Seems old problems never die.
About six months ago, this XP Pro box started having problems with
maintaining saved Folder Views. Can't be sure, but the timing was a bit after
one of the monthly Windows updates. I let it go for several months,

On the Dell Latitude laptop I use for work, I experience an odd display
problem when I use the built-in monitor.  When using certain browser-based
applications (such as SharePoint), popup menus are incompletely displayed.  
If there are, say, 8 menu items, I see only the topmost 5 ...

I'm trying to create an image and when I look at my external hard
drive it has a bunch of .fbf files.  I assume these contain the backup
contents, isn't there a way to backup so everything is in a single
file.  With trueimage 9 it is a single file.

Is there any way to access the Automated System Restore Wizard or similar
program in Windows XP if I don't have the Windows XP Home Edition CD? Any
information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

This is an incredible tweak that has improved the performance of my
system by leaps and bounds.
There have been lots of articles and tweaks concerning the Page File.
I have tried them all, however... http://online-windows-xp.blogspot.com/

Is there a way to see the actual port numbers that are open in XP Pro? All I
could find was the name of the application.

Sorry for the cryptic question, but I wish to change the default view of when
you select File / Open and the dialogue box pops up it shows the files in the
default view of the documents in a 'list'.
I wish to have this default to 'details' rather than the 'list'.

I have 3 computers on my home network.  Two are running XP Home and one is
running Win XP Professional.  I can see both computers running XP Home from
the computer running XP Professional and I can see the computer running XP
Home from the other computer running XP Home and v.v.  ...

So, I got a new computer, a Gateway Quad Core Q6600 with 3072 MB RAM and a
500 GB SATA disk. It was preinstalled with Vista Premium, but I needed to
clean install and downgrade to XP Pro. I booted from my OEM XP Pro disc and
it loads all the drivers, modules, etc. and then it ...

I am using a  intel macbook 2,2ghz i am using windows xp
I had no problems until recently, i was playing Black & white 2 on windows
and when i quit the game the whole screen was on its side. Meaning that the
top of the screen was now the right of the desktop and the right of the

Dialer was working fine until strangeness on the desktop. I rebooted and
tried to use dialer to dial telephone. The error message:
Windows cannot fine 'Dialer.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and
then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then ...

14/Jan/2008 11:14
I have MS (Microsoft) net framework. I looked up "net framework" and found
that it is a developer tool. Since I do not do any developing do I need the
framework?

HEEELLLPPPP!!! I am rather uninformed regarding the inner workings of this
box in front of me. I was given this comp. w/ XP Pro installed. It had
multiple partitions that weren't in use, and less than 1% available memory. I
deleted the partitions and freed up a little (1.49 GB ...

Any recommendations for a good color laser printer for home use?  I am currently using Epson DX 6500 InkJet but it is not good for paper handling and the ink cartridges are useless and costly in the log term. My budget is about $1000.
Thank you.

Hello, I've changed the shell to be a batch file, instead of using the
standard explore.exe as done in the registry under the following:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
\Winlogon.