Millions of folks are now using OEM versions of Windows XP.
When they eventually want to upgrade to Vista will they be able to buy a
commercial upgrade and then be able to port the Vista install to a NEW
computer when the first one craters?

I'd like to install Japanese files on my computer to read and type in Japanese
, but everytime I try, it requires to insert "Windows XP Home edition
CD-ROM" which didn't come with this computer.
I had tried through control panel - add language, and thruogh the web.

When one wants to open a file from an application the windows which opens
shows the following columns in that order.

The window is usually too narrow to show all the fields at once, especially

I want my pc to play music files up to 5 mins at windows start. However, I
find that sounds in control panel will not list anything other than .wav
files.....not mp3 or midi.
I tried converting mp3 to .wav with Audacity and find that these begin to

I've got a new 80 GB hard drive with Windows XP Pro SP2 already installed.  
About 20 GB are used with the OS & original apps.  This new Dell notbook
doesn't come with OS disks, so even though I would prefer new
installation/partitioning, its not an option right now.

I have WINXP Home
My computer is a HP Pavillion only 5 months old.
How do I get into the Bios
Thanks in advance.

Despite following instructions to enable a screen saver, the screen saver
does not commence after nominated time has elapsed

Hi guys,there is a problem with my system.
The monitor will turn off when i boot to windows.if i boot using VGA
mode i can boot to windows but cant acces any CD's or my USB
device(Even my VGA driver CD).

How do I defeat this feature? I would like to be able to save settings when I
want,
but normally I do not want the SW to do it each time I exit.
Thanks,

We're planning to use a computer for a public in out place, and i want
to only limit down a user to like only using word and browsing the web.
In away i want it to make it the way computers are in library,
protected, expect a few programs. How do i do that?

Is there a way to manually start your screen saver?  My old Win98 Office
Toolbar had a button to start the Screen Saver right away.  I cannot find any
similar feature in XP.

Hi this is really annoying. I have searched the net for a solution and tried
the ones mentioned here! (
I can access "appearance and settings" via right - clicking my desktop, but
not via control panel.....

You know, you can right click on the taskbar and select "tile windows
vertically." I want to create a keyboard shortcut for this to make it
quicker. Where is the .dll for "vertically tile windows"? I found the ones
that allow me to do it horizontally, but what about vertically.  ...

Microsoft MVP Mitch Tillig wrote in an article: "...If you have IDE drives,
you can also boost file system performance by setting both physical disks as
masters on separate channels. That way data can flow freely and
simultaneously between both disks and the system bus. This ...

I am a network admin/consultant for small-med sized businesses in southern
california.  I have a client who wants to completely remove the system tray
from the windows shell...  I'm assuming there is some way to do it through
the registry but I need to know which keys to ...