Right clicking on the Win XP desktop brings up a context sensitive menu that
allows you to created new items on the desktop (i.e., folders, Word
documents, etc). How can I add to or modifiy this list of new items?

I've tried adding the "My Recent Documents"  folder onto my start button, but
there are no longer any options to do so.  A co-worker has the option to turn
his on, we both have xp SP2 but his computer is a few years older (not sure
that matters).

I am using Window XP SP3 with IE7, Dell computer.  I think I must have
deleted my quick launch toolbar by accident.  I miss it very much.  I have
been searching for a topic about how-to-get it back or create new one and
could not find any of them.

I would like to regularly run defragmentation during night hours.
However, when I program it as a scheduled task, the UI window opens
but - since I don't click "Analyze" nor "Defragment" it does nothing and
sits there waiting for my input. What option or flag do I have to pass

My computer won't boot.  It always prompts me to insert system disk.  I made
it certain that there is no diskette in the floppy drive and my BIOS is
configured to make the computer boot from the hard drive.  I have windows
xp, Compaq system (HP).

I'm using Windows XP on a pc that has two user accounts. The other person has
migrated My Documents to a second drive (ie not the C drive) and I would like
to move My Documents to the same drive. Is this possible? I don't want to try
it until I know for sure in case all our ...

I have the following vbs script running as a logon script.  But everytime it
runs, When the shortcut is created, it is created with the symbol of no icon.
How can I direct the icon location to an actual windows system icon file.  
When I open up a file via properties, and browse ...

I was wondering...
Is it possible to add custom attributes to the file system? I would really
love a "flag" attribute so I could mark files that I've processed or that I
feel are important (Similar to how you can flag messages in Outlook). Of

Is there a way to stop the balloon pop-ups?

If I don't like SP3 , can I roll back to SP2?
if so, it is technically difficult to do so?
thanks.

Using WinXP Home SP2 with Office 2007.
When I r-click on my desktop and choose New | New Microsoft Office Word
Document, it creates a .docx document by default. I would rather it
create a 97-2003 compatible .doc instead.

My hard drive died on me in an old computer. I took a second hard drive that
was in this computer, made it the master, and reinstalled Windows on this
drive. During the installation process, a window comes up entitled "Files
Needed". The message in this window is, "Some files on ...

I am running XP Home Edition Version 2002 SP 3. I believe this happenned
when I installed the SP 3 download for Windows. The address bar disappeared
at the bottom of my screen in the Windows Taskbar where the Quick Launch
items are. The option to put it in by right-clicking in ...

When i used to leave my Windows XP machine, after two minutes it would go to
the screensaver, it would stay on there for 30mins before i told it to go to
standby. Then, around two months ago, its started going to the 'log on'
screen every four minutes, when all i want it to do is ...

Hello group, thanks for reading. Is there a way to remove the above icon
from the Notification Area? I like to keep my desktop tidy, and I'd rather
just have a shortcut to "control hotplug.dll" in my start menu.
I have a USB scanner connected all the time, so it never goes away.