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this is odd behavior
Posted on November 17th, 2005 | 5 Comments

I was sent several word docs by attachment... I couldn't open them via Eudora w/o windows xp claiming there was some unspecified component missing and telling me I needed to insert the CD to get the...

Windows Login Dialog Box
Posted on November 17th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hi There We use windows in 'classic' login mode. I was wondering if it was possible to change the logo bar at the top of the screen to an image we designed? I know that i can change the title bar...

Customising the My Documents folder
Posted on November 17th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Hi, Not sure if you can help but I'll give it a go. We have renamed the My Documents folder on our users PCs to Private Documents. This folder is also redirected to a network folder by...

Apps stealing focus
Posted on November 17th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hallo! Please help! How can I stop applications from stealing focus of another one?? I've already tried with TweakUI, it should make apps to flash 3x and stay in the background, but most of the times...

Apps stealing focus...
Posted on November 17th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hallo! Please help! How can I stop applications from stealing focus of another one?? I've already tried with TweakUI, it should make apps to flash 3x and stay in the background, but most of the times...

Modify monitor turn off Setting with the Windows registry
Posted on November 17th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Does any one know the exact key where I can apply to all users the same setting to turn off the monitor after certain window time wit the registry? Thanks, Oscar

Forgotten Folder Customizations
Posted on November 17th, 2005 | 7 Comments

Hi I have recently had trouble with XP forgetting my folder customizations. I checked on the web and found that Tweakui could 'fix' this by increasing the number of customizations, I increased the...

sry i wasn't specific
Posted on November 16th, 2005 | 3 Comments

I'm sry i didn't make that too clear What i meant was to have it so instead of going through the start menu to the run box, i want to be able to have a box on my task bar so i just type into that...

Collating sequence used by Win Explorer?
Posted on November 16th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Does anyone have a list of keyboard characters (which can be used to name XP files and folders) in the sort order which XP uses? I would like to lnow which character collates to before or...

How to start XP with minimal configuration?
Posted on November 16th, 2005 | 5 Comments

I have a laptop which is hooked up to my stereo (PIII 700 XP Pro) which plays music via 802 11g from my desktop. Occaisionally the music will skip or stutter, especially so when the visualizations...

Reverse Stereo Channels
Posted on November 16th, 2005 | 2 Comments

A program called Power Mixer has a feature that allows you to reverse the stereo channels of Windows audio output. I don't have any need for the other services that the application offers, so I'd...

How to change location folder "My documents"
Posted on November 16th, 2005 | 2 Comments

As user X I have managed (how I forgot) to move folder "My documents" to another drive (d:\My documents\) I found out that all other users on the pc now also point to drive D when selecting the...

How do I make Windows open an mp3 cd with my player of choice?
Posted on November 16th, 2005 | 5 Comments

When I insert a cd of mp3's into my cd player, Real Player tries to open it even though I do not have anything other than RP files selected as a file that Real Player should try to open. Okay, so I...

multiple copies of xp for multiple purposes
Posted on November 16th, 2005 | 5 Comments

multiple copies of xp for multiple purposes I recently bought a new computer. With my old computer i had xp home whittled down to only a few processes running in the background (maybe 6-8 processes...

Is there a way to introduce some delay when executing a right-click command to multiple files?
Posted on November 15th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I have defined right-click commands "Print" for certain file types, such that I can select multiple files at once and then right-click => "Print" to print them in a single swoop. But when doing so I...

How to stop Windows Media Player "Connecting"
Posted on November 15th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Every time I play an mpeg file, Media Player says "Connecting" for about 3 seconds before it plays the actual file, does anyone know how to stop it from doing this? It gets pretty annoying to have to...

how do I change the order of Programs list
Posted on November 15th, 2005 | 2 Comments

how can I organize the order of my programs in the START<ALL PROGRAMS list, I used to be able to drag them up or down the list and drop them where I wanted them but I cant seem to do that now. Any...

desktop makes his own desktop folder
Posted on November 15th, 2005 | 3 Comments

hello,i need help,i'm downloading some stuff on my desktop,but everytime the dekstop makes his own desktop folder,and i copy that stuff on the desktop and delete the dektop folder,but next time,he...

User Accounts
Posted on November 15th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Hurricaine Rita did a job on my pc's. My new one has all users, Compaq_Owner and Default User. Each account has different folders, programs, etc. Whic is the correct account and how can I delete the...

How open Win Explorer with SEARCH pane on left?
Posted on November 15th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Is there a clever tweak I can apply to the explorer launch command to get it launch a folder and open the folder such that it is ready to search? I run XP Pro in classic view. In a shortcut or .BAT...