Does anybody know how to get rid of the pop-up info boxes
on the XP desktop.
Thanks

I am new to XPproSP2-Outlook from Win98se-Outlook
Express. I have ALWAYS kept the PreviewPane turned off so
that malicious email, spam and virus payloads could not
Auto Respond/Load/Install. There is no point for the

I'm using Windows XP English version and installed
some tools in other languages (French, Polish).
The menues of these tools do not appear correctly
(i.e. the language specific characters are not displayed

 My desktop has somehow aquired some folder options that
are permanently listed on the left margin. about 1/4 of my
desktop is taken up by this "margin". The options listed
are: "Folder tasks" "Other Places" and "Details".  

How can I customize the hyperlinks that appear in the
folder options listed on the left side???

I have just moved from Windows NT 4.0 Workstation to
Windows XP Professional.  The startup sound I had
activated on Windows NT was the stereo sound of a
fabulous clap of thunder passing from one speaker to the

I have found that when I choose not to search from the
address bar I still get a search any how.I have gone into
IE and choose not to search from address bar and as soon
as I restart the computer it is back to no selection in

I have an HP Pavilion PC with a 80GB hard drive.
Everything is working fine but I would like to set up a
partition (drive)of some type that I could share with
other PC in my home and have a certain control on how

I'm in a serious trouble with my OS. I upgraded my XP Home
with the Pro but am unable to activate it because
unknowingly the copy of the Pro has already been loaded in
another computer. MS Tech Support are unable to uninstall

I've been looking everyhwere for answers and have now
come to you all. I consider myself to be comuter
literate, but this one has me lost. About a week ago I
went to uninstall Activesynch after I decided I didn't

Is there a way to remove items from this area?  I have found the hide
always choice under the taskbar dialog, but it just moves them out of view
with little arrows.  I want to remove something from there completely.

I'm using XP pro.  The sound driver software from the built in cmedia sound
chips has changed the volume control to have an obnoxious beep when I move
the slider.  I tried every item under the sounds control panel looking to
find that sound but it is not there.  Anyone have any idea ...

ATM all Japanese web pages i go to and DL's i do come up
gibberish. Is there a patch or program I can get so it
comes up with the proper Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji's?

I went to use the task manager and the title for this
thread is all I got. Does anyone know how to enable the
task manager.

After Ctrl+Alt+Del and before login box, I have an
anoying dialog box appear with a "Authorized Users"
message. This is in the registry at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi