Hi --
I've tried, to no avail, to change the default startup folder for my Windows Explorer.  I followed the instructions offered in this MS Knowledgebase article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307856.  Nothing seent to work.   It keeps opening to the My ...

Hi people,
Is it atall possible to set-up windows XP on a multi Language interface?
i'm English, but have a Russian person use my laptop alot, and wanted to
know if its atall possible to set it so that she can have everything in

    I'm using WinXP.  When I move a folder, and maybe when I do other
thinks in Windows Explorer, the screen goes black for a second,
there's a noise in the CPU (maybe a disk drive?), the small icons on
the task bar disappear, the task bar disappears, then one by one, the

Hi, the built-in trackball on my keyboard needs much higher speed or acceleration than Windows XP allows in the ControlPanel-Mouse options. It takes 5 turns of the trackball to move the full width of a 1280 pixel display. It is a Focus Electronics keyboard, so there is no driver ...

Apparently, XP has a function that reboots the system
whenever it feels the system is in fear or disaster. It's
doing this because of some software I added. But when I
try to remove the software, it keeps rebooting before I

When I turn my computer on, the system idle process is
making my computer run at 100% CPU Usage. I have no other
programs running. 100% CPU usage makes my computer run
slow and it makes starting prgrams almost impossible.

Prefreably i'd get rid of the whole stupid "my documents" idea, however,
does anyone know if its possible to get the "my pictures" folder to stop
behaving like a picture folder, ie, with the preview stuff etc - and
just behave like a regular folder?

When you right click on 'My COmputer' and it lists system
information and stuff, how do you get it to place another
picture there. I have seen computer stores put their logo
there and I would like to know how to do it.

I was wondering if it was possible to get the Windows 3.x
GUI/shell in Windows XP?  Maybe if anybody knows any 3rd
party software out there that was specially designed to
perform this task? Thanks :-)

HI , PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO DELETE THE PAST ITEMS IN MY TASKBAR . YES I KNOW HOW TO HIDE THEM ,BUT I WOULD LIKE TO NOT SEE THEM EVER.
                                                                 CLUELESS.

Anyone know how to install fonts on windows xp home?

I have a desktop folder with shortcuts to applications.  
I set the view options to Tiles and eventually the view
changes itself to Icons.  I have the folder properties
set to remember the settings.  I want to keep the Tiles

I'm running Win XP Pro SP1.  I seem to be missing most of the tabs on the
Display Properties screen.  I can't remember how long ago I accessed this
screen, but all the usual tabs were there at that time.
Any ideas as to what might cause this?

When I install Windows, I always rename My Computer. I
name it H.A.L.-9000. I know it's corny but...
Last night I noticed it had been changed back to My
Computer. Both the desktop and the Explorer icons were

usually the kernal memory or something bottoms out - i'm not sure. but all i
know is that it starts having issues that always occur when there isnt any
free memory (of any type...) - no new applications will initilize, GUI
objects wont load in other windows etc. i have 1GB of ram ...