OMG!  It has 1001 lives!!!
1.  The LAN on my PC cannot be disabled to remove the icon because it causes
my dialup ISP to fail with an ntdll.dll error on the second disconnection. So
I need to find a way to disable/hide the icon while leaving the LAN intact.

How do I remove an item from the 'autoplay' menu that appears when I
insert a CD/DVD in a drive please?

Can anyone explain the criteria that XP uses to determine if a notification
icon is current or past. I have several showing as past items in control
panel which relate to functions I use regularly, but are not in the current
items list. Why is this, and can I reactivate the ones ...

My computer crashed one morning and stated to install the XP CD and select
"r" at the setup. I only replaced the file:
c:\windows\system32\config\system, and now the icon that shows my internet
connection, is missing from the taskbar. How do i get that icon back? The

I need to be able to do a string replace in the registry.  To time consuming
to use RegEdit.  Anything out there for me to use?

I am using a program to autorun a program on my usb storage device.  How do I
get windows to stop popping up the message "This device contains more than
one file type what do you want windows to do?  I just want it to be plugged
in and then windows do nothing to the drive if I ...

i just decovered, that you can open an explorer window with the hotkey 'ALT
+ E'. Is it possible to determine the hotkey 'ALT + I' to the internet
explorer?
I don't mean the 'hotkey' function which is able to use when i create an

Here is the fix for the x'd out LAN icon that just won't go away.
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Fire up reshack and open c:\windows\system32\netshell.dll
+Icon Group

When I try to open it through the start menu, it tells me: "This file does
not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an
association in the Folder Options control panel."
The last part is a little ironic, since I can't open the control panel :\

I on the taskbar at the bottom of my screen, It doesn't show the programs
that I have open. I have tried everything on the right-click menu on the
taskbar, and everything in the taskbar properties. I also restored the
computer to the settings of two days ago. None of this worked ...

Every time I click on The "C" Drive the Search Menu pops up instead of the
contents oin the "C" Drive. How do I get the "C" Drive to open its contents
when I click on it instead of the Search Menu?

I got my hard drive replaced and reinstalled windows XP...the icons,
text,...everything was too large so I changed the screen resolution from 800
x 600 to 1024 x 768....now things are too small.
I know how to change the text font for IE, but is there a medium between the

I have internet explorer 6, and I  have downloaded the Yahoo! toolbar,  for
some reason it  will not show on my browser, so  when I  go to  tools then  
manage  add-ons and  click  the  Yahoo! toolbar a message comes up  that it
is  managed by  my administrator--- I am  the  ...

Where can I get the netmeeting installer and install it without having
to upgrade to SP2?
I'm still running SP1+updates because many of my apps. have conflicts
with SP2.

Keith,
Thank you very much.  This process works like a champ and does
absolutely everything I wanted it to do!
Ray