I have confirmed that all of my startup programs launch OK,
but their corresponding tray icons (ZA, AVG,etc.) may,
or may not, show.
This behavior changes with each re-boot.  I would like *all*

Does anyone know if it is possible to change the default c:\program
files location?
My c drive is getting full and I would like for programs to default
install to my new d drive, that is mostly empty.

I share computer with my wife. Both we have administrators rights.
When I opened "My computer" view in Windows Explorer I used to see items like:
Disk C:
Shared Documents

A registry cleaner (RegSeekerXP) found some keys in my registry in
which there was no programs named.
For example:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{198EB59B-ADE2-AD71-B0DB-80095435168C}

I have a partitioned 160GB hard drive (only two partitions), one has W2K, the
other XP Home. I also have a little 3G drive with basically just an operating
system (W2K) on it for those times when I mess everything up and need to boot
off a different drive. I want to permanently ...

Does anyone know if it is possible to change the default c:\program
files location?
My c drive is getting full and I would like for programs to default
install to my new d drive, that is mostly empty.

Lots of schools need to run one desktop for all users. Not a standard default
user template. But to actually disable user profiles like you could in
windows 98. With 2600 users xp takes to long to login when it has to create a
profile each time because we use a security program ...

How do I create a hidden taskbar containing my games that appears vertically
on the right side of my desktop when I point to it?

    I've been fooling around with my desktop (bad mistake).  I did  
finally manage to get my desktop icons back to normal (through information
provided on a "icon" search of this newsgroup ), but I'm afraid my system
tray icons have lost their resolution and I can't seem to find ...

actually, What is really desired by my boss is to stop him from writing to
USB attached devices.  He is a power user
If a method can also stop him from installing any device driver or programs,
that is even better esp. if that is a new stealth group policy

In the view/toolbars/customize/text options, I must repeatedly chang
from "Text on rightside of ICONS" to "No text lables" because I hat
the text lables. It makes clutter in my toolbar and also I do not lik
the fact it does this in EVERY window and I must change for each ne

Howdy-
Is there any way to get the size of a single folder from the command
line?  I know diruse can search/display within a tree, but I'd like to
be able to get size information for specific folder without having to

I do a lot of writing in French (and a few other foreign languages) and
sometimes mix French words into otherwise English text (and vice versa).  I
all previous versions of Windows prior to XP I have been able to insert the
accented letters needed to write in French (and other ...

I have recently been thinking about upgrading my graphics card to a superior
card. I have seen the XFX GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI AGP for
around £170-£200 and the specs are:
Chipset - GeForce 6800 GT

How do I remove the icons next to the system clock. I dont want to hide it I
want to remove it