Hi guys - I'm getting a new laptop to run my audio recording rig and the
problem is, although not ideal, i'm going to need it to be an "everything
else" laptop as well as a "recording" laptop.  It will be running Windows XP
Media Center Edition, 2GB Ram, 800Mhz FSB, P4 3.2 Ghz, ...

Is it possible to customize Windows Explorer to get a list of files and
folders with details in the right pane and a list of folders in the same
directory in the left pane (where file and folder tasks, other places, and
details are listed)?

  Is there an easy way to permanently turn off those annoying bubble
tips?  I have arthritis and other dexterity problems that make these
things even more annoying. ;-Deano

Hey I have a random question, I am not sure if this has been asked.  But how
come in your advanced appearance options you can't customize the desktop
icons color. Say for example what if I have a black background and the auto
does: icons with a white background with black text ...

Anyone out there know if the proxy settings in IE can be controled via the
command line?  I want to write a quick batch file that I can click on that
will enable the proxy settings when I'm at work and disable them when I'm
at home.

My son and myself have two different sign-in names, but whenever he switches
from my account to his own it disconnects me from Verizon DSL, i was
wondering if you any of knew how to solve this problem- Thank you

I have Windows Xp home in my pc, and I'm trying to make an account for my
kids. I succesfully made the account, but when I get to configure it, I have
some questions.
- I whant them to only see some programs on my start menu and desktop, but

After downloading MSN 7.0 beta + Update Mcafee, it seems something has
change. Both the task manager or msconfig appear and disappear within a split
second.Any particular reason wny and hpw canI resolve this, thanks

Something just happened to my task scheduler. (XP SP2) It turns off at
reboot. After reboot I click a task and get a message that says "general page
initialization failed" "0X80041315" "Task scheduler service not running" I go
to advanced and click start and it runs. I reboot and ...

I really need some help and don't know where to start! I have WinXP (SP2) on
a Dell Latitude D600 laptop. I am connected to the network at my place of
work and can also use it at home.
The problem is that at least 75% of the time, when starting Windows, I get

My boss is currently running a MS-DOS program on Windows 98.  Would this
program be useable in a XP environment?  If so, documentation on managing
this task will be very helpful.

I have a group of phrases that I use over and pver again for my job.  Is
there a way in XP to configure certain key combos (i.e. ALT-Y) that will
simply enter the text string wherever I am working - Outlook, Word, etc?
Thanks for any thoughts.

I had initially installed ACDSee and used the change File Associations
for all Image files to be read by ACDSee.  However I noticed that my
"Active Directory Users and Computers" changed to be opened by ACDSee.
I opened up "Administrative Tools" and half of the icons showed an

A freind of mine added a nice pic o my desktop in XP . I like it but would
like to edit it. The problem is I can't figure out where the actual pic is on
my hard drive. Can anyone help me out with this? Thanks!

Hi all second request here,
I have WinXP pro and have the settings all set to Windows Classic (looks
like Win2K). Every time I view the control panel it shows it in list form.
I'll choose icon view and close it. When I open it again it shows in list