You know how the user name is written at the top of the Start menu?
It occured to me that it would be useful to have "%username% on
%compuername%" instead, which would make it easier to get users to identify
their computer.

    Well the auto play seems not to work correctly with my CD drive, I
tried to check the properties from the normal explorer and it's ok. In
addition some times when I exchange CDs and I try to open the new one it
doesn't open and it keeps the list of old CD files and folders ...

My machine crashed due to a Windows XP patch.  I could not restore it from a
Restore date so reinstalled the entire system using the recovery disks.  It
starts fine after being turned off but when it tries to start from
hibernating I get the message (in dos) The system could not ...

I have 2 machines connected to a router and then to cable modem. On my
laptop, the setup seems to work well with almost all software applications
but there are some applications that use the dial up connection to access the
internet instead of the available broadband connection. ...

Since installing XP and installing a new hard drive, the disk is becoming
fragmented on almost a daily basis. Has anyone run into this same problem,
and how did you fix it?

I want to boot the 2nd partition on the second disk.
I've added the 2nd line to the WinXP boot loader.
Maybe it can't boot over 1024 cylinders?
Is there any documentation on what 'multi' and 'rdisk' mean?

Just recently I noticed that some of my windows in XP are offset and in some
games. They appear larger than the resolution I have set and half of the
window is unable to be veiwed because it is passed the edge of the screen and
you can't scroll over. You can't even see the ...

I'm trying to set up a scheduled task to automate the defrag process.  I've
done some research for command line things, and what I have now is
"C:\WINDOWS\System32\defrag.exe C: /f"  Every place says the /f is supposed
to force it to defrag, but all I'm getting when I run this is ...

I hope I have the right newsgroup
when I add a new device and reboot an XP machine, plug and play detects the
new device and installs the driver.  However, when the machine is on an
isolated subnet, that process seems to take much longer.  If i unplug the

Somehow I cannot burn a CD since installing my new Ipod.  Prior to
installation I was able to right click a file and an option "Copy (or Burn)
to CD" would be in the menu.  It is not there now.  If I drag a file to the
cd drive, it says it is not accessible.  When I insert a ...

Windows XP Pro SP2 which is part of a domain with default GPO.
 For some odd reason, the server service starts in a paused state.  I
can "net continue" the service and it starts without issue.  There are
no event logs to indicate any type of startup failure or anything of

I'm using a Toshiba Satellite Pro running Windows XP. I had it running as
'Administrator' with no other users set up and all was running well. I
decided to add a couple of user accounts to the system which I did but now
it takes 6 or 7 minutes to boot up where it used to boot in ...

Hi all...
My guest account on Win XP Pro has multple Services configuration manager
errors everytime I start it. I created a new account with administrative
priviledges, and the errors did not occur. I changed it to a user priveledge,

I need some info on firewalls. I cannot access some programs because they
say I have a firewall blocking or popup control.
I disabled the XP Pro firewall and I don't know of any more the google
toolbar popup is not working either.

first time user here!
the following is a copy/paste of an email I'm sending around to find some
help with what may be a compatability problem.
thanks in advance for anyone who cares to answer