A few questions about settings

["Wathen, Metherion" <mwathen@bsadesign.com>]

Hello all,
I have a few of config questions:

1.)  How do I fix the problem of program windows that are too big for my
screen?
Whenever I open gmc, windowmaker control panel, or any other app the window
is huge,I mean like off the screen big; using the resize command I can only
make the windows wider or bigger not smaller.

2.)  How do I find out what resolution mode X is running in (i.e. 640x480,
800x600, etc.)?

3.) How do find out where programs are installed?
I ran "dpkg --list" to find out what was on the system, I want to use these
programs as my defaults.

4.) What is the difference between a window manager and a desktop
environment? Don't they do the same thing?
Isnt there a "start bar" or "start menu" thing for Gnome? How do I activate
it?

Thanks in advance for any and all help/ replies.

mw.