HI hi have a toshiba lapotop pc it originaly came with winXP home. i have installed XP pro on it. and joine dit to a network. when i log on to the network my Start button will not work. the only...

How can you hide the "Workstation Locked" box? I have seen the Ctrl-Alt-Esc-Del trick for Win2k but that doesn't appear to work for XP. Thanks for the info!

Hi, My daughter's laptop is reporting a corrupt file, C:\Windows\System32\Config\System. It tells us to attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the original Setup CD-ROM< but we...

Is there a way (filename / specific directory location / registry entry / whatever...) where one can hook in some batchfiles that one wants to be executed whenever the system awakens from a suspend...

i Upgraded my friend's machine from XP Home to XP Pro. One of the things I always do when fixing/upgrading a machine is cleanup the start menu when the user has alot of programs that display under...

"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message news:%2381MtlW5FHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... >~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote: > <snip> >> ** I don't understand this "identity" stuff. I'm the only user on...

not as "rare" as one might think. It is epidemic in my environment. I will read your explanations- thanks. all other searches have ended with lame "userinit" explanation. here it is not a spyware...

It would be great to be able to show or hide hidden files and folders just by a right click option. Anyone consider if it could be done?

My nephew was messing around my computer yesterday and when I got it back, the grid alignment had gone completely insane. The grid seems to be extra large, causing them to spread apart. This only...

I have a widescreen display and find it useful to display two Windows Explorer windows side-by-side on the same desktop like this: _____ ______ | || | | || | | || ...

Start: Run: regedit: OK My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced Double-click on ShowInfoTip Change value to 0 (number) Exit regedit: restart...

Is there a way to make a certain filetype hidden? I use some software which needs a to create an extra file to store the current configuration of the file. the file has the same name as the working...

I removed AIM several monthes ago, every time I start my computer, I get a message telling me that it can't be found. How can I make this stop? -- roundfuzzy

I am just trying to reduce the size of the font in the XP programs list. Is it possible? And how? Start button ---> Programs ----> Program list Thanks... I have been trying all day! Tony

"Matrix" <d@d.net> wrote in message news:MPG.1d3df447118d39df989686@news.karoo.co.uk... > > I am using Windows XP Home Edition. When I hover the mouse pointer over > anything like an icon, file,...

I noticed while working in WinXP Windows Explorer, if I select the right hand window and there are many files that you need to scroll down, you need to select that "side" of the window and the mouse...

Hello Technet, I'm looking for a way to automate the Regional Options settings for WinXP and Win2k machines, including the date-time, currency, keyboard language setup with more than one language....

I would like to change my computer name, domain/workgroup, Primary DNS suffix via the windows registry. Where can I find these in the registry?? Thanks

Hi, I'm having a little problem with Windows Indexing service. My boss wants to have indexing running on his laptop. So here's what I did. 1. I started the indexing service (it started, no...

I did post that cdplayer finally I will be fine tuning over the next month so, but It doesn't crash or anything though. ;-) http://don_herman.tripod.com/index.htm