I used to have tons of themes back in the old W98 days. In XP I haven't done
a lot more than change the desktop until now. I have made and saved a number
of themes. But every time I reboot I lose the desktop changes to icons like
My Computer, Recycle etc. Can I fix that?

Is it possible to change the 'Show Desktop' button so it act's like the
keyboard shortcut 'WinLogo Key' + M?  Or to make a button to do this and
replace the other?
Thanks for any help (good or bad!)

i have a dell pc xp-home windows, here's the problem
i can only stay on my computer for 15min than it starts counting down
and shuts off. what can i do. i would appreciate any help. thank for
your time.

To all:
How can I place the 'show desktop' button (C:\I386)on the
taskbar notification area ?  All my attempts have
failed.  

Does anyone know if its possible to delete the history
that is  maintained by the Windows XP search function?
Every time I type in a new search criteria any previous
criteria that has been used with a spelling any where

I wonder why they don't keep their settings, I know for a fact the in Linux when
you set a view and dimension to a folder, that folder will always retain those
properties, but in Windows, after opening a few folder they all revert to the
last setup.

can't find these files so that I can drag their icons to the taskbar.

I have problem, too. when I right click, send to, mail recipient, the mail
window does not pop up like it used to.
What can I do? Any help would be appreciated.
J.

is there a way where i can have two taskbar in my desktop?one at the bottom and another one at the right corner of the desktop where i can view different time around the world.or put some notes on it.and still it will always stay on top of any wallpapers or something..just like ...

For some reason I have lost all of my Icons short cuts
from my desktop when I start my computer.I no where they
are but I cant get them back to where they were.They are
sitting in desktop and I have tried to drage them back

I have 2 problems.
1. XP takes a long time to start up and get me to the
login screen. How do I shorten this time?
2. When XP shuts down, it gives me a message

I am having difficulty finding out how to remove some
shortcuts from my start up folder.

I want me XP to dispaly all in Polish

Remeber in Win98 when you autohide the taskbar and something would
blink and the taskbar would stay hid?  Well it highly annoying that it
wont stay hid in XP.  Anyone know how to make it like 98.  No, TweakUI
wont do it, none of XP settings that ive seen will do it.  Makes me

Does anyone know the registry key(s) for showing custom toolbars (windows), and the registry key(s)that state where about on the task bar they are positioned?    I want to have custom toolbars, but only visible for certain users - but in our enviroment with around 20,000 users we ...