I have a lot of folders in 'My Documents'. In order to view these folders
when I open My Documents I have to use the View menu then Explorer Bar then
Folders. Is there a way to default to this setting when I open My Documents?

I need to find out how to save DEFAULT basic settings & windows personalities
like desktop styles, color, IE settings, etc. so when we ghost PCs, we don't
have to keep redoing the same over & over.
Thank you.

I recently purchased a Seagate 3.5" external Hard drive and am trying to
install it onto my pc with Os windows xp.
It is a usb connection and should recognize it straight away but it doesn't.
I checked the instructions and it says i need windows xp service pack 1

When I first started using windows xp, I was able to create different
backgrounds for multiple users in my household.  Now when I change my
background it changes 3 out of 4 users background to the same one as mine.  I
don't know if this is a glitch in xp that can be fixed, but ...

how do i move the task bar from running down the right hand side of the
screen back to the bottom
thanks in advance

I recently updated my windows XP Home Edition to SP2.   All seemed good
until I tried to open my printer preference window. Half the window is there
the other is not, no sliders appear to give me access and the window cannot
be resized to pull more in. This is preventing me from ...

I more do not succeed to see in the control panel the voice "Passes to
the visualization..."
Thank
P.S. OS Windows XP

When I boot up with high quality(32bit) color display, my screen goes black,
and my colors are reset to low quality(8bit). Is there something that I
forgot to do when installing, or can it be taken care of without
reinstallation?

ok, i know this really isn't important of life
threatening.  but how do i make the background color that
is just behind the names of the icons on my desktop go
away?  lets say i have a picture of a flower for a desktop

I meant to set google shortcut icon but accidently set it as desktop item.I
now have a google uk image over my deskyop background squeezing all my
shortcut icons into a narrow strip left hand side of my screen,could anyone
advise me how to get rid.

Thanks all, I did a dir on c drive and the volume label required was the
computer name, hp pavilion
thanks again

Can we change IE icons via registry or something.
If not does anyone know of a free IE icon changer program
Thanks in advance

Windows XP is really starting to annoy me. Whenever I go into a folder with
any kind of movie file (.avi, .mpg, etc...), explorer.exe goes bananas
trying to analyze the files contained in the folder. This is most annoying
because I am usually trying to rename files or move them ...

Hi I am sorry to post to this group but tried the plus group and it is
not very active so never received any help.
I am running Xp home with plus xp on a new harddrive. On old drive I
knew where the themes were. they were under msplus themes. now with

Hi I am trying to convert to ntfs to allow folder privacy. It wants the
VOLUME LABEL  and I can't find it.Have tried drive name, system32, fat 32.
Have searched volume label  but info not specific....thanks
Garry