Can anyone tell me how to control the order of the icons in the start menu?  Would really appreciate the help.  Thank you.

     A Chinese friend recently used my computer to check
his e-mail and since then I get Chinese characters on
many web pages. Annoyingly I cant use ebay to bid for
items because the amounts of money are partly missing.

how can I set all folders to be in "list" view on my
machine?

I have changed my recycle bin icon using Axialis IconWorkshop 5.0
and now when I empty the bin the "full icon" stays on until I right click
and refresh
the desktop, and then u can see the "empty icon".

When using xp professional and your right click on a file/folder and the menu pops up giving options such as using winzip, open, scan for viruses, ect  depending on what programs you have installed is there a way to edit that list?

Ok I hope these are the final annoyances (yeah right) that I find in XP, at least for awhile. I have a few different one's to list here and I hope I can find out a little bit at least about each of them.
First, in OE6 there is an option on the send tab to set whether you want to ...

This is not a joke and i am very serious.
The FBI has been harassing and mentally torturing me for
two and half years since around Oct 01. The FBI has
installed

i am using xp in german, with german codepages, german
keyboard etc.
since some weeks, all special letters, like ä, ü or ö in
german language are shown in nearly all installed

The Microsoft MVPs have a web domain, mvps.org,  which contains what
we hope are a lot of useful articles aimed at being of help to users
of Windows.
We have become aware that there is another domain,  mvp.org *without*

How can I get a Microsoft Office Shortcut Bare to appear
in the Title Bar area, like I have done with Win 95, 98,
2000?  I was trying to avoid putting icons for all the
applications in the Quick Launch area of the Task Bar.

I'm looking for a way that I can determine how long someone can stay logged
into my windows xp pro per day.
please say there is a way without having to buy a third party program  like
XP Protector to make these chances for me.

I deleted one icon from the taskbar at the bottom of the
screen, and the desktop button also disappeared - I can't
get it to re-appear.  It's the one that when you click on
it, the desktop appears over all other active windows.  I

We recently purchased a new HP with Windows XP Home
edition, we had Picture It! on our old Gateway, it was
set for Windows ME. Is there a patch or new down load so
that we can load Picture It! on to new Hp?

for example, when I want to search in "Google", and I
want to enter the word "house", as soon as I enter the
first letter....h....a bunch of words drop down that I
have previously used.....how can I turn that feature Off

If I have multiple windows open that are minimized on the
screen, when I move the mouse over one of the windows, it
minimizes the window I was looking at.  Where do I go to
change this setting.  Just because I move the mouse off of