheFlash428]

Are you sure it's not a monitor setting? Maximizing your windows shouldn't "chop" any of your borders, just extend all of them to the edge of the screen...unless I'm not fully understading your problem.

[Mr Snrub]

Are you sure it's not a monitor setting? Maximizing your windows shouldn't "chop" any of your borders, just extend all of them to the edge of the screen...unless I'm not fully understading your problem.

The maximize button is slightly different to "set the dimensions of this window to the same as the screen resolution" - the window loses its edge controls for resizing and moving (and on Vista it turns off the opacity feature for that window).

I guess the OP is talking about the small number of pixels making up the window border which are used for resizing it as they are not required - to my knowledge there's no built-in way to change the maximize behaviour (it works like that for efficiency, as it no longer needs to worry about repainting windows behind it - hence why opacity also turns off in Vista).