In a folder view in the left pane are filetype specific actions, File And
Folder Tasks, and Other/Common places panes. I'd like to kill all of that
except the Details pane (the only one I find useful), so saying "Turn off
web-view" isn't the solution requested. Anyone know how I can ...

When you load XP for the first time it walks you through some wizards to set
up new accounts and register the computer. Once you have completed that is
there a way to make it do it again with out reloading the computer?
TIA

I typically try to keep the colors on my screen dark because I spend so much
time in front of it. Anyway, using window's classic mode, I'm trying to
change the color of the file explorer's sorted column, which is typically
highlighted.  Can anyone help?

This is an update on trying to hide/remove the x'd out LAN icon from the
system tray.  I created the DisableDHCPMediaSense key as suggested in another
thread in
HKey_Local_Machine\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters but it

Hello--
I've been trying to change the "My Documents" location, by following the
standard instructions: open the Start Menu, right-click and choose
"Properties" for "My Documents" and then type in the name of the new folder.

Whenever I doubleclick on a gif or jpg image in Win Explorer, the Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer opens the file for viewing. I changed the default
action under Tools / Folder Options / File Types for jpg and gif files to
open them with ACDSee instead, but for some reason the ...

How do I show the summary information in the pop-up description on a network
drive?  I can see the summary information on my local drives but can't see
anything except the document type and file size on any of the network drives.

Tried to set a locally saved picture as the wallpaper on my parents new
emachines desktop 'puter. It wanted to install MS PhotoGallery and required
the XP disc with the photogallery.msi file on it. Unfortunately, emachines
does not provide OS setup discs with their computers and ...

I have a new Notebook PC running XP Pro SP2 containing data that I would
like to safeguard should I loose it at the airport, leave it in a hotel room
or in some other way have it lost or stolen.  To that end I would, at least,
like to password protect this notebook so that some ...

Hey all.  Let me say right off that I'm not very enthused with XP.
I was happy running Win2K but got this laptop that runs XP Pro SP1.
I have no intention of losing all the drivers by installing a
different OS tho.

I have a Toshiba LT and everytime I select a particular screensaver, it
flashes the Toshiba icon. Also there are items in the list that are totally  
useless. Could I add/delete to the list? I've had no luck trying to find the
file. XPHome, sp2.

XP Pro
Found the section to alter visual settings however there is one I want to disable.
When you have a window open and you move it, the windows does a scrolling type of effect -
quickly disappears and reappears from top to bottom or vice versa. Too quick to work out.

For a couple of times now I have somehow downloaded a SpyWare software.
Everyone knows these are annoying and however hard you try always a couple
will get through. Luckely I know everything which is on my PC so I noticed
when a folder called Temp in the C Drive. Usually also ...

I prefer winows in the classicview. After I set it up for classic view, it
will revert to the XP appearance after A restart. What  can I do to keep it
in classic appearance?

Whenever I try to start a new email message from Outlook Express, the window
appears somewhere off my screen (upper left corner somewhere).  The only way
I can get to see the new email window is to maximize it.  If I then hit the
'little two