How do you clear the list of items that Windows XP stores in the taskbar
history? I found no knowledge base articles on this. When I open Taskbar
Properties to customize, there are two sections: Current Items and Past
Items. How do you clear the Past Items? Past Items contains ...

In 98SE I had all image files associated with Irfanview and double clicking on the file
name opened them in Irfanview.  Since upgrading to XP home when I double click the file
name they open in Internet Explorer even through I went into Irfanview and associated all
image files with ...

I'm on a frequently Perfect Disk defraged and  recently SFC X2'd; thoroughly
spyware scanned reg NAV 2005 scanned *XP SP2 box* with a GB of good RAM.
It is up to date with MSFT SP2's updates and those for every MOS 03 program.
Allofasudden, I've been getting two annoyances.

hi, I'm just wondering how I can turn off this annoying DROP SOUND that I
hear almost everywhere I go on the internet.
I like to play CD's. So just useing the mute button doesn't seem to be an
option.

Apologies if this has been answered 1,000 times--I can't find info anywhere.
I'm not concerned about desktop themes--just cursor theme files.
I've seen and downloaded several different XP cursor files from various
sources on the web, in order to have a variety from which to choose. ...

New laptop comes with "Works" which has Word, Spread Sheet, Calendar,
Database... ect.  I want to Add stuff from Office XP Professional (ie
FrontPage, Access... so forth).  I noticed that the Office XP wants to
default at the same folder that the Works is installed too (C:\Program

Hey guys, I am a frequent visitor to this site, browsing all categories. Did
anyone not see the offensive post on 05/24/05 which appears in every
category. Don't need to name, just take a look. How to you remove this
"vulgar display"?

Is there anyway to change the "default" views in XP SP2 Windows
Explorer.  I'm refering to the views set when you click Tools, Folder
Options, View Tab, "Reset all Folders".
It appears some analysis is applied to each folders contents & Explorer

Does anyone know of a spyware free program for customizing mouse cursors?
all programs i've tried seem to be loaded and would like to know if any
program
is available which is free of spyware.

I am having problems with my programs disappearing I click on one to
open/run and it does the flashlight search for it but,
then tells me it is missing when I just installed it. I used ad-aware for
spyware & F-secure for viruses. Cant find anything.

I would like to completely remove the logo that appears in the top right
corner of Outlook Express. Anyone who knows how to do this?
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I want to configure windows explorer to open in the "My Computer" view instead of the default "My Documents" and I can't find documentation of the object "My Computer" to use in the properties of Windows Explorer.
I found this string in Help and Support:
%SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe ...

Good Afternoon All:
I was wondering if someone who has XP Plus for windows would do me a small
favor.  Apparently there is only one set of icons that I show for all 4
themes, recycle bin.  I browsed the cd and searched for .ico, and behold it

Can someone direct me to find out how to step by step download and install
drivers & update the BIOS.
I have XP Pro SP2, AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400
Thanks Bruce

I turned on my computer and a window popped up "Found new hardware wizard"
SDDM12.  Then it said I need to put in the installation disc, which I did.
Then it said the installation software not found... I cancelled and
re-started.  Same thing.  Now it all happens every time I turn ...