Is there any way of locking the status bar on to the bottom of explorer

Using Win XP Pro
I would like to turn off the search companion so that it does not make
any effort to search the web, when I use the search tool in
start/search.

I have been changing display settings to recommended
settings of manufacturer 1280 x 1024 have compensated by
raising dpi to 170% 163 dpi have pretty good results but
some lines are cut horizatialy in display is there a

I am trying to increase the size of fonts, windows, etc.  
For example, when I'm online, the webpages are too small
and hard to read.  On the other computer in the house,
everything is larger, less words on the page.  Another

My time zones are missing from my control panel set date
and time item. The only time zone shown and listed is
Eastern Standard time, I have no problems against that
wonderful time zone except I belong to the Central Time

Anyone developed a knack or know of an icon editor that can make those
folder icon, where there is an object or a symbol that is partially seen
thru
the folder?

I've notice in XP that everytime I open anything such as
a drive (e.g. my computer, my downloads, C: etc) I get
the required file listing but down the left hand side of
the box is a window that shows the available tasks and

I am trying to remove an Explorer Bar that is on my
desktop.  Any sugestions on how to remove it?

My e mail does not properly display all pertinant
information.In a place where there should be an
illustration is a box with a small X in it

Whenever I get the log on screen it shows 70 email messages waiting.  That
was the case when I finally recovered from a system crash, but now my inbox
is empty.....can I fix that?
Peter

Is there a way to make it so that every additional user
profile that is created is exactly the same?  I want
every user profile that is created to maintain the exact
same settings as the one I've already configured.

I am trying to get ride of and Explorer Bar that I have
on my main screen.  Any sugestions on how to remove it?

For about the last week, instead of going to my home page
when I click on "Internet", it goes to
a "mysearchnow.com/passthrough/popupbaropener.html" and
then my site so I get 2 opening pages. I have

Most icons on my desktop show their generic version but one refuses to do
this and shows the default Internet Explorer icon (it used to show
properly).  I tried fixing it with TweakUI - no go.   Why is this?

When I press CTRL and E, an explorer appears with the directory My Computer open. How do I change it to, say, D:/Archive
Thanks.