It seems that every time I turn my back, something
on my system has messed with my CD volume control! Its driving me nuts,
because I keep having to raise
the volume. I know it happens every time I change a

I don't know if this is the right group for this but, it is about
customizing XP. I'm using StyleXP to change XP's "look and feel". There
are still a few things that remind me I'm using Microsoft Windows, and its
depressing me. That's mainly the icons in the toolbar of the ...

I was about quarter of the way the through compressing my windows xp drive
and seeing it would take ages, i just stopped it....
But then, my cd rom drive had completly dissapeared!!!
I tried system restore, but it is still missing!!

I have windows XP.  The windows are too small.  The
internet doesn't take up the whole screen like it did
when I had Windows ME.  Game screens are almost too small
to read effectively.  How can I make the windows and

I was trying to install acrobat reader to my computer  
when a message popped up saying that i have to uninstall
some shield that prevents the installing pof programs.  
Where do i go the "uninstall"?

How do i tell xp that when i have a streaming music
station running not to make any other sounds?  also, when
i use a media player to play music i get the same thing.  
sounds in windows and on internet explorer blend in with

I have recently added a 120 gb hd to my comp. I used
Western Digital Data lifeguard to set it up as a new boot
drive. It is partitioned into 2 parts one 40 and the other
80 gb. I am having trouble re formatting the C: drive

I am not sure when this started or why, but for some
reason my window settings for folders on the desktop are
no longer being retained.  I'm running XP Pro with all
the latest security and recommended updates.

I had setup a lot of folders as shortcuts and saved them
as favorites.  For over a year I used these all the
time.  Now, only internet pages will save and all of my
shortcut folders have been deleted.  I can set them up

Hi Group,
can anyone recommend a good website to help me set up a small home network?
We have XP Home and XP Home and we both already have access to the internet
through a D-Link 624+ Access Point. However I want to set a network up so

I know I've read about changing the default icons for all the folders, and I've read that It's not possible.  But somehow, and I can't remember how, I did it.  But now the icons are bugging me and I'd like to change them.  Is there a way? Or is it possible to reset all the icons ...

My xp startup..
i am having a problem.I would like to know the way to customize my startup.
when i start my Toshiba computer,it shows "toshiba"window before the" Window XP" window
when in "window xp"windows,i find that it turned into a blank screen for sometime before it enter

When I attempt to arrange desktop icons by name in
alphabetical order, Outlok Express stays at the end and a
new shortcut also does not move. I did not have this
problem with Windows 98 and has only arisen since I

I'm new to Windows XP. In Windows 98, I was able to put
documents on the quick launch. I would like to put the
documents I use constantly throughout the day on the
quick launch. Is there any way to do this? I do have my

I can't drag or copy any documents or folders to Quick Launch like I did in Windows 98. It won't let me move or copy anything but a program or my desktop to the Quick Launc