My sister changed all of my settings for icons and fonts. How do I restore
the settings to their original status?

There are some programs that I'd like to have running (like a video
conversion)
that will normally use ALL of the system idle time. It'll grab as much
processing

First off, howdy all, nice to meet the lot of you.
Ive what i believe to be a simple question here: just formatted driv
1, put win xp on it. drive 2 is all my music & such, with a bunch o
folders i put custom wallpapers/backgrounds on when on windows 2000

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I want to be able to automatically change the screen resolution
depending on which application I am running.  Is there a way to
have only the full screen application in the new resolution?

I cannot associate my file folders with an extension. The box is grayed out
on always use this action. Also in folder options I cannot remove open and
then try to reset.  Every folder and sub folder I attempt to open runs me
through the same process in an endless loop. How do I ...

Hello,
I have a PC with Windows XP professional running on it. I have 3 different
user accounts on the computer. One for me, one for roomie and one for guest.
I just installed a 160GB Hard drive for storage. I have partitioned it into

I changed my boot screen and now I would like to restore it back to the
original boot screen, what are my options, without reinstalling Windows?

I know about system32 where the icons are. Is there a way to create
your own folder & shortcut icons? Is there a web site where there are
free icons for folders & shortcuts?
Thanks!!

Aloha!
I have bought windows xp media center edition a few days ago. As I knew from
the windows 98
copy run before I tryed to install windows components.

Is there any way that the color of folders can be changed to different colors?

I have an AdWare issue that I can't get rid of.  I narrowed it down to an
instllation called "The ABI Networks" which of course creates ad popups on a
friends computer.
The name has been removed from the Add Remove box but the app is still

I get no response when I right click on any folder on my desktop and click
on Properties.
How can I fix it?. Thanks
A.K.

I use another explorer for browsing my folders/files.
When i type  keyboard shortcut ( Windows + E ), i want to launch my another
program ( not explorer.exe)
thank you very much

I'm looking for a way to disable the ctrl-alt-del key combination.  I know
this can be done in gpedit.msc.  However, I want to do it from within a
program I'm writing.  On several websites I saw people suggesting changing
the registry keys DisableCAD or DisableTaskMgr, but this ...

REcently I have installed windows xp professional computer.
I am comcast cable which is connected to cable modem which is connected to
the router. My PC is connected to the router.
I have securemote software installed on my home computer which I first run