Somehow I dropped one of my user accounts from the
welcome screen. Thought I lost it alltogether. Wanted to
make a new account.
However, the account still exists, but I can not access

Should I compress folders using:
   1.    XP Home's right-click/advanced/compress routine
   2.    send to/compressedfolder(zip)
   3.    regular old winzip 8.0?

This is quite strange, I can't seem to reply to any newsgroups posts, using
Outlook Express.  I know this isn't really the right place to ask, but
thought I might get a quick answer from a nice person here.  When I type up
a reply and hit send, I get this weird box that appears, ...

Right click on Local C Drive, Tools Tab, you have Error Checking - Check
Now, Deframentation and Back Up.
For an unattended Windows XP Pro system, I would like to run Error Checking
and Deframentation via control panel, Schedule Tasks on a regular basis.

I have an IBM Thinkpad T30 that has WinXP Pro on it.  I cannot get the
toolbar to size down to "1 icon high".  I've unlocked the toolbar,
however I can't go any lower unless I bring it all the way down to the
bottom of the screen (where I can't see anything).  The icons in the

I added a new hard drive to my computer and I want to rename the drive
letter to something else than what Windows XP named it... I know that you
got to go to "run" and type in something to get there.

Is there a way to set the default view for all the folders ex. so all are in
the details view.

On my Dell Computer running XP ...
I noticed that it has a customized menu entry
under <Start>->Run with line separating above the entry.
How can I add my customized menu below this entry

I have Windows XP Home Edition.  I have recently acquired the computer.
But, unfortunately I do not have the details like Computer Administrator
User Name and Password.  I log in as a Guest which only gives me limited
privileges.  I want to add and delete some drivers which I cannot ...

ok, i took my 60 gig, broki it into 3, 19 gig partitions with a 1 gig
partition as a "linux-style" swap file. i then converted my disk to dynamic
(simple) leaving the "C" partition basically alone, however i want to mount
the other 2 partitions within the "C" volume as a folder, and ...

When I try to send a file or to drag and drop a file into my CD I get the
error message:- Error Copying File or Folder - Cannot create or replace
'file name' Access is denied  - make sure the disk is not full or write
protected and that the file is not currently in use.

Where in the registry can I find the font substitution
feature so I can disable it?

We have some people that have the active window within an
application promote the next active window to the front of
the desktop. While this is not working for others. I do
know that it is related to the user profile because this

I'm new to XP Pro, and I've run across 2 problems I can't
resolve.
1. I'm using the "Old Style" Start Menu and I would like
to disable the feature that makes you scroll down to the

I have just installed up to date drivers for sound and
graphics which has now added three items to the menu when
you right hand click on desktop. As well as the usual
Arrange icons, refresh, new and properties etc it has now