In older versions of Windows, you could easily see what
programs automatically ran at start up.  What is the
equivalent in Windows XP?  Programs take a long time to
start up when I turn on, or log onto, my p.c. after it

Is there a way to set the "view" in My Computer for
contents always open as "details"?

I just bought a new computer with XP Pro on it, and when
I lock my computer, I want it to sit there on the screen
that requires you to press CTRL ALT DEL to unlock it
again.  If I go into the help menu on my PC, it says go

Does anyone know how to disable the Web Publishing Wizard
(ie turn off "publish file to the web") ?. I have looked
in the policy but I have found nothing that relates to it.
The reason being is that our student use desktops don't

When I right click on my desk to and goto propreties >
Appearance tab > Effects button
The effects button stopped working I click on it and it
does nothing(I don't have a virus)

Friends, is there a way for me to put a shortcut of the shutdown and
restart button from the start menu, directly onto the desktop?
Thanks for your time and assistance,    exgi

i wanted to know how to add a command to the right click
menu of my zip folder so itll unzip to this certain
folder when i select it

From years of windows use I've grown comfortable with the "arrange by
type" feature.  I had always thought that this feature simply arranged
files by alphabetizing them by their extensions, this was very useful
to me.  So either I was wrong about exactly how it worked or it has

I have 5 accounts on my Windows XP computer. On 1 account
and only 1, the screensaver will properly appear after the
given time interval has been exceeded. However, on all the
other 4 accounts, the exact same screensaver does not

I have a picture on the desktop that has no options to
delete it or minimize it or get properties. It covers the
wallpaper but windows will sit on top. I tried to
organize the shortcuts on the desktop but it had no

Is there a way to shut off the "Please Tell Microsoft" popup window?

When my computer boots the Manufacturer's logo (eMachines) takes up the entire screen while the startup script runs.  I was just wondering if there is any way to remove the logo.

I'm looking for a _convenient_ way to change folder colors in
XP.  I know I can change folder icons to whatever I want using
Properties->Customize->Change Icon, but this is a pain for
many folders and toggling between icons/colors takes too much

I was trying to put an outlook express icon on my desk
top. I went to the programs list and drug the outlook
express to my desk top. Now it is not on my program list.
How do I get it back on.

how can I get the RUN Command to appear on the Startup
menu. Please