Is it possible to create a shortcut on the desktop to
turn off the computer rather than having to go via the
start menu every time?
Hope someone can help.

Does anyone know how to rename a partion after you have
loaded xp on both to indentify them differently..
example I would like to see the this when I reboot....
On the Road

I have just been upgraded to from Windows 2000 to Windows
XP and have been customizing my computer. When I'm in a
folder, for example, My Documents, and select "View" I
noticed that the selection for Small Icons vs. Large Icons

Here's my problem:
I'm performing some video conversions that take a long
time to process, but when I leave XP running without any
direct input from me, it eventually shifts back to the

I logged into my account on xp pro and moved excel, pp,
word, outlook, pub., from the start>all programs>microsoft
office to my desktop.  When my wife loggs into her account
she can't access or even find the programs.  How do I

Depending on which theme I have in place, I can sometimes see the
entire date and time in the clock box in the system tray.
But other themes for some reason only show the time, sometimes also
the day of week.

Usually viewing a normal window of files in the drive of
your computer, you see the files with the standard black
color. I have different colors and I dont know how to
reset it to the color it used to be. Black. Does anybody

Hi when in explorer internet I cannot modify the tool bar
as I want. When clicking view/ toolbar/ the selection
are "light" and I cannot change them...
Also had this Isearch bar that I want to remove...

When I right-click on ALL PROGRAMS, OPEN is missing.
(It's in the Start Menu; but it should also be in All
Programs.)

I am running Windows XP and have successfully managed to
hide all my inactive task bar items except one - "Local
Area Connection" - which always appears when I boot up
even though I always select Always Hide on the task bar

I already have read the information in this link:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283084
However I do not know how to get to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

Kelly--
I have often wanted to link to your "A to Z" section directly the way you
did here or to make a shortcut out of some of the excellent articles.  It'
much better than saying "Go to Kelly's A to Z">S>Sort Order."   Is there

I copied some files from a data disc that I created on a
windows ME machine onto a new windows XP system. Now some
of my system icons on XP are the ME ones ( Recycle Bin,
Network Neighborhood). I tried to go change them and they

Hi, my friend is running win98se and by pressing ctrl+alt+l he can make the computer looks like it hangs, no mouse movement and keyboard unless you will key in the correct password that you will unlock the computer back. All programs that are running still runs in background. The ...

I have a problem with my Xp desktop rightclick menu.
when I login as administrator, it is OK. but when login
as my owner account, the right click menu does not work.
I thought it was causeed by running some IE cleanup tool.