Whenever I create a new word processing file and go to save it by
going to FILE>SAVE, the "save as" box that comes up automatically
defaults to the "My Documents" folder as the folder in which my new
file will be saved in.

Right clicking on a picture icon gives a context menu that has missing
send to CD. How could I restore this item please?

When I back up or copy files a dialogue box pops up called "Confirm Stream
Loss". It says that if I carry on I will lose the document summary
information (subject and author in the case of my files). I carry on and I
have lost the information. I use document summary information ...

I made a mistake and chkdsk converted my files into /FAT format.... Now I
cannot see my files using my XP system.
I know that these files 2800 files are in my hard drive.... How could I
recover these files so that I can see it in my XP system.

My sons computer has been infected by a virus that has changed all his exe
file to lnk files.  I am unable to open any program from the desktop or
Windows Explorer.
AVG has not found the problem nor has Adaware or Spybot.

Is there any difference between the format you get by using the Disk
Management tool found by opening Computer Management and the Quick Format
done by going to My Computer, right-clicking the drive and selecting Format
in the pop-out menu?

Can cleanmgr.exe be automated?  It seems that cleanmgr.exe doesn't support
command line options and hence it always pops up a windows requiring me to
specify which drive to be cleaned.  If so, it's useless to add it to a batch
file which can then be added as a scheduled task for ...

I am using MS XP and both the mouse and keys are frozen.  Any help to
correct this is appreciated.
C Milbourn

Back in the days of DOS -- back when men were men, back when John Wayne rode
tall in the saddle, back when Elvis was still with us, back when Jerry
Garcia . . . .  oh, well, you get the picture.
Back in the days of DOS, if you wanted to copy files from, say, FOLDER1 to

I recently decided to install a new program, so I created a system restore
point just in case something went wrong.  After installing the new program, I
looked at system restore and found the new program  I installed had triggered
a restore check point and also all of the check ...

If we have more than one user logged on we can't seem to use the usual
"switch user" command without the whole show grinding to a halt.  The only
way to use XP is for just one user to be logged on at a time.  It didn't used
to be this way!

I am new to using extended desktop and am constantly frustrated by pop-ups
from applications (Word, NOtes etc) appearing in the primary window. Can I
make the popups appear on the screen they were instageted from. ?
Thanks

MS WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL CD-ROM-- full retail with or w/o COA,
either genuine M$ or a copy.  Do have a WGA validated product key, but
my CD went south.  In fact, I'm also open to other XP Pro versions.
Eventual transaction to be carried out through eBay/PayPal only.  See

Hello, I am trying to repair windows and I must have (i don't remember) set
up a password when I install windows and the repair, I presume is not
working because I have an invalid password.  I am the administrator and I
also have a user (which is me) with a password but that ...

when I start defrag in win xp pro, it quickly pauses for shadow copy. if I
unpause it, it pauses again. my c drive is not dirty (I checked) & running
defrag from a command line didn't defrag it at all