I just re-installed XP Pro & I'm not able to hide my systray icons that are
inactive or that I want to hide always.  When I go into the "Taskbar and
Start Menu Properties" I check the box for "Hide inactive icons" & click
Apply then click OK.  The icons wont hide.  The << icon ...

I need to Print a directory listing to a text (.txt) file so I can import it
into a spreadsheet for sorting, counting, etc. I have added the 'Print
Directory Listing' prin.bat file and can print directly to the printer.
Currently I scan/ocr the list and can import it that way but ...

I have a friends laptop that I'm cleaning off the spyware from.  Hoping to
speed the thing up.  The laptop is an HP Pavilion ZE4500 that has an Athlon
XP2500 in it.  I know that desktops running the Athlon 2500 run at
approximately 2.00 GHz.  I'm not sure what the laptop is suppose ...

Does anyone know any free programs that delete the already deleted files
regards
Mark

I am trying to deploy WINEXIT.SCR via a group policy.  I have worked
out the registry value issue for non-admins.  The next issue I have is
in regards to the configuration.  When it runs it uses the default
settings for the text message and the timer value.  How can I configure

I have "always on top" and "auto-hide" checked, but today the
taskbar seems to take many seconds to auto-hide itself, if it ever
does. And the tooltips for icons in the system tray (oops, I mean
"notification area") come up BEHIND the taskbar. AND, though "lock

I know I have seen this somewhere but can't find it now that I need
it.  I want to edit the url for the search icon in IE to a search
engine of my choice.  How do I do that?
Regards,

Is there a way to show the date along with the time without have to expand
the toolbar?

Big HI to Anando and Andrew,
Thanks for the replies.
Firstly Anando, I've been unable to convert the image I intended to
use to the exact resolutions of 640x480 in 16colour, which is required

PC Magazine used to distribute a ?Hotkey Detective? program,
which would look through all the Start Menu and find the
key combinations, then present them in an easyview list.
Unfortunately that program can?t read the Win XP Start Menu

I am setting up an installation CD of windows XP Pro.  The only piece of
information that I don't want my employees to enter is the Product Key.  
We're under a volume lincense and I don't want the key to be widely
available, so I want it pre-entered during installation.  I tried ...

I have 2 printers installed in my system. the cable from system to data
switch and both printers are connected to the data swtich too. my system is
running on winxp & the 2 printers are epson c41sx(ink jet) & panasonic
kxp-1694 (dot matrix) (also set as default printer in the OS)

Hey, I am not sure if this is at all possible, but... Is there anyway to hide
or password a file so that no one else can access or view it? Like I know as
a kid I used to password text files in microsoft word , but now I want to
hide .jpg files. That sounds kinda bad, but it ...

I find help and support center is to easily broken. I did the right click and
install of pchelp.inf but it couldn't fix it. Can I make H&S run like a
standard help without all the buttons and whistles?

when changing icons in windows XP under the customise tab in properties there
is no option to 'apply to all subfolders' as there is for  the template for
the folder.
Also it is not possible  to group together a selection of folders for a