I recreated my WXP system from scratch and ended up with C drive as
labeled 'Local Disk' in My Computer etc.  It won't let me change the
label?
How can I do it?

I have a creative Labs wireless keyboard that comes with excel and word
shortcuts. How can i activate this feature (the other access keys work
fine). I tried the powertools GUI but it only has regular functionalities.
i dont wanna use the cd cause it installs a software that i ...

hey I'm havign some trouble with them thems on my computer.  They seem to
have stopped working.  i downloaded a patched UxTheme.dll file onto my PC and
my themes worked fine.  but suddenly, they've stopped working.  they work if
I run system restore, but for only a very limited ...

Hi I have just got hold of new laptop and it has window XP SP2 in japanese
language. Can anybody help help me  to convert it in to window XP in english
(no formatting only upgrade like english language pack ). Kindly send me the
website address and how to install.

There was some kind of a trojan virus on my system and I managed to get rid
of that. Had to reinstal my graphics card. But now for some reason, my
Display Properties only have two menu boxes..Screensaver and Settings.The
background, Web etc are not showing. Can anyone explain why ...

I saw the menu start pop up box in the middle of the desktop and
fixed. So it didn't roll down no more. How is this done. So the menu
underneath the start button was fixed in the middle of the deskop, I
want that too. Anyone whose got an aswer can mail me at

I would like to bypass the Windows Welcome Screen and go directly to my
desktop. This would eliminate a step of clicking on my name to go to the
desktop.
Any suggestions on how I can do this? I did it once before but cannot

Hi there, I wrote the other week asking how to get rid of some of XP's
garbage in Win Explorer, i.e.. directory's on the left etc, well that's
fixed but I have upset the Rt panel as now I get Icons there instead of
details. I have repeatedly gone to My comp, win Exp, CP/Folders, etc ...

I somehow turned off the annoying system beep that had somehow replaced my
normal sound for email notification by clicking on some FAQ website through a
posting on this site.  Now the system beep is gone, but my normal sound won't
play, even when I go into the control panel and ...

Let's see if you can help me...
Basically what is happening, is that the original image of my OS (WinXP Pro
SP1) is created with the language US international installed for keyboard
layout. The problem is when a new user log on the machine, by default, the

Does someone know where i can find the keyboard layout codes list for
Windows XP PRO. I have the code for US; Portuguese; but I didn't find the
code for Spanish(Argentina) language yet.
I'm using it to create procedures for my customers configure their keyboard

Is there a way to tell Windows XP Home edition what program to load first at
boot up? My system reboots every night after disk clean up. Since I have a
DSL connection that is always connected, I' like to load McAfee Security
Center BEFORE programs that attempt to contact the ...

I would love to create a shortcut on my desktop that I could just click that
would load a picture as my temporary background but, then, have my usual
background load when I start Windows.
Anybody have any ideas on how to do this?

i got lot's of music on a large hard drive , and want to no if you can modify
the reg ,so when you go>start>my music is takes me to my second hard drive
where all my music is on?
thanks

Under the Windows folder in my C drive there are all the
Windows Update files(all in blue letters). Is there any
way to not show these? can I create a folder and put them
all in there(without the system saying that you can't do