In the past, I could drag the scroll bar on the right and the document
would move with it. For some reason, now it doesn't. I know I can scroll
with the wheel, but I'd like the scroll bar to work.

I have 2 CD/ DVD drives and recently replaced my sound card. The system
sounds
returned but I had problems with playing CDs and DVDs on both drives - no
sound. I followed the troubleshooter and disabled the digital CD audio for

One of the choices on the XP disk when reinstalling without a clean
reinstall is to save without losing data. What files/folders are saved
when the reinstall is completed?

I had a fairly small JUNK.TXT file with ASCII data.
I happen to delete the file, but I wanted to know how
that file is kept in the Recycle Bin, since another file
with the same name is kept in the Recycle Bin also.

Over the past year start up and shutdown of the windows xp operating system
has become very slow (like 3 to 4 minutes slow). Tried removing the junk from
the start menu and doing all the normal things to improve performance but to
no avail. Anyone got any ideas on how I can speed ...

My system is XP-SP2-Home. Security programs running include Windows Defender,
AVG-Free AV, AVG-Free Antispyware, Comodo firewall, Mailwasher free,
Winpatrol and Spyware Guard.,  
Lately I have been having a problem with booting that after the XP logo the

I switched to XP from ME recently, and have never used my PC with different
user profiles.  I set this one up with three profiles, with mine as the first
one (administrator?)  I've been reinstalling software and now realize that
it's not available in the other profiles.

I am trying to find what programs NEED to run when the computer starts so I
can find out what programs I can shut off.I am talking about the icons that
are in the lower right corner of the screen. Thanks.

how do you set permissions for disks and folders?

I am running with Windows XP Media Center  Edition. I have connected an
external hard drive to my desktop using a USP port. When I look at My
Computer the external hard drive is shown as drive G.
I now go to Start > All programs > Accessories > System Tools > Backup.

Lost a term paper during a cut and paste operation.  Having looked everywhere
and finding nothing, how can I find out if it's in the recall memory of my
computer?  Can I go back to a certain day/time? Desparate.

I recently discovered an I386 folder on my Windows XP Home system and do not
recall installing it. It appears to be connected with Microsoft, but I can't
find out what it does. I recently installed Internet Explorer 7.0 and then
uninstalled it and returned to Internet explorer 6 ...

  I had to reinstall xp home edition on my Dell computer.
After updating windows and getting all my programs back.
I have a problem that I can not remember how to fix.
I go to Start- All Programs--The next bar with all the programs are

Is there a way to make Windows XP (SP2) remember the folder settings on
a flash drive?  It remembers my folder settings just fine on the C
drive, but on a removable flash drive.  I've tried (I think) everything
within the "Folders" option in the control panel, with no luck.

is there a way of loading the graphics driver/display driver  in safe mode
so as to have the benefit of a better screen -- whilst leaving all else in
safe mode.