My word documents only save in the first letter of the
name i type in.  No matter what i type, it will only save
under the first letter.  To add to that, the box that i
type the name in has all these random chinese characters

I dont have a mouse connected but pointer still shows in
middle of screen. Anyone know how to remove it? Thanks.

This is not customising as such but it seems the sort of thing
customisers would know about:
I guess I've had a virus, despite running AVG. I've since run Panda
and sorted it.  (I hope)

I have checked that the taskbar has hide inactive icons
checked, but for some reason the icons in my system tray
have stopped auto hiding when inactive, the little arrow
does not appear and the icons refuse to hide.

I have uninstalled programs yet an entry remains in control panel.  How can I delete these entries?

I recently got a new computer (other than this one).  But
everytime I try to change certin display properties, they
won't stay changed when I turn the coputer off.  
Specifically the "show window contents when dragging"

When i right click on the deskop and select new, i get a bunch of stuff
i don't really want - but no text file. So i tried with TweakUI - going
to the templates section and creating a text file....
... great! Now it shows up ... in TweakUI - but never on the desktop or

I'm really hating Windows XP -- can't do simple things in
it like adding a screen saver and changing to the mouse
to respond to single clicks rather then double clicks.  
Anyone know how to do either of these?  It was so easy on

I'd like to be able to:
Double click on a BMP picture and have it open in a viewer of my choice
(Currently it uses that damn lame "Windows picture and fax viewer") -
Anybody have a suggestion how to bring that about?

catgory box will not display to make selection
catgory box will only display a box with an x in center.
cannot make or complete purchase item from sites.
ie below [x]is only displayed

Can you set the "drop shadows" programatically within a VBScript or perhaps
with a registry key?
I am looking for ways to set this - I have seen SystemParametersInfo but I
can't find out how to do this in WSH

My wife's laptop occasionally loses its desktop/personal
settings, and up pops the very first XP desktop (the
hillside, blue sky, and the trash can on the lower right
corner).  Also, the Welcome to XP bubble pops up from the

You know that big yellow folder on the XP desktop...the one that says My
Documents.
I haven't got one, but I'd like one.
Thanks

how could i customize my windows xp taskbar and startup
menu to a classic option for all users would log on to my
computer? please help.