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Turning off Caps Lock
Posted on November 25th, 2005 | 7 Comments

Is there a tweak that would enable Caps Lock to be turned off using either the Caps Lock key or the Shift key?

How can I Change the product key on Windows XP SP2?
Posted on November 25th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I am sorry to post this here, but the Windows XP general newsgroup seems to be down.. I have an Win XP image with lots of business applications. All run fine, but this is running on Windows with a...

ONE shortcut to open a program and a folder
Posted on November 25th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hi there, I am looking to have 1 shortcut to run a folder containing my music files and Winamp at the same time. Usually i run into the task of opening both everytime and I am looking to simplify...

I have a real first here (I bet) Installing Windows on a Secondarydrive...
Posted on November 25th, 2005 | 2 Comments

While Linux occupies the primary drive. I am trying to re-install WinXP on a secondary HD, which also used to have Linux, some files are still on the drive. Linux occupies the primary drive. I am...

mouse icon changes by itself
Posted on November 25th, 2005 | 0 Comments

like most of you, I've customized the mouse icons and set the changes as "my theme". at any given time the mouse icon changes to the "default" plain white icon by itself. how can I prevent or stop...

Automatic System Recovery
Posted on November 25th, 2005 | 4 Comments

I am attempting to do an ASR backup, restore. I am attempting to do it to my notebook, which uses a USB floppy drive. When I am prompted for the recovery disk, Windows is unable to locate my floppy,...

microsoft word error message
Posted on November 25th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I am using Office Word 2002. At work I have Office 2003 which allows you to set up a passcode to protect your documents. Word 2002 doesn't allow this but nevertheless it can open such documents. I...

Disable CTRL-ALT-DEL
Posted on November 24th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I am trying to set up a computer that have to be very hard to tamper with. The computer itself is not accessible to the users, they only have the mouse and keyboard. The computer will run...

Folder View
Posted on November 24th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I like to maintain the view of my files with the FOLDER option in place but I have to click on the folder button every ti8me I open My Documents. Can I lock the folder view in place as the...

Customizing Details View
Posted on November 24th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Within a folder, I would like to be able to view the Comments that I type in a file's properties. I know that I can do this by going to View...Select Details and then checking Comments. But this...

Language bar
Posted on November 24th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I use English and German keyboard layouts. Recently the language button on the taskbar has refused to function. The only way I can change languages now is to reset the default and then reboot the...

Default User, Copy To not available
Posted on November 23rd, 2005 | 2 Comments

I am trying to create a Default user for my system. I have created a generic user, setup the desktop, favorites, drive mappings, etc. as I want it. I then log out and back in as the local...

Windows properties page button not visual style
Posted on November 23rd, 2005 | 0 Comments

I already set the window xp theme to luna. All the appearance are theme. but when I go to folder properties , task bar properties the button and the page tab are in classic. Already try the tweaks...

Changing desktop icon shortcuts in Win XP
Posted on November 23rd, 2005 | 4 Comments

Can I change my desktop shortcut icons to something other than what shell32.dll offers. -Bruce

Re: ::: Happy Thanksgiving to All .:::
Posted on November 22nd, 2005 | 0 Comments

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 03:23:56 +0000, Lou wrote: >::: Happy Thanksgiving to All .::: Thanks and good wishes to you too, Lou! -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

Re: large, blurry icons in taskbar and elsewhere
Posted on November 22nd, 2005 | 0 Comments

I had the same problem until half-an-hour ago. I read suggestions on the MS website that didn't solve the problem but that suggested a cause. I decided playing around with the "cause" might lead to...

How to customize windows key?
Posted on November 22nd, 2005 | 1 Comments

My IBM thinkpad doesn't have a windows-logo key. Is there a way to setup the equivalent of <winkey>D / <winkey>E / <winkey>L using <Fn>D / <Fn>E / <Fn>L ? Thanks in advance, Venky

How to rename back a DVD ROM drive
Posted on November 21st, 2005 | 4 Comments

Hi, I've accidentially renamed my DVD drive name under explorer. How can I change it back to default ? Tks!

school
Posted on November 21st, 2005 | 1 Comments

Desktop icons in Active Desktop
Posted on November 21st, 2005 | 1 Comments

I'm using Active Desktop to display a web based desktop background (from an internal web server) This is basically an html page with the background color set and several icons. This works OK, and...