You mean on the desktop? What did you wan to accomplish with this ruler?
My vague recollection is that with Windows 98 I could open a ruler across the top of my sreen which would permit me to determine such things as how many inches a column took up. I can't find such a program in XP. I wonder if I am missing something? I see some free programs for getting such a ruler but I'm wondering how I can tell whether or not the programs bring some kind of malware into my computer?
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