I am new to XP, but not new to computers, however I am having a small pronblem that is causing me much stress. It seems that the dual chevrons, explaining that infrequentlt used menue items have now...

stace wrote: > i am attempting to download yahoo messenger and it keeps hanging....get a > little further each time but am not able to. i am running xp...can anyone > help? Could be anything.......

At work I need to deploy Windows XP to about 400 clients. The company has a mix of hardware (i.e. Dell, IBM) and doesn't have an enterprise license. The license comes with each PC. When I attempt...

XP Pro/SP1. I sign on via an administrator account. I have no problems. My son signs on via a user account and he has problems. --- He can not delete Word documents which he himself has just...

Can I disable the ability to edit and/or save Office documents being displayed in IE 6? I know there was a reader only version of PowerPoint at one time - do other MS Office apps have similar...

Using XP Pro/SP1. Win Explorer set to "Show Details". I see tooltips appear automatically when I move my *cursor* from one file to another in Windows Explorer. In the past I seem to recall I would...

i have a hp pavilion 533w and i would like to upgrade the memory from 256 to 512 but do not know if i have ddr or whatever. a little info.on this problem would be welcome.

Hello, I normally logg off and onto my xp home unit. However, now when ever I log into my local profile I first see the desktop as usual and then a seperate window opens to the system32 folder. I...

Hi! I’ve got a thing that’s been bugging me. I’m trying to block users (all/or a group) to use "shutdown". I found a page that had exactly the thing I wanted, but this was only for...

XP is very slow to show the contents of a folder, if there are many files in the folder, yet Win98 did this quickly. I know XP is gathering info about the folder's contents, but maybe I don't need...

In XP I sometimes get the message: "Missing shortcut - windows is searching for ..." How can I disable this feature? ISTR seeing the option to do this somewhere! But where? Google doesn't help me...

I have a shortcut on my desktop which points to a program in my Profile folder. If I move the program and its folder to another location (say, Program Files) then the shortcut gets automatically...

Hi I'm looking for a way to activate the Quick Launch toolbar by modifying/adding some registry keys. The final goal is to create a customized "Default User" profile just by adding the correct...

Recently I had to reinstall Windows XP due to a problem. Since then, whenever I start my computer, my MSN Folder, containing Intellisync, automatically opens. I have tried everything I can think of...

Hello, I have a computer running XP Home edition. When it boots up, the blue screen shows up where you normally click on an icon with your user name. It says "To begin, click your user name". The...

Does anyone know how to go about utalizing the OS to run a script whenever a USB mass storage device (flash drive) or a CD/DVD type media is inserted into an XP machine? I am trying to initiate a...

Does anyone know how to go about utalizing the OS to run a script whenever a USB mass storage device (flash drive) or a CD/DVD type media is inserted into an XP machine? I am trying to initiate a...

On #2 You or someone familar with doing so, should check the cd-rom and dvd-rom drives to make sure both are installed correctly (physically). Both drives should be connected to the same EIDE cable...

How can I change the file type name for MP3s in Windows XP? If I go into Windows Folder Options, select the File Types tab, scroll down to MP3, and click the Advanced button, I get a dialogue box...

Hi: Can anyone help in in how to download a screensaver and save it to your computer.I know you access them through your control panel and display but how can I add a new one -- thanks,Mike