My system recently developed a very nasty habit, namely that when I
press the button to sleep or hibernate, it takes "forever" (i.e. up to 3
minutes!) until the system finally indeed goes asleep, or hiberates,
resp.

When I click an icon to start a program, then later close the program
the icon name has always remained highlighted until I use another
icon. For the past few days this no longer happens. The last used icon
is no longer highlighted. Why is this? XP Home sp2

In Xp there was a way to add 5 locations that were called common places.
These were places that you went to all of the time and they would appear in
all drop down menus when trying to open a file from any program. Is this
possible with Vista?

I would like to change all of my folder icons to a new icon.  I discovered
there are 2 entries in the folder options/file types dialog and only one of
them allows for changing the icon.  I would like both to use the new icon.
Additionally, when I changed the folder icon and ...

When trying to Download Microsoft Updates, or Reinstall or Detect and
Repair Microsoft Office 2003, or try to install Microsoft Office 2007,
I recieve the following Error Message:
"Error 1913: Setup Cannot update file C:\Windows\win.ini. Verify that

My computer at work just started showing the day of the week on the second
line instead of the date. I don't want the day of the week. I need the date
and I don't want three lines in my task bar. My computer at home shows the
time and date. I seem to remember there is a place ...

I have a video game that will only run if I shut down all the SYSTRAY and
EXPLORER.EXE processes, so I've been told by Tech Support.
The first question is this:  If you look at the running processes, what is
the actual IMAGE NAME of SYSTRAY?  I don't see anything in there that ...

Hi, I am having issues with my desktop background and could really use some
advice. For a couple of months now I have been unable to change my background
picture through display properties/desktop/browse (I am using Windows XP
Home), but although baffling (it was fine one day, ...

I am trying to use parental controls on my kids computer. The way it is set
up, the first web-site they view is OK, but other web-sites embeded ask for
a password. How can I get the system to allow embedded web-sites within a
web-site I deem OK to be viewed without a password. ...

I went to change my wallpaper and I have no desktop tab any more.  It's been
awhile since I changed it, so I have no idea when it disappeared.   I went to
the regedit and went through all the sequences that was suggested to change
the wallpaper, but I still don't have the tab.  ...

I am sure this is somewhere within microsoft.com and perhaps the msdn
network, but I have been looking for going on 4 hours now and have not found
exactly what I am looking for. I know you can right click a folder and change
its icon, however, the default icons use 2 - one for ...

I just recently built a new computer and installed Windows XP 64bit SP2.  One
of the problems I am having is that I liked being able to see thumbnails of
my video files whether they be .avi, .mkv, .ogm, or .mp4.  Though after
transferring over all of my files I noticed that only ...

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (KB110806)
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1 (KB929300)
Thanks.
DSH

I couldnt' see this option
(Change the way users log on or off)
in control panel-->user accounts
to get the welcome screen

I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.
I don't ever want to use it.
When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever I've
been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.