I wish to sign on and go right to the desktop, not the
split screen with the icon on the right then you have to
click that icon to get to the desktop.
How do I go STRAIGHT to the desktop?

Hi, i'm trying to build a system with windows XP Pro, that
will have my films & music on it, the system is going to
be connected to a TV instead of a monitor, and i have an
Infra-Red adaptor, which i would like to use to control

Hey does anybody know how to double click a music file so
that it just gets added to the play list instead of
reseting it and just having that song on it?? I remember
seeing something sometime or another that said "When I

I am sure most of you are familiar with most of the common keyboard
shortcuts, like "Ctrl Z" for undo and things like that. Is there a way
without using third-party software to create keyboard shortcuts for raising
and lowering the volume? I want to program the windows key along ...

1. how can I change the standard network drive icon into a different one for
each drive (e.g network drive r should show icon "apple.ico", drive u
"house.ico".?
2. how can I change the standard printer icon into a different one (e.g. the

The view preference I set for all folders does not get
used by the open and save dialog boxes, it would appear.  
How do I set it so that the open box view is always
the "detail" option instead of the "list" mode -- so I