I have added a picture to my desk top and want to the
lettering under each desk top icon to blend in with the
picture, can anyone help?

When I click Start/Programs, the menu I get is very long,
and I would like to reorganize it- create new subfolders,
move some of the shortcuts into them, delete some of the
shortcuts, and so on.  I cannot figure out how to edit the

New microphone hooked up properly...speech recognition
feature not enabled in Speech in Control Panel. Cannot
find it in Add/Remove Programs. Tried Windows XP Home
Edition Install CD, can't find it there to add/enable.

When you go to the system tray properties, you can adjust
their visibility. Like always hide them or always show
them or hide when inactive. My list is totally cluttered
with programs I uninstalled or don't use (I'm talking

It used to work, but now it doesn't.
When I go to Start - All Programs, and right click, there
is a brief flash, but no window opens up so that I can
create a shortcut or lok at properties, etc.

The first time I tried to browse a system directory on XP,
- say C:\WINDOWS, or c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 - there was a
warning page saying (approx.) "Content of system directory
hidden", followed with a hypertext link saying "display

My Treble and Bass are gray and disabled located in the
Advanced panel of Sounds and Audio Devices portion of the
Control Panel. I'm using a laptop and have no external
speakers. Is that the problem, or is buying a pair of

On my XP Pro box I looked in the task mgr an saw 4 SVCHOST.EXE instances
running using up a lot of memory is this normal? and what are they for?
1. Local Service 3460k
2. Network Service 1924k

Does anyone have any idea as to why the Status Bar in a folder view should
keep disappearing?
I go to View and click on Status Bar, but the next time I open a folder it's
gone again, has anyone got a solution?

Is there anyway to change the width of the columns in the
all programs of the start menu. Mine have increased so
large that some are outside of the screen.

Hi, I'm having a problem with the effects dialog under
Display Properties -> Appearance -> Effects... Whenever I
click on the "Effects..." button, nothing comes up.
It stopped working a few days after I got this computer.

The qiuck launch toolbar is not saving my icon positions,
after logging off or restarting. It was fine until
applying some critical windows updates, then it
reorganized them and now I can't reset them the way I

I am trying to do something very simple, but cannot figure out how.  My monitor screen is 13"X9 1/2" and my display software is 11 1/2"X 8 1/2".  I want to size the desktop to be large, to fit the monitor screen.  Otherwise there is no point in having a larger monitor.  
I have ...

how do you get rid of unwanted backgrounds from the
desktop option? it wont let you delete anything.

i downloaded a new theme with welcome and exit screen
options, but i cant figure out how to apply them,can
anyone help?