I just tried to see the size of a folder by using windows eplorer, right
clicking and selecting Properties and nothing happens.
I also tried to load the "Folder Options and Search" by clicking on the
Organize Menu and also nothing happens.

Do the visual effects make a difference in energy usage?  If so, about how
much?  I mean like should we be "going green" and ditching the eye candy or
what?

hello
I purchased a new Laptop or Note book
Acer
Aspire 5535

Is it possible to increase the width of the sidebar, so I can add more
gadgets?
thx.

On my Windows 98SE and XP machines, I run the best bookmark program I ever
found; PowerMarks... a database, tag oriented ditty that's fast as
lightning. ( http://www.kaylon.com/power.html ) Unfortunately... the company
stopped supporting it over a year ago. I want to install it ...

    So I've had my computer for about two months now and I've only recently had
problems updating. The last two times my sleep button had an update prompt
attached to it after the updates installed my computer has problems
restarting. It kept saying that the was a problem with the ...

Hey guys! Can you lend me a hand? Having some serious issues with my
computer...when I turn on my computer, and after loading for a minute or
two on the blue HP screen, it goes STRAIGHT to the System
Startup/Recovery page. I even did the diagnostic scan to see what was

1. I noticed when I post a little post, it generates a boatload of off-topic
responses, is this Newsgroup in love with me or people here have nothing
else todo, or unemployed?
Look at my previous Norton post, a few people got into a fight over it.

I use EMC Retrospect Professional to backup my PC to an external hard drive
automatically every night. Under Vista SP1, it used to take about 20 minutes.
Since installing Vista SP2, it takes about 4 hours 20 minutes. The extra time
is in a stage that it calls "Building a ...

How to slipstream Windows vista with sp2 ???????

I am running Vista Home Premium 32 bit,my problem is that having
upgraded from Adobe Photoshop 7 to CS3,I cannot get the CS3 recognised
as the default image software.
Any images already saved previously will only open in Photoshop 7.I

When I select Start - Explorer, it opens with the C: folder expanded to show
all subfolders plus the Users folder is further expanded to the following
levels:
Users

Trying to do a Windows update my laptop but having problems.
Update stops with message:-
Code 800B0100 - Windows Update encountered an unknown error
I tried the System Update Readiness Tool (CheckSUR) as advised on the

I have this problem that when I log into windows, the computer icon on
the sys tray has that red "X" on it and it says: "connection status:
unknown. The dependency service or group failed to start".
Well I tried "sfc /scannow", "bootrec /fixboot", "bootrec /fixmbr",

I have an installation of Vista SP1 on a new HP Laptop. This laptop has
a recovery partition which i can use to restore my laptop to factory
settings if things go wrong.
I want to install Windows 7 RC1. I know how to go about it.