Double-clicking on a folder opens the "Search" folder.  
When right-clicking on a folder, search is at the top of
the list and in bold.  I just want the damn thing to open
when I double-click.  How can I change this?

I just tried to boot my fairly new XP machine.
I got a message on the screen that said: NTLDR is missing, press CTR-Alt-Del
to reboot.
Every time I pressed Ctr-Alt-Del I get the same message.

I recently wanted to reformat my hard drive. After doing
partitioning and formating Windows started installing. It
went through until "Installation completing". This is
where it stops. The new topics information on the right

i just got my computer and intenet acces and everytime i
log off the internet my windows logs me back on i do noy
want this to happen as i have only one phone line and
hubby is in Iraq please someone tell me how to stop this

Please someone help!
I have asked Pc World and Freeserve and had no answers
that rectify my problem.
My daughter was able to use chat and we had no problems

my mouse pointer changes to the running in background icon every now and
again, it goes back to normal almost right away.
When I check to se which programs are running via the task manager it shows
no program is running.

My laptop has disabled the S-video output.  When I
checked the settings, the menu showed only a notebook
instead of the LCD/Monitor/TV choices.  It corrected
itself once, so that I could select the LCD and the TV.

sometimes when i open my browser i get a page that says
cannot find server.i have to close and open several times
befor i can get it to open up a web page.My question is
Under internet properties,under addvanced settings what

Just got a new machine running Win XP Home.  Want to set
up 4 or 5 users.  Am finding that I have to configure all
multimedia defaults, sound card, video settings, desktop
wallpaper etc 4 separate times.  There must surely be a

Now that we have Windows XP I cannot use the edit command
to open a batch file in Command Prompt.
My prior knowledge of DOS commands is limited.  I
previously would use "edit" to open the file to make

i find that XP is slower than the older W98SE.  even tho my processor, RAM
and hard drive are much larger.  anyone had troubles like this?
Mark G

Can someone help me to understand why when I leave my
computer turned on a blue screen comes up and tells me
that my memory is being dumped? It only does that when
the computer is left on and not being used why is that?

Up until I did the updates for Windows XP Home Edition, I
used to be able to get to my desktop without having to go
through the log in page.  Now, after the updates, I have
to click on Owner just to get to my desktop.  I have DSL

how do i tranfer files from old computer to a new one

I am running the FAST Wizard with my old and new computers
connected via serial cable. After the initial steps
everything seemed to be going smoothly, but now the
progress bar hasn't advanced for the last 12 hours....is