When I do a chkdsk c: in one machine with a 160 G HDD split into 2 X 80, the
C: drive keeps coming up with "chkdsk discovered free space marked as
allocated in the volume bitmap"
It says in order to correct this "Run chkdsk with the /F option to correct

Yep I undestand the all users folder concept. But if  user1 is logged
in and deletes the shortcut from his desktop it will dissapear from all
users desktops.
Usually just user1's desktop shortcut would be deleted. So after

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when i bought my laptop from Dell xp had already been installed, there are a
number of things missing ie clip art, office assistant etc. there are a few
errors i have made too. i want to re install to try and get things normal
again but without the cd i am told i cannot do this. ...

I have a XP sp2 system with 3 profiles on it. When a user has any icon
on thier desktop and they delete it, such as a shortcut, it deletes the
icon from the all users folder, which deletes it from every users
desktop.

I have "C" drive being "Monitored".  All other partitions are "Off".  When I
go to System Restore there are NO restore points EXCEPT the ones I
manually made prior to installing software.  Why are there no restore
points being made by System Restore ??  TIA.

most often, when I plug in an USB-disk, an explorer window pops up.
While many user may like that, I do not want that.
Is there any registry setting that allows me to disable this
behaviour for all and any USB-disk that I plug in to the

Fresh install of XP Pro SP2 (Retail) and no I'm being forced to login with
password etc, given I'm only user on that machine I just want to boot
straight into the desktop, any tips on how to do this or is tweakui the only
option?

In xp sp2 when I do a search either from the start menu or from windows
explorer it displays the results in details mode. The columns include
status, owner, author & relevance. Which are of no relevance to me.
I've tried setting the ones I want by right clicking on the column

I am thinking about upgrading to ME but I have a number of programs that I
downloaded via the web. Can I save these in a backup on another hard drive or
just copy them to the other hard drive and reinstall after loading the OS?

Is there any way to do this?The original command "FORMAT C: /AUTOTEST"
is removed from XP.

For some reason I can't get my windows background to change.  When I try to
set a picture as the background it acts like it has changed the background
but it never does.  If I right click and choose properties and desktop it
will not allow me to choose a different background.  ...

I don't know what I did, but I would like to undo it.
All the bars remain on the page.
I would like to have the large page back.

I have problem with logging off or shut down my pc with XP SP2. I have the
last update from Microsoft too.
When I gå to Start and then log off or shut down and choose to either log
off or Shut down nothing happen. I have to turn off the pc by power cabel.

hello guys, before I have my church get windows xp pro. is it possible
to upgrade windows xp home to pro and keep there files in tact?