I have put desktop into my quick launch bar, & i am delighted with it.
However I would like to delete the icons from the screen desktop. When I do,
they are also deleted from the quick launch desktop. Please Help

By chance (ie. I don't know how I did this!), the view on one of my folder
has become excellent. For example, when I choose to view details, and click
on the Date modified tab, it breaks all the files into sub-categories like
Today, Yesterday, A week ago etc etc. But I can't ...

Since installing SP2, I get long (10-15 seconds) delays 9 out of 10 times I
right-click a file in Explorer or simply highlight a file and hit the Delete
key.  Going through the Delete button in the toolbar (after adding it
through View|Toolbars|Customize) doesn't show this ...

1. Why is it that I can't get My Computer to automatically open in Detail
View, and with the left-hand pane showing the folder tree?
2. It oftern happens that when I open my computer it comes up in Thumbnails
view, even though when I closed it down it was in detail view, and I have

I have XP1 + all updates installed. Once I install SP2, can I  remove them
or should I leave them be.[They appear in "Add-Remove" option of Control
Panel]  Thanks beforehand
Dimitry

About  a month ago my computer stop letting me search.  I was doing some
looking around on my computer tonight and it tells me I have lost  my IP
address, and I was just wondering if anyone knows what I have to do to get it
back!!

Hi.  I have a spare box (P4, 512MB, 80GB, XP Pro) that I'm planning to use
as a file server (dhcp via Netgear router to 4 client PCs).
Is there anything special I should do to maximize the performance of this
"file server" to give it the best performance on the network?  The only

I have a need to load a DOS program onto my laptop
running XP. The program is an editor/compiler for FANUC
robots. For the installation to run correctly it is
looking for specific statments in the config.sys and

While in the Carribian islands I had my notebook serviced
for an internet problem.  When I got back to the states I
went to use it and now everything ( all the captions,
prompts, etc.) is in French...no English to be found

 My husband and I have a hard time reading material and
messages with our new Wndows XP....Any suggestions for
increasing the size of the lettering on web pages?

after clearing the check boxes in msconfigs startup list , how do I remove
the entries? Some of the programs are already gone from the computer .
Thanks
CP

How do I create a seperate user with all the background
tasks turned off?  I do a lot of video editing, and the
editor works better if I go to MSconfig and turn off all
the background tasks under the Startup Tab.

I am a newbie and would like to know if it is possible to
launch Internet Explorer automatically on booting up with
windows xp.
cheers

A blue Windows XP screen has started appearing when I
boot the computer. It's divided into two sections; first
says "to begin click your user name"; and second is my
user name. When I click the user name it states loading

... I am now confronted with a small annoyance:  Upon initial booting and/or
restarting, appearing on the screen are TWO WindowsXP Professional choices,
with the clock ticking down.  I must press enter to boot into Windows.  The
screen is similar to when one installs the emergency ...