Is there a way to set a hot button to create a restore point in XP Pro?

ThomasB Wrote: > I am using this tool since long time and find it quite useful. > A problem occurs with MS Office 2003 German, especially with Excel and > Access. If one of these applications are...

I find that whenever I power up my PC, the contents of my Recycle Bin are deleted. This includes restarting from hibernation- my normal practice I think I have made a setting somewhere, but I cant...

Hi. I using the Autorun.inf to give each of my Drives an own Icon. Since two days now i can't get any Icon for my primary partitions. Extended Partitions are working well, but for the primary no...

I also keep losing this from the system tray and it's a bloody nuisance, it keeps dropping into "Past Items" on the task bar Properties and I can't determine why. No drivers were needed with my USB...

I've never before had problems changing my desktop background, but recently I downloaded a wallpaper from the BBC and the darn thing just will not shift!! I've done all the usual things, including...

My Katrina evacuees have all moved out, so I need to delete their user accounts. However, the following does NOT work when I am logged in as the administrator: control panel-user accounts-delete...

If I log on as administrator then how do I edit the registry entries of other users? In the registry I can see lots of keys which are presumably my own.

Win XP HE SP2 Hi, 1) How do I switch language for Windows? 2) Is it a problem thereafter to have some Apps in English and some in Spanish for example--does it create some sort of conflict, etc.? Tx

Hi, I know there are updates available to me but for some reason the auto update icon is not being displayed in system tray. Do you know a fix? It once was there. Thanks Gavin

I was wondering if anyone here knows how to change the font used on the Start panel namespace, using WindowsXP start panel(not classic).

Left click and hold an empty spot of the taskbar and drag it to the bottom of the screen. The taskbar has several "components", The System Tray (aka The Notification Area), The Taskbar(displays...

I want to write a file to chage some of my XP Pro settings. I have the need to switch settngs back and forth and want to create a couple files. Where can I find the registry entry that sets the...

Win XP HE SP2 Follow-up to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics Hi, I would like to know if there is a way NOT to have Windows ask me to choose User Account upon boot-up. There is only 1 user using my...

hello. first.. i am not very good in english. sorry for that. second...i have few questions and i don't know if got the right newsgroups. i have boght new comp with windows xphome then, i have...

I have just borrowed my son's laptop and found that it is set up for the alternate characters. "P" gives me a hyphen. I realise it's something to do with keypad characters but I can't remember how...

I have installed Russian and Russian (keyboard) in my control panel - regional & language options. But the keys do type the equivelent letters. e.g type "e" and you get "y" or type "y" and you get...

Greetings All I have been playing around in the area of Display/properties/appearance/advance and now find that my taskbar icons have changed, (center of taskbar). In the case of outlook express I...

Hi all, I have a tablet pc. When my tablet is in laptop mode I like to have the windows taskbar along the bottom of the screen. When it is in tablet mode I like to have it on the left hand...

I am no longer able to right-click on anything in my "All Programs" list and select open, so I can have a window open to see everything in that program list. The only thing I changed was I installed...