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Themes Script
Posted on November 7th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Is there anyway to change the default theme and appearance of the start menu with a script.

open NTvdm as a separate process
Posted on November 7th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hey All.... I am working in visual basic 6.0 and the Operating System is Windows XP and i want that every DOS application will open as a separate process (Parent Process).I am using Createporcess...

Looking for some (free) tool like sitekiosk...
Posted on November 7th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hi, i am looking for some free or open-source tool like sitekiosk. Does anybody know some software like it? Thanks in advance... Best Regards Kerem Gümrükcü

Add "Show Desktop" command to desktop context menu
Posted on November 7th, 2005 | 10 Comments

How can I do this? Have searched dozens of help articles, that suggested modifying entries in "HKEY_Classes_Root\Directory\..." Some articles show how to run applications with a reg entry with a...

Windows XP View
Posted on November 6th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I know that one place to make your windows show the XP signature look of rounded bars etc. is to change it in Display Prop --> Appearance --> Windows and Buttons and there put it on to Windows XP...

Annoying Friendly Name
Posted on November 6th, 2005 | 3 Comments

I have a notepad replacement editor with an annoyingly long Friendly name. When I try to access it via the "open with" right click option it stretches the menu half way across the display. The only...

Fonts available in Internet Explorer and the system generally.
Posted on November 6th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hello to all... Comic Sans MS Bold is a very readable font I like to use as much as possible, but in IE and the system in general (Windows XP Home) only the regular (non-bold) version is available...

Recommend external hard drives
Posted on November 5th, 2005 | 1 Comments

OK, if Maxtor external drives have drawbacks, what makes should I look for that are 3 1/2" and powered (and, hopefully, fast)?

Directory File List
Posted on November 5th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I'm just starting to use XP (as an MCE) and wonder if there is a way to change the listing of files in the directories in DOS to resemble the way my old Me system did with shortcut name of...

Opening new windows maximised
Posted on November 5th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I want to know how do I set my browser, so that when I open new windows, the new windows start in a maximised size and I dont have to maximise it myself? E.G. I am browsing in Internet Explorer and I...

Changing desktop picture
Posted on November 5th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I'm trying to change my desktop picture. When I go into control panel and display there is no desktop tab. Only themes. You can not choose a picture from tehre. Any help please?

Maxtor External Hard Drive power supply problem
Posted on November 5th, 2005 | 7 Comments

I have been using two 40GB external Maxtor hard drives for about two years. (Model 3000LE). All of a sudden, both power supplies, within a few days of each other, went bad (Indicated by the LED...

XP desktop and buttons
Posted on November 5th, 2005 | 7 Comments

Hi, I recently had a vundo trojan virus. In the process of cleaning I lost the"look" of Windows XP. I am running XP pro sp2. When I go to the desktop and right click to open properties. under themes...

menu extensions on internet explorer
Posted on November 5th, 2005 | 8 Comments

after security updates, menu extensions for internet explorer vanished. There were two extensions in the CULM registry: 1 export as excel using excel XP res://C:\Program Files\Microsoft...

Passwords- Auto save
Posted on November 5th, 2005 | 1 Comments

how do you get XP to fill a password/username when you have told it to. Also, how to I get XP to remember what I searched for so when I start to type I don't have to type it every time. I like the...

Help! How Do I Change The My Pictures Folder Icon?
Posted on November 5th, 2005 | 5 Comments

Hi everyone, I hope someone can help me as this is driving me mad! I foolishly used a programme to change the colour of the "My pictures" icon, I didn't like it so change it back however it is now a...

Re: windows picture and fax viewer
Posted on November 5th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I don't see a "Always use selected program" box.... Any other ideas? "Andrew Bailey" wrote: > Hi Linco, > > Navigate to one of the pictures created with your camera and rightclick the > icon,...

Hibernation question
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Is there any way to make windows xp hibernate after an hour and a half of not using it? I have 2 hours selected from the menu but think that's a little too long, and an hour is too short :)

those icons are missing
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 1 Comments

hey there I was using stardock's icon packager for long time now about a year and more and yesterday when I tried to restore to default windows xp icons ,many icons showed wrong images ,yet I tried...

'My Computer' icons stuck in "List" format.
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 0 Comments

OS = XP pro w/SP1 current updates onboard & bug-free 'My Computer' folder icons are stuck in "List" format. (not desktop stuff) I want only 'My Computer' to show its folder icons in: Tile...