My language icons have disappeared from the task bar and appeared at the top
of the screen.  How can I get them back to the task bar?

Could have sworn I found a menu allowing me to change the number of items
displayed on the Quick Launch Toolbar, without using the "expand" arrow.  
Default is 3, but I'm pretty sure you can change it.
Any ideas?  Can't find any KB's or other info online.

Does anyone know of an application that controls power to individual
USB2 ports? (It's part of the USB2 specification, but not widely
implemented)
Possible glitches:

How can I configure WE in XP Pro, so that it shows two panes- left-
hand for showing tree-structure of drives and folders and right-hand
for showing folders and files? I can configure WE by
View-> Explorer Bar and select the Folders option, but I cannot save

When I am loading Windows XP Pro, the blue screen that says "Windows is
starting up . . ." and "Loading Your Personal Settings . . ." takes a very
long time.  By that, I mean the first screen takes 6-7 minutes to switch to
the sedond one which takes another 2-3 minutes before my ...

I just reloaded WinXPpro sp2, ran all critical updates using "administrator"
and added 'my docs, my comp, IE, network' icons to desktop via "Control
Panel > Display > Desktop > Customise Desktop > Desktop Icons".
Now here's the problem: I added the 3 userID's that will be using this ...

Is there a way to hide or remove the 'Control Panel' in the directory tree
in Explorer?

To disable XP from displaying the Dimensions, Duration etc of AVI files, I
found this little trick on the inter-web:  Regsvr32 / u shmedia.dll.
Before I go off and do something stupid, does anyone know if this is a safe
practice?

A while back I used to be able to view my photos in a slide show forma
in Windows Exploring. Now that option is no longer available to me, eve
though every picture is in .jpg format.
How do I get it back?

I've done this before but have forgotten how. I want to change the
'Administrator' account user name. Running MCE2005 (XP Pro SP2). How???

This computer is running Windows XP Home SP2.
When I right click on the desktop and select Properties I receive the
following pop-up message:
Window Title: RUNDLL

My XP constantly forgets the view settings of certain folders. I have
defined Details-view as default for my system but certain special
folders, like "My Computer" or "Control Panel" I prefer to see in icon
view. However, each time I open any of these, they are shown in

I'm not sure what View Point is but every now and then I get something
telling me to update it.  I just click the x to close the dialog box.  How
can I stop this update from being triggered?

Does Microsoft have a Aquarium Screensaver
I don't want to download one's on the net with Adware.

Any way to choose details (date created, size etc) for alot or all folders at
once?
XP SP2