I am a tired and overworked library director.  At our college, we have
some very creative students who enjoy setting interesting images as
"background" or "wallpaper."  While I admire the effort, I'd prefer a
more stable and sometimes less shocking image for our screens.

after changing refresh rate i rebooted and got the message freq.out of
range.i now have no display,allthough my monitor is fine as i have
tested it on another pc.any advise wellcome.regards

How do I determine which version of XP I have?

Does anybody happen to know how to stop Adobe Acrobat reader from begging
to get on the internet every time I use it?
JimL

Using the Tabs feature, I am unable to use the Tile or Cascade capability by
right clicking the Task bar. Nor is Tile or Cascade in the Help menue. What
gives??

I am trying to download a file. I get the download box and click run. Nothing
happens. I click save and it saves, but when I seardh for it I get no
results. Can some one advise me as to whats wrong. I've tried several times.
Thank you, James

I started one of my PC after a gap of 14 months. It gave CMOS checksome
error ---- press F1 to continue or DEL to enter setup. I pressed F1 and
then it tried to boot, I am asked in what mode? I selected the Normal
mode then ultimately there is the Blue screen (BSD).

XP Pro, DSL.  I leave the system on all night.  Everything is fine when I
retire, but I have to reboot in the morning to reestablish my internet
connection.  Just curious why this happens.  TIA

My file C:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts does not seem to be doing its
job.
For instance: In my hosts file there are two entries. 127.0.0.1  ads.cnn.com
and 127.0.0.1  ads.cnn.net

I have a desktop and laptop, both with windows xp.  I wish to copy and keep
updated the files from the desktop to the laptop.
I have copied them from the desktop to an external hard drive and from there
to the laptop but this is quite time consuming.

I have a problem with the window XP Home edition. I havve a graphic card
installed 2 months ago. When i boot the pc, I hear a beep then the Windows XP
page loads and the bar shows the movements. Then for whatever reason, the pc
loops back to the start of the boot page and ...

I increased the resolution of my monitor from 1024x768 to the next level up.
IE windows and other windows are now smaller than I want them, but after
resizing them, and re-opening them, they revert to the small size.  How to
get them to remember the new size?

I hope that this is an appropriate forum, but if it is not, ask for your
understanding ---Using Win Xp Pro  - MsWord 2002:  I have accidenally done
something to disable my whole-screen magnifier [Fn+spacebar] which I found
very useful; and I can't figure out how to restore it.   ...

when I click on Start/ All programs, I get two columns of programs. I once
read an article that showed me how to increase the columns to 3 or 4 . I
can't find it now. Any help is appreciated.

I've been attempting to save an eBay auction page of an auction I won
using "Web Archive, single file(*.mht)".
It gets to about 13% complete, and then I get the error box "This
webpage could not be saved".