I just changed my windows XP settings to cleartype, don't
like it and want to change it back.  When I
select 'restore default', the changes do not occur, even
after I restart my PC.

I just installed OL 2003 with Business Contact Manager
and my computer has slowed to a crawl.  I notice in task
manager I have 39 processes, some with the same name.  
How can I reduce the active processes to what's really

I have been using pix from My Documents for my desktop wallpaper. Now can't
find the original images that came with XP. Where are the stored?
Thanks,
Kate

I bought this business card design program and I tried to
install.  It keeps giving me this message that my
computer needs to be able to display 1000 colors or
more.  I went into control panel--display and my only

There are a ton of background processes always open at any
time.  Last time i checked it was 29 processes.  What is
the deal?  Why is there always so many things running in
the background?  How can you stop them in the future?

 When I right click on a file/folder, In the 'send to' menu, I no longer have the option of 'desktop(create shortcut)'. I only have the options for drive A, D and four other removable drives but the 'desktop shortcut' is gone. How do I set the back on?...On one of the right ...

How do I get an editable address bar to be displayed in Windows Explorer? I am used to working on
Win2K professional, and I could edit that address more quickly than clicking on folders.
Thanks in advance- Phyllis

Can anyone suggest a backup utility that can clone the entire system to,
say, a DVD-RW or another hard disk (in Win XP)?

Each time I try to open files, the order is listed from Z-
A instead of A-Z. This has happened to me beforeon Win98.
Any ideas what happened, or how to fix this? Your help
would GREATLY be appreciated!!!

How do I create two different users that share a single
user profile?

The pinned area on my start menu is getting crowded so I
would like to add another folder e.g. My Office
underneath My Documents, My Music etc. But I want to keep
all the existing folders. Is this possible?

i was just wandering what command line i would include to a custom shortcut
on my desktop in order for it to shut down my computer?
if you can help, thank you!
..b..

How do I recover deleted Outlook Express email from the
DBX. file

can anyone tell me how to change the path of  my folders from my C drive to my slave drive, so that when I click on that folder it opens the right drive?

I have (and like) Windows Classic style and Classic Start Menu on Windows
XP -- with one small exception:
I keep my taskbar vertical on the left-hand side of the screen so I can read
more of the task titles. On XP, the time and date take up three ADDITIONAL