The show desktop icon is missing from the quick launch
tool bar. How can I get it back?

Can anyone help ?  
I am using XP Home version and have always been able to
see Chinese characters (eg. www.mingpao.com).  But when I
turned on my notebook this morning, I can only

Somehow my folder options were changed to search instaed of
open or explore. I would just like to know how to change
the setting back. thank you

Somehow all of my favorites are appearing on my links
toolbar.  I want specific links there but not all of my
favorites.  I have tried removing them one by one but
then they disappear from my favorites menu where I would

I have programs that start up when I turn my computer on
and they are running in the background and I do not want
them to run unless I turn them on.  I used to know how to
keep these programs from running when I first turn on my

I'd like to make a batch file that changes my display
resolution to 1024x768.  Does anyone know how?
I know how to  open the display control panel and go to
the settings panel, but not beyond that.

I bought a Sony Vayo with XP System. I often have to type
in Russian, for which I use the mnemonic layout of my
keyboard, however the layout installed in my computer
only allows to type as on a Russian typewriter. I

I can't figure it out -- where is the XP Home option to change my default system folder icons?  

 Does anyone know what attribute in
Properties/Appearance/Advanced controls the physical
height ( relative ) of the task bar.
 This would be incremental as opposed to doubling it via

Short and to the point using XP Home....
My box has a:, c:, d: and e: drive letters.  My network has f:, g:,
and h: drives.  If I connect a USB drive(camera) it will not advance
to the next avaiable drive(i:) and I can't d/l the pics.  The camera

I have a hp pavilion 511w running xp pro. Recently after
uninstalling a couple of avi splitting programs, and a
reboot, ALL of the text of my system is BOLD.
I've previously had this problem and was able to resolve

in windows explorer some of the font colors of the
filenames are black and some are blue. I would like all of
the filename text to be black. Is there a setting where i
can make this change. on the appearance tab in the display

I have a Yahoo browser but would like to go back to my
Internet Explorer browser. How can I change it??
Thanks,
Katrina

How do I have windows save my taskbar setttings so that
next time I log on, they are the same.  Specifically, I
enlarged the bottom taskbar vertically by one column, so
I can fit more applications that I can see, yet when I

A new user logged on to a XP machine and I tried to give
them the same icons in the quick lanch of another user on
the machine.  I could not locate the place where they are
stored (ie C:\Documents and Settings\Rick\desktop).  Can