I have a SBS2000 network with 45 desktops...all are W2000 Pro except one
which is Windows XP Pro.
The XP Pro was loaded from an original MS CD on to a newly formatted hard
drive. I went through all the setup steps including the latest MS patches

How does one keep applications from automatically loading
on startup?  Of late startup has been quite slow for me,
and I think that if I could keep a number of programs
from starting with Windows (like Cineplayer, AOL and the

Running XP on new Dell computer.  Previous computer had Works Suite 2000
installed.  In trying to use the old disks to load Works Suite on to the new
computer, only part of the Works Suite seems to be there now.  For instance,
the letters and envelopes section is not there now nor ...

I heard there was a setting that I can change to run older programs from
95-2000, is this true and where could I find it.  Is it risky?
TIA
Les

Have done this (attrib) and it doesn't seem to "take".
Any ideas?
BTW: what's the blue underline of a folder designate?
Thanks

Wondering if anyone can tell me why my system hangs when
I change to a different user. I get the error
message 'unable to play this video mode'

I am attempting to set up VPN connectivity for a remote user to our
network. The remote user has an laptop with XP Professional installed.
The users Home PC uses XP Home Edition and has internet Connection
Sharing enabled to allow the users laptop to connect to the Internet.

I loaded Windows XP and made an account with a password.
Either I can't remember my password or it is not working
because I can't log in. I've tried reloading from the CD
but you must be logged in to do this. Naturally I cannot

All of a sudden when I click on sart/programs the resulting menu that
shows is shortened with that little arow to see the whole thing,also
its regrouping my menus by which ones I use the most. I guess this is
supposed to be a helpful thing but I find it bothersome. Did I do

I use to run Scandisc once a week when I had win 98, How can I get Chkdsk to run automaticly on a scheduled basis?

i have a new Time computer running Widows XP Home,
i bought a pack of re-writable cds { Phillips CD-RW 80,
HIGHSPEED 4~12  80MINS 700mb}
wHEN I TRY TO COPY ANYTHING TO THE CD I GET THE MESSAGE:

I want to load parental control software, but I only want
it to affect my child's limited user account--I don't
want it to affect my admininstrator's account/internet
usage.  Is this possible?  How do I do it?  Do I load it

The dealer that I bought my laptop went out of business
and never gave me my own copy of Windows 2000 pro. I am
now required to upgrade to xp pro to be able to use a new
software program. If I buy the upgrade, will I have any

Ihave had this computor for a year now and have recently got broadband so that I can us the internet. I see from comments that viruses are quite prevalent.The 3 cd  restore pack that came with the machine only reinstates the machine as bought. I have installed a second partition, ...

I have set up XP with three accounts - for Family, my wife, and myself. However- as I have no secrets (!) I would like mail that is recieved by outlook express in one account to show in the others.  At present if I check mail, and it downloads into my account's OE, it doesnt show ...