How can i change my office xp icons ?
when i right click on them like a normal icon and say
change icon it is grayed out and will not let me do it/.
Please help

Is there any way to make sure that when I use Search
Companion (in XP) the results will include a Date Modified
Column? I know you can do this by using "Choose Details"
under View --- but you have to do that EACH TIME you use

And why would I want to do that?
Somehow some of the system folders as well as root folder
for one of the disk partitions changed their type
(template). Usually, when windows detect pictures or

I've set my desktop background several times and it will
stay that way for a day or two and then it changes...!!  I
hate this.  I often use a .jpg photo.  Also, how can I
delete some of the backgrounds that are listed, and add

How can I change the duration of the tooltips in the systemtray?
It seems to be defaulted to 5 secs, but I want to see them a little longer.
I'm using XP Pro.

I installed spybot & I seemed to work great until I re-booted.  Then
it came up with a window, no desktop, and seemed to hang, so I removed
it and attempted to reinstall.
It seems to install OK, but then won't function.  I removed it again,

When I first installed Windows, when i opened My
Computer, it would group hard drives and removable drives
together but does not anymore.  I preffered it when it
did, how do I get it back?

In Plus!, I ahve to have at least 16MB of memory in a video card to run the
3D screensavers.  So, I bought the Matrox G450 and installed it.
Unfortunately, I still can't run the screensavers (I continue to get an
error message telling me that I need at least 16MB of memory in a ...

I am running Windows XP Professional and am unable to set
shortcut keys for any programs.  While Shortcut key tab is
visible on the Properties popup, windows will not allow me
to edit the "None" entry to set a key combination.  Any

I recently upgraded to XP and a 17" LCD monitor.  Maybe
I'm getting old, but it seems that all text, desktop
icons, and images are so small I can barely see them.  
I've changed the desktop items to "large icons" and the

the virus update can not be run under her account, it says Adm has
restricted this function. How can i un-restrict this??

Over time, I guess I have installed LOTS of programs and
things and in almost every instance, I've let the
installer choose where to put things.  Now when I click
the Start button and go to Show All Programs, my screen

Whenever window start, my computer automatically open
C:\windows\system32 . I tried to disable it using
msconfig but it will launch again the next start up and
after i disable system32 start up from msconfig, it still

I'd like to speed up my computer when it boots up.  How
do I know which "applets" to disable in msconfig in xp?  
I'd like to boot up with the bare necessities, not the
whole shebang.  Can anyone provide some help?

I'm trying to get a batch file to execute before Windows
loads all of the programs in the Startup folder... I used
to be able to do this by inserting the path of the batch
file into autoexec.bat, back in the good old days of