How can I make a shortcut for:
-  opening
-  closing
the tray of my CDROM drive?

   On Win98Se, I could set the command prompt window to more than 50 lines,
and some character mode programs would work properly.  An example would be
EDIT.
   On XP, if I set the command prompt window & buffer to 70 lines (for an

I stopped the service under Control Panel/Admin Tools/Services and in
the properties section I selected "manual," but after a while it
starts by itself and the properties is back to "automatic."
Anybody else facing this problem? What is the thing that sets BITS to

I would like to know how can I create a ram drive in winxp?

All,
I find having Outlook & IE in the taskbar, start menu and
on the desktop annoying, (at the least.) How can I remove
them from the desktop without hurting them.

help! i can't get rid of my ex-husband's user acct. tried to delete and i always get a 'program not responding'! even he was'nt this hard to get rid of! thanx

Ok, I have exactly the opposite problem. I don't want the picture at the top of my start menu that was once beside my name. I took my name off and now I want to take the picture off. I have other people on my computer so getting rid of the Welcome screen is out of the possible ...

Hello -
How do I configure Windows XP to host user profiles on a
drive or drive partition other than the boot drive
partition?

Hope someone can help. All of my quick launch icons have
disapeared. What procedure do I use to restore them? I
really like the "desktop" icon. It is very helpful.
I am using XP Home Edition. Also, if I would like to

How do I put my name below another user's?  This is my sister's computer, and she wants her name on top... but I accidentally created them in the wrong order... And now I have no idea how to switch which one is on top.

Hi Group,
I have been using my laptop for about 6 weeks now after building everything
new up; only now to realize that I made a little mistake somewhere. My C:
(all my programs are here)is Fat32 and my D: is NTFS(I only have my XP Home

Hello -
I prefer to arrange icons for numerous programs by program
type within a primary folder (e.g., graphic programs all
together, statistic programs together, etc.).  I manually

just a quick question which i hope someone can help with,
i am using xp and want my pc to load straight to the
desktop instead of going to a logon screen as there are
no passwords etc to enter.  my new pc does this but my

In "Display Properties", under the "Advanced" tab, "Effects" button, there
are a set of checkboxes. The checkboxes and listbox for 'transition
effects' and 'hide underline letters' are disabled (greyed out), and I
don't know why. Does anyone know what would cause this to happen?

Does anyone know how to lock down the location of the
icons and folders on the desktop? I like to place them
where I want them, but they keep moving around on me. In
particular, the trash will not stay put.