Right clicking in a folder window allows me to
choose "New" for a list of document types. The list
that's displayed includes only a few of my installed
apps. I want to add one. How do I add a document type to

Can't find the taskbar...ctrl+esc is not working.  Does
anyone have a clue as to what might have happened?  

how do i disable the taskbar items that i dont want to load
up every time i restart the computer?

How do I move the quick access toolbar from one end of the taskbar to the other?

Somewhere in my journeys through settings, something got
changed so that some of my WORD 2000 documents in My
Documents and some titles of Icons in my Download folder
are in blue font, while others are in black. Does anyone

Ive open my compu this morning and all my setting are
wrong. Im now in 4 bits and 800-600. i did NOTHING to
change that yesterday when i close my computer. When I
try to change back to my old setting. (1024... ) I cannot

On some computers running xp some drives arent visible in "My Computer"
Annoying when using usb removable storage....
Regards Kjartan

I want to be able to click an icon or button and it will
trigger the screensaver to kick in with password
protection.  I have tried adding a shortcut of the
screensaver to my desktop but clicking it willonly

I recently purchased a five button mouse and didn't install the software that came with it (i find this quite usless). Yet, my buttons act "programmed" when clicked, in IE for example (back and forward), Explorer (same thing) etc..
WHERE is this programmed? Registry? If so - what ...

I have XP on MY machine. I have a new machine I'm
configuring for a friend. My User Accounts Box has a Users
and Advanced TABS. The other machine I'm configuring has
XP as well (both machines are PRO). The other XP has the

Does anyone know how to create a user account just for
kids in XP?  In 95 it was something called Microsoft Plus
for Kids.  I just want to create an account that is
secure for my kids to use without worrying about them

Just purchased Windows XP, when I loaded various other
programs some of them were not assessible to the other
users. How do I get them access to all the programs
available in the system. Do I have to individually load

Does anyone know how to change the welcome screen
wallpaper?

Does anyone know if it is possible to change the text
color of the desktop icons? I can change the font and
overall size of the fonts, but color is greyed out. The
white looks good on a dark background, but is hard to

I was just wondering if there is a way to change the
background of the welcome screen.
XP will allow you to change the icon beside the user name
but what can I do to get rid of the blue background and