by default i guess windows xp looks at 3 or so default
locations for images to display as backgrounds. 1.
C:\WINDOWS\Web  2. C:\WINDOWS  3. my pictures folder.  
how can i edit these so that windows ONLY looks at the

I have been trying to find information on how to make
Explorer open to a specified folder.  I do not want to
change just a shortcut -- I know how to do that.  I want
it to work from Start>Run>Explorer or the 'Win + E'

Windows XP: Running and minimized program icons are not
being displayed on the taskbar, but used to be displayed
on the taskbar. Have changed taskbar settings and/or
changed taskbar properties, still not working. "Windows

I've just reinstalled my Windows Xp Home edition, after
some configuration the folder setting seems not doing
what it says. In the "Folder options", I picked "open
each folder in the same window", but in practice it just

How do you change the Registered to: on the PC to a
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Help!  My windows are suddenly too large for my screen
and require me to scroll left and right, up and down, to
see the whole screen.  I don't know what I've done to
make this happen and can't figure out how to stop it.  

I want to buy this item but would like recommendations on the best
Joystick/game controller that would be good for this AND arcade games, if
there is such an animal.  Or, would I need separate joystick and game
controllers?  I see quite a few items on Ebay but not sure which ones ...

Hi, I have a bit of a map and a small caption of the CBC
stuck on my desktop background and cannot clear it off,
even though I have changed the background several times
already. I have looked up map in files and had no luck.

i used to be able to get a preview of html thumbnails so that i could see what the html page was.
i can't do that anymore. i've been through windows help and i can't find anything to help.
hopefully, someone here can give me a hand. it'd be a lot easier to find what i'm looking for ...

How do remove the icon arrows in Windows XP?

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I had to get a new computer and it has XP Home installed with a CD Burner.
I had an extra CD Rom I put in and an extra 40 GB Hard Drive I also put in
to go with the original 40 GB.

XP Home.
On the properties sheet of shortcuts to Windows applications there is a
field called 'Shortcut key' which allows the addition of a letter plus a
mandatory Ctrl+Alt to open the file by key combination. Thus Ctrl+Alt+N

I've got a problem and it's driving me crazy. Somehow the
default font for text in web pages (under the headers)
and emails and what not has gone italic. For example,
when I open my yahoo mail, every subject is italicized.

I have found it is possible to take a weather radar from a local tv station website and set it up as my background.  Only problem is, for it to be really useful, I need to have it automatically update every 2 minutes or so.  I can right click on it and update, but I would like to ...

An unfortunate crack on my laptop LCD screen renders the
left 2 inches, and bottom 2 inches of the screen  
unreadable. Can I decrease the size of the Windows
display/Desktop so it is all readable on the good part of