I get this message when I click on StartàTurn off computer
Delete
Recent is a Windows System folder & is required for Windows to run properly.
It cannot be deleted

The icons on my desktop all have a background color behind the words;
how do I make them transparent?
On my laptop, they are all transparent.

I hope someone can help me please.  I have made a backup of my My Documents
and Settings from Windows XP, saved it on my external drive while I
installed a new internal hard drive.  How do I restore this backup?
Betty

I finally had to upgrade my peer-to-peer network of WIN98 computers to
XP Home.
Before the upgrade, I had the ability to safely share files on a network
occupied by other other computers outside my work group by requiring a

I have a DVD+-RW.  I'm trying to burn a DVD using a DVD+R disc.  It won't
play in my DVD player or my computer.  Am I using the wrong type of disc?  I
get no errors while burning...it just won't play.  Help....I'm really new at
this & haven't found an answer yet.

Have on-board SoundMax on a Dell Dimension 3000.  Sound suddenly died.  Can
hear a slight hum from desktop speakers and when machine boots a crackling
sound.  Have brought machine back to factory settings and started from
scratch.  Downloaded chipset, then correct driver.  No ...

Since upgrading to a newer Dell PC (OptiPlex GX620; Windows XP) recently, I
find that I am unable to save customized changes that I make to the installed
software programs.  The following are some examples: in Internet Explorer I
have to reset the text size from "medium" to ...

I am hoping that someone will be able to help me, i just set up a new
computer and everything is so large that i can not see most of my stuff.  I
just wanted to know if anyone could tell me how to reduce the size, it is not
just in my reading it is my whole msn site. even this ...

I need to send some exe files via e-mail, and the recipents can't open them.
how do I change the ending of the file name ? (zip also won't do)

unable to load windows xp home. it wont boot from cd rom. have looked in the
bios and it says that the cd drive is not present, yet it was working fine
before my old hard drive died. I dont have a floopy drive so im stuck
Any advice?

When I startup my computer too many programs start automatically - like yahoo
messenger,google messenger,real player etc - Because of that  it takes too
much time to load windows. How do I stop all these programs starting
automatically whenever I restart my computer?

Hi-Other than MS updates for SP2 & manu. websites, is it useful to buy a
driver update program?  Or will the former suffice?  I tried a one day deal
for $7.00 with a company & not only was the one driver download I tried a
complete mess, I think? the other drivers the program ...

Have a simple question- if I upgrade to office 2007 will I lose the Office
shortcut bar?

I have one other problem and again system is XP/SP2 Pro all updates.
There is a specific key in the registry that I can not delete.
I have Adobe Premiere Elements -- It was there for awhile before I tried to
use it. When I tried it said it was needed to be reinstalled. But to

I've tried twice to add a Windows XP Pro sp3 component with no success. The
help file said you have to be an administrator to do this. In the user
accounts I'm listed as a computer administrator. Should I be able to add
components with that type of account? There is no account ...