My "Safely Remove Hardware" icon has disappeared from my System Tray.  It is
not in the Hidden Icons grouping.
Can someone advise me as to how to recover this icon.
Thanks,

I know this has probably been answered a million times, but I couldn't find
the answer with a Google search.
I use Eraser.  When I have a file, on the desktop, that I want to move to a
folder, I right click the file, and in the context menu, Eraser has added

In WinXP I have a folder containing System Volume Information which I am
trying unsuccessfully to delete.
It came about when I merged two partitions F and G, using Partition Magic,
into one partition, F.  Both partitions before the merger were empty, apart

Can anyone help me regain access to my Control Panel???
I must have picked up some kind of bug off the net, now my Start menu does
not display a Control Panel link, only a Set Program defaults... link.  Whben
I click on this it gives the error message "Operation cancelled due to

I am having Windows explorer crahing a lot lately.  The last one says this:
Windows explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. ...
AppName: explorer.exe  AppVer: 6.0.2900.3156  ModName: shell32.dll
ModVer: 6.0.2900.3051  Offset: 0003762d

My comuter crashed how do i get XP back on with no disk?  I have the product
code that was on side of CPU.  They didn't ship a recovery disk of any type
or an XP disk. Compaq said they dont have cause computer is over 5 years old.
Any suggestions appreciated.  Thanks

This is NOT my imagination.  I have a 7 computer network here in my
office.  Suddenly I am finding compuers cannot connect to each other.
When I look for the problem, I find the firewall turned on.
I turn off the firewall, and it happens again.  I find the firewall

  I double sized the taskbar on the bottom of my desktop. Can't get it back
to one level. Did this before but don't remember what I did to get it back.
Please help . I know it's simple if you know how.
                                                   Thanks,

Hello.  I know the answer is probably staring me in the face, but I was
wondering how to copy a shortcut to a file instead of the actual file.  i.e
I have setup in my "send to" folder a shortcut to a folder in another
person's account.  What I want to do is, instead of right ...

Why doesn't defrag remove the free space between the contiguous files, the
way it used to in earlier OS's  All those tiny free spaces between the
defraged contiguous files just contribute to more/faster fragmentation.  I've
not been able to find anywhere in the defrag ...

Hi, I am running windows xp pro sp2... I can not get the screensave to
activate.. I can preview and change screen savers just fine.. I will
set the minutes for the screen saver to come on (usaly 30 minutes) I
leave the computer on all of the time and the screen saver will not

Will Windows XP Pro see and use all four cores
of a new quad core processor assuming that the
application can do the same?  The app that I use
is quad core compatible.

(cross-post from win2k NG)
Is there an easy way to transfer files and settings from win2k to winXP-SP2?
I tried to find an accessory in win2k that was similar to XPs "File and
Settings Transfer Wizard" but didn't have any luck. Even a good tutorial on

I may have a need to use the Files and Settings Transfer option to set up a
new PC (it will be running Vista). I checked the Help and it babbled on
about Serial port (9 pin and 21 pin ports) connections.
Surely in this day and age this function can/should be done with a USB

I have alot of work to do on my W/XP/Home-SP2 computer using Adobe Photo
Deluxe.  I've had no problems for several years but now tonight, in the
middle of a job I'm getting an error that my "Primary Scratch Drive" is full
and suggests I free up space on that Drive.  What and ...