When I apply 'Thumbnail View' in the My Pictures folder
in My Documents the names of the files and folders are
hidden! All I get is the Thumbnail Icons and no text
underneath them whatsoever. This is very strange because

Im a newbie and I clicked the internet icon and
accidentally disabled it, I dont know how to restore my
connection to the internet. I need help. thanks

My wife bought a new laptop. It came with XP. Somehow or
other she changed the screen to half size right in the
middle of the screen. I've searched Compaq and MS Help but
I can't find anything that tells me how to use the entire

Can we change the defualt <winkey>+* key combination with
user defined. Like <win key>+ R sho up run dialog. where
they are specified. some where in registery??..can any one
help??

I recently had a problem with my computer where windows
XP couldn't find some system files at startup so it
wouldn't start. To fix the problem, I reinstalled it and
that seemed to fix the startup problem. However, now I

Hi again.  Today I asked the question listed below about
all XP application windows not opening in maximize. The
suggested solution was to resize the window diagonally.
Thanks to B Parker and Sir_George for the suggestion.

Hi ya,
Can anyone tell me how to get the status bar in Windows
Explorer to remain each time I open it? Im sick of going
to the view menu to put it back on.

Does anybody else out there get this grey pop up ad that
says "Messenger Service" at the top?  They pop up even
when not browsing the net.  I know how to get rid of it
but what I don't know is where this is coming from.  

I do not have an icon on desktop for Recycle Bin nor can
I find it in any of the program files, control panel, etc.
Where is it?  I know how to empty but can't find it
anywhere.  I use XP.  Thanks so much.

I recently installed comcast's cable internet software to
use their service, but with out me knowing it customized
the title bar on IE 6.0 so it now says "Microsoft
Internet Explorer provided by Comcast" instead of the

I am sure this has been addressed before, but if you could bear with me I
would like to ask again.  There is a way to decrease the lag time that it
takes for drop-down and sub-menus to appear.  I know it has something to do
with setting a value to "0".  If you could help, I ...

Anybody know how to increase the maximum number of icons
in the Quick Launch on the Task Bar?  Looks like it is set
to six , then it condenses and you have to click on the
expander to see any additional icons.  I want to show more

For some reason, my Windows XP will not let me
reconfigure my mouse for left-handed use.  The function
is there all right, but it is not highlighted and will
not respond to input.  Any suggestions?

In earlier versions of Windows, you could change the
first "Windows" screen users saw by editing the file
Logo.sys that was contained in the root directory of the
C: drive.  (You could also do the same for the shutdown

Several months I developing a XP-tweaking Guide, which is more now then only
a tweaking guide. It's now the time to share it with you.
You can download it at:
Download from NTFS.org: