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My Start toolbar menu
Posted on February 24th, 2006 | 2 Comments

My start toolbar menu is at the top of my screen instead at the bottom left how it has always been how do I change it back?

Folder views
Posted on February 24th, 2006 | 6 Comments

How do I get my computer to remember folder views. I have tried everything and it just won't stick. Any fix for this?

C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$
Posted on February 24th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Safe to delete this folder? I'm suspicious because it seems to contain all the KB's -- 43 of them. Cheers, DSH

xbox 360 controller as a mouse
Posted on February 24th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I just got an xbox 360 controller and I'm interested in experimenting with it as a mouse as well as a game controller. Does anyone know of a simple way to have XP recognize a game controller as a...

Log on with Appointments or Calendar Information
Posted on February 24th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I can not get the Task program to work properly under XP home. I have been using Winodws 95-98 with an IBM program (dos) that is designed to feture all my appointments for each day of the month . It...

XP won't save settings
Posted on February 24th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I had to reinstall windows. Unfortunately now, none of my folder settings, my desktop settings, or my startmenu settings will save ever (even right after I hit the apply button). I've tried going...

Taskbar Program Buttons
Posted on February 24th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Is there any way to have the program buttons that appear when you run an application to display only the program's icon without any following text? This woulb be very helpful when many programs are...

xp audio properties?
Posted on February 24th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I need to lock XP Recording Control Line-in as Selected and its volume at Max. I also need to lock Volume Control none muted except 3D Depth. Maybe I should just say I need to lock all settings, so...

Win98 to XP
Posted on February 23rd, 2006 | 12 Comments

I just lost the power supply on my XP machine which has two hard drives; I'm going to toss the machine. I have an old Win 98 machine that has two hard drives. I thought maybe I could just replace...

Get LAN NIC to turn off
Posted on February 23rd, 2006 | 0 Comments

I'm running an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe with an on-board LAN controller, Intel 82547EI Gigabit Lan Controller, AMI BIOS 1021, running Windows XP Home Edition with SP2. It is networked via a crossover...

Change default direction of Find dialog
Posted on February 23rd, 2006 | 9 Comments

Hi, The default Direction in the Find/Replace (Ctrl+F) dialog box is 'Up': is it possible to change it to 'Down'? Thanks.

Avoid Hard Disk Access By Turning WMI Off?
Posted on February 23rd, 2006 | 0 Comments

I like to write in silence with a word processor with my laptop (OpenOffice.org 2.0.1, Windows XP Home Edition SP2, AMD Turion 64 Mobile 1.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB hard drive) so I'm trying to make...

appearance and colors tab missing from desktop properties
Posted on February 23rd, 2006 | 1 Comments

when i right click on the desktop to bring up the desktop propeties the only tabs are screen saver and settings no appearance, background, or web tabs. i can not change my windows colors, fonts,...

Adding my business logo to my email signature
Posted on February 23rd, 2006 | 1 Comments

How do I add my business logo to a signature on my outgoing email messages

Mouse Movements w/ Dual Monitors
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 7 Comments

Is there a way to move your mouse from one monitor to the next in both directions without hitting any stops?

Third Party Desktop Themes
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 26 Comments

i was woundering why is it i have brought 3rd party desktop themes but since installing SP2 i havent been able to make them run right the nothing of them load right other than the icons and sounds...

How can I removve the SYSTEM VOLUME INFORMATION folder?
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 4 Comments

I'm running WinXP Pro and have turned off System Restore feature (because I use Drive Image to back up the system disk). I would like to delete the System Vol Info folder from all the disks (and I...

Why Indexing Service switched on?
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 3 Comments

I was surprised to find that this option was enabled, yet I switched it off years ago. Anyone know what might cause this, and whether it's therefore necessary to check it frequently? -- Terry, West...

run 98 defrag in xp?
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 3 Comments

how do I get the thorough, slow, complete defragmenter from windows 98 to run in XP?

How do I change my default email when i start my laptop?
Posted on February 22nd, 2006 | 1 Comments

Whenever i start my laptop it tells me i have email, but it is for another email account. How do i change it to tell me how many i have in for my new email account? If you can help me figure it out,...