Is it possible to add a description to a folder?

       i recently updated my drivers on my computer, when i turned on my
computer afterwards, i logged on and the start menu and task bar had been
changed to windows 2000 or older settings. i looked into changing the
settings, but the computer thinks that the settings are ...

I have set up some shared printers on a Windows 2003 Standard server.  
On our XP pro machines, per our auditors, we changed our local security
policy to only allow Administrators in the Access This Comptuer From The
Network policy.

We have an intranet that we're using as a repository for .doc, .dot,
.xls, .xlt files etc.  We have Windows XP w/ SP2
1)  When a user clicks to open a file they get a dialog box asking if
they want to open or save the file.  The user ALWAYS wants to open the

What ini file do I need to edit to prevent this folder opening up
automatically every time start my computer?

Can I prevent some unrecognized network communications which are originated
from my PC from being initiated?
I am suspecting that some hidden malicious programs in my PC are making
outgoing or outbound network communications.

Thanks in advance!  This might be a basic question - but I don't know where
to start...
I have a Desktop, and I just got a laptop for the road with lots of storage.
Office XP w/Outlook on both... I have them networked together when I am at

I'm listening to audio in Windows Media Player and the alert sounds are too
loud.  (I have a sound theme turned on). Is there a way to lower just the
alert sounds?

I've got a strange thing happening on my XP Pro machine with 2 GB of RAM.
After about 1.2 GB of commited virtual memory I cannot start any new
program, open new files in already open programs etc.
Usually no error messages appears, newly opened programs just close again

When installing a program, the user often must choose whether to install for
just the present user or "everyone." When the present user _is_
everyone--when only the owner uses the machine--which is the better choice
and what difference does it make?

I am completely stumped.  I am only getting two or three frames per
second on MSN Messenger video conversations--jerky audio--and warning
from Messenger that I have a slow connection.  I've checked everything
that comes to mind, namely:

okay,sp2 automatically installs the volum shadow copy client.is there a way
to prevent this or can i disable this client? i dont want to give ordinary
user to posibility to see the previous versions tab or to let them restore
these files.

I'll log the Remote Procedure Calls that are outgoing from my Outlook Client
to the Exchangeserver.
When i log the rpcs into a file (csv or whatever), there is a zero line,
windows doesn't log the rpcs and says me, there were 0 rpcs.

I have installed service pack 2 and every thime it screws up my laptop so I
uninstall it and the machine works fine.
Now whenever I turn on my computer I get the message that service pack 2 is
ready to be loaded.

I just installed sp2 for the hundreth time. So far everytime i do, i reboot
(click Finish) and get to the Windows XP home splash screen (where you see
the little blue (or green) progress bar animation) and it freezes.  I then
proceed to shutdown the computer via the power button ...