PC setup at work as follows:
5 or 6 of us each login on the same PC with XP Pro.
Normally we all leave by about 5:30pm.
Is there a way to make to force the PC to log everyone off at a certain

I would like to use Personalized Menus in the start menu
for Windows XP. I know you can use it in the "Classic
Start menu". But I would like to use it in the standard
XP "Start menu". This feature hides unused programs from

I am trying to convince XP to be silent.  I have already
specified the 'No Sounds' option through control panel
but, XP still makes a sound whenever I minimize or
maximize a window.  Anyone know how to stop this?  Anyone

Does anyone have a patch or a way to get the background to the icon
labels to be transparent. There used to be a patch in Win98 called
Clearscreen or something but I can't find an XP equivalent. I really
want to do this while on active desktop.

Can someone help me in removing some of the items my
computer uses during Start-Up??
1. I've tried msconfig, start up, un check the boxes, BUT
the items come right back up when I restart the computer.

How can I when I click on all programs under the start button get the list
to scroll out to the right rather than make a one column list with up and
down arrows??

Thank you for taking your time to read this petition. I
just got another laptop and i would like to use with my
same internet account. How is that possible?, because I
want to be able to use both computers but also i do not

Here is another mystery with Windows XP:
My display properties, such as resolution and color,
cannot be saved once I logged out of my account.
I have Windows XP, with SP1 and all the fixes installed,

I don't get to hear associated sounds of themes of Windows. Happens as if
"no sounds" is selected. XP no makes sound whenever I minimizes or
maximize the window or when I receive mail, or when I turn off the system.
In control panel \ sounds is selectede Windows default. Anyone  ...

Since a while I get unordered file lists, when I open a
directory in any program. Where can I tell windows to
open file directories always only in alphabetical order?
Thank you! Ernst

Could you please tell he how to change the color of the
desktop Icon Text? I have a dark desktop back ground and  
I need a lighter color text to see it. Thanx. Have a good
day...

I have a Recycle bin icon that shows that there is
something in it, but upon opening it shows nothing.  When
I select disk cleanup it tells me that there is 46724 kbs
in the bin.

How do I have Windows XP automatically disconnect from
the internet when it has been idle for X number of
minutes or if not that then to disconnect when a call is
received? I think older versions of windows this was in

Somehow/somewhere/sometime I must have hit a button or switch to cause the
Folder pane to appear by default whenever I open a folder. I have hunted
high and low and am now admitting defeat. Does anyone know how to make this
pane stop appearing everytime I open a window? It even ...

i prefer having user datafiles, and settings, too, on a drive other than C:.
removes such data from "lineof fire" when it comes to opsys issues such as
reformat C: and re-install opsys.
can C:\Documents and Settings be relocated, say, to H:\?