I cannot change the read-only file attribute?? I have
followed the Microsoft guide to using the attribute
command in the command prompt however it says "parameter
format not correct -" can someone help??

Does anyone know how to get my IE to keep the settings
and configuration of the toolbars at the top?
I set mine up to look a certain way, i.e. with the links
visable next to "help" and Google and the Address line

Additional assist please.....My cleanupmgr.exe file stalls after a couple of
minutes and does not report back to complete.
I've downloaded and run another from kelly but the process seems to get into
a circle from which it cannot escape.  using the /stageset 11 command and

I cannot open images that end with gif or html.  Please
help me.  I received one from my daughter that is very
important to me for personal reasons.  I use outlook
express 6.0 and have windows xp.  The images open, but

I've just created an additional user account in XP home
edition.  In the new account I want to have a different
screen resolution without it affecting the other
accounts, but upon switching to the other accounts, the

Does anyone know how I can configure it so that whenever
I can chnage the default folder in the search tool?  
Presently the 'Look in' value is the entire computer (all
local drives).  I would like to change this value to

I WANT TO ABLE TO LIMIT MY 3 KIDS TO ONE HOUR PER DAY IN
PC USAGE: AOL/IM, INTERNET/MUSIC, ETC.
CAN I SET EACH OF THEM UP WITH THEIR OWN LOG-IN THAT WILL
ALLOW ME TO SET AN 'INTERNAL CLOCK' TO A SPECIFIC TIME

Is it possible to change the desktop icon font color?
Company wallpaper makes it very difficult to read the
white font.

out of no where, I browse my harddrive under c:\ and all
the thumbnails just show a picture of a folder without the
text of which folder it is. ANyone tell me how to fix
this, the only way I"ve tried it taking it off thumbnail

Desktop background [xp pro] is now white and flashes to a
light grey. Right click/Properties on desktop and only get
a general tab - no options to change anything. The address
[URL] is file://C:\WINDOWS\Web\desktop.html. This is the

I am trying to delete a user profile, but the computer
hangs up and does nothing. There is no error message,
though when I end the process, I am told that "mshta.exe
is not responding".

when i first got my pc when i searched something a list would appear as i was tying my search of all the other things i had searched in the past , then i could just click on one of them and search it again. It has now dissappeared and i want it back. Any ideas??

Hopefuly somebody can enlighten me here.  I installed a program that added
functionality to my right-click menu when I click certain objects like "My
Computer" and file directories etc... My issue is that I cant get rid of
these options even after uninstalling the program.

My hard disc is dying and I just bought a new hard drive,
my question is:
Will the quickRestore disc (that originally came with my
PC) recognize the new hard drive ?

My computer screen is 1600x1200 pixels.  This makes it
very hard to center the mouse pointer on top of window
borders when I want to resize a window.  In prior versions
of Windows, I recall a "resize window border" control