My installation of XP Pro has file drag & drop default action as Copy. How can I change this to Move which is default for my XP Home installation on another computer? PatrickT

I am trying to install a Quicken program, but I am not being permitted to do so. The message I receive tells me I need 3 MB of VM for the installation of the program. Does anyone know how I can...

I use Notepad a lot for transferring text to word processing documents and other thing. Thus, after my recent upgrade to XP from Millennium Edition, I was annoyed to see that the text font that...

How can I make XP startup using classic theme for my users. Currently it only defaults to my login but if another user logs in, it changes back to XP theme.

Hi folks, A couple of questions about Windows XP Home (+SP2 and all hot fixes) on my Compaq Presario S6900NX with an nVidia 5800 card. 1 - When I go into the Display Properties applet and try to...

Anybody know how to change the offline files location in XP? I know cachemov.exe worked under 2000, but I don't see any documentation anywhere on using it for XP. I have a few users with very large...

Hi all, I would like to make my start button a couple of pixels wider, so it looks like the start button did on Windows 2000. I'm sure I read ages ago that there is a registry setting that can be...

I have an HP laptop, and when I start XP (Pro) after displaying my bootskin, but before the Welcome screen, I always see the same, ugly image on the screen; a big HP-made background, displayed the...

I forget how to get rid of the colored boxes under the shortcuts on my desktop. At this moment I have them blue but I want to make the color non existant so that's it just shows the text and no...

Is there anyway to show the present date in the taskbar, next to the current time, or anywhere else that might be practical? Thanks

I have the Xbox360 and Xbox live! I have high speed internet, with a network hub, but can't use both the connection for browsing and Xbox live! I need to enable ICS, so the connection is shared! I...

I'm trying to help with a question posed that someone wants to shave a second or two off the clear MRU list at Rt. Click Start>Properties>Start Menu>Advanced Clear List. They say it takes 9 seconds;...

Hi, I am setting up an embedded environment on a thin client with XPE (Pro), I need to change the user account somehow to disable the Context menu options as a final change. Everything else went...

how do i remove that stupid little white arrow on my desktop icons???

I would like to know if anyone knows just what programs should be running in win XP. I would hope their is a list somewhere, I have currently 50 programs running and dont think I need this many as...

How can I get rid of the info bubbles that pop up whenever I mover my mouse over anything in Win XP. I can't read what I am trying to read because the damn bubbles are in the way

I put a password on my laptop by mistake. I meant to reset the Windows XP password, but instead I set the password in hardware. It is Toshiba laptop Tecra A2. Does anyone know how to remove this...

Wife's Christmas present is a Compaq Presario V2000 laptop. She is computer ignorant, I'm not - except for this one problem I cannot solve. When it boots, she wants to see ONLY her email client,...

Hello All, After running the .exe to install a new screensaver, it DOES appear in the Display Properties Screen Saver drop down list. Selecting it in the list activates the Settings, Preview, and...

I have XP Pro. Is there a means to modify the Start Process? Problem... I use MSN Messenger... MSN starts before Internet connection occurs and so the auto feature does not operate... Is there a...