How do I stop programs from automatically starting when I log on?

I am using PowerDesk instead of Windows Explorer but I understand this
procedure has to be accomplished through Windows Explorer. My right click
SendTo-Desktop has gone missing. I have looked in the SendTo folders, I have
two of them, one in Default User and one in my name, they ...

I'm looking to change the Bitmap that appears on the logon screen on our XP
Workstations (SP1). I know it resides in the MSGina.dll but what is the
correct (Microsoft) way to modify and replace this file?
Thanks

I have a multi boot system with 2 hard drives configured as follows:
I have one hard drive with Windows ME. One partition. Checking in Windows XP
under Disk Managment, this drive is labeled as: Disk2-Vol 1 (C:). Primary
partition. (It, also, states SYSTEM).

I have a strange problem with Windows XP, my SOHO/home network have 4 machine
3 with windows 98 and one machine with Windows XP SP2. I mapping a Network
Drive on the Windows XP Machine everything works fine.. but When I restart
the Machine the machine stop on the welcome screen, ...

I removed (manually, as the uninstaller was not able to do it) McAfee
Firewall from my pc and installed Zone Alarm Suite, but Security Center
keeps to tell me "one of the firewalls installed is working".
I would like to make Windows understand there is just a firewall installed

Trying to improve performance with my Win XP Pro system, I reset all
system services to start manually. My thoughts were that on restart, I
could see what services started and then set them to Automatic, thus
having only necessary services running after bootup. Bad idea

I want to lock down everything so that the only thing that a user can see is
my application on the desktop. He shouldn't even see any folders. Maybe just
one folder, where he can save the results.
Is it possibe to do this easily?

Here's my problem.. I have upgraded to a 128 meg video card from a 64 meg
card. The instructions say to simply place the 128 meg card in the AGP slot
and start the computer/insert the driver CD and install. Well, ONLY the 64
meg card will work on this computer. When the 128 meg ...

We have a large number of Windows 98 pc's with shared printers.
We have noticed that after upgrading to a Windows 2003 server network with
both Windows XP and 98 PC's in the domain. A PC with XP SP2 installed that
attempts to print to a shared printer on a Windows 98 PC takes ...

When booting up it says "Windows is starting up..." right before the user
names show but it goes black then shows a blue screen with white font that
says:
"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent

i have to check the migration of my 450 pc's from a domain to another.
The first step I'm doing it's to migrate the pc account from domain1 to
domain2, so i have to check the domain of every pc.
I know that I can check the %userdomain% but i can find any system variable

I am running Windows XP and have noticed that the pictures on web pages seem
to be way too dark. Is there anything I can do about it?
Thanks,
H.B.

An old post said
"The reason this now fails is that on Windows XP, virtual drives (sym
links) are now only visible to the user who created it. On Windows
2000, these were visible to users who didn't create them.  For security

I am getting this problem increasingly that more and more new pcs fail to
download windows update. All pcs are dell which come preinstalled with win
xp pro sp2 and are connected to an sbs2003 server. All internet connectivity
is fine and office update works fine too. The problem ...