Actually, I don't know exactly where to post this message, so I assumed it
is related to the customization of Windows XP.
The problem is very simple. Several years ago, the Egyptian government
released a new regulation for the daylight saving time system. According to

For some odd reason (lol something I've done I'm sure)my
recylcebin icon is no longer on my desktop.  Any ideas on
how to replace it?  I have gone to customize desktop and
tried that already no luck.  Any help would be much

i need to know if there is a way to put on the option where you a
required to press ctrl+alt+del when u are logging on to win xp Pro, i
used to be on a network, im now no longer on any network as im in
student accomadation. is it possible to set this option with out being

When I insert a CDR into my CD burner, Windows Media Player
always starts up (evidently as my default cd burning
program).  Is there anyway to turn this off (and possibly
switch it to the program I do use to burn cd's)?  Thanks

Please help! I want to convert from FAT to NTFS and
understand that the process may cause an error,
namely "windows could not start because the following file
is missing or corrupt: System32\Drivers|Ntfs.sys" The

I am having trouble writing the word if to files,
echo if(%%this == %%that)>>File.txt
it won't export the word if, i can't find anything
anywhere on this subject, and believe me i've searched

I?m new to WinXP, and I?m using on my office.
I like the "Silver" XPStyle.. but I would like to have more...
Searching on googles I just see a reference to WindowBlinds, SkinStudio.. or
any other resource from StarDock... but I don?t know if is thrustable to use

is it possible to get the old decent icons of Windows 2000 back. I
don't like these colored icons of XP. I don't want my operating system
to look like a candy store. Can anyone help me to satisfy my
conservative taste :-)?!

OS: XP Pro
Need to copy my  current settings as ADMINISTRATOR to another username in a
Power User Group -- or clone this to All Users.
Basic problem is this - have tweaked desktop, programs, settings under username

In Windows 98 the System Information Utility allowed
users to delete hidden startup programs but I do not seem
to have that option in Windows XP. I have a program that
automatically starts when I log in and I want to delete

when i enter a letter in the run space then i get then  autocomplete  gives
me some previous commands that i had entered. where can i find these enters
so i can delete them

I'm sure pretty much everyone has used AIM, and when you
get a new message you can choose for the box to blink
yellow to alert you to the new message. Is there a way to
change this color? Although this is not limited to AIM's

I have noticed that when I try to right-click a program in
the menu lists that the shortcut screen will not stay.  It
flashes as if it is attempting to display but then
immediately disappears.

XP PROFESSIONAL
I CHANGED MY DPI SETTING TO 150% AND I SET THE FONTS MUCH
LARGER THAN THE DEFAULT AND NOW EVERY WINDOW IN DISPLAY
PROPERTIES RUNS FROM THE TOP OF THE SCREEN TO DOWN BELOW

I know that there is a rum command that lets me stop the
log in screen.  Although there are several of us who use
the computer, we do not need a log in.
Any help with the run command