I read some MSN advice about freeing resources and accordingly changed a few things like adopting a "Windows Classic" theme. 'Then when I signed off, there...

I have a pretty sound system. PIII running at 1Ghz on Win XP with 512 RAM. I have 2 HDs on the PC. One is 10 GB, divided into 2 virtual drives (c: and...

Hi! I have a minor annoyance with my laptop that's running Windows XP Pro with SP3 installed. I don't know exactly when it happened, but I noticed that the...

is anybody can tell, how can i change the position of logon prompt to left/right or up/down in win Xp sp2? -- Vijesh Paul, HCL Infosystems...

Hi. Is there any way to have a script run when the computer comes out of standby? I need to re-enable a device I have whenever the computer comes out of...

Hi I made a context menu handler and paired with an shell object. It works fine, the handler really adds an item on the menu, and the function behaves...

Hello NG, since I have recently reinstalled Windows XP Pro SP3 on a THinkPad X61s-Machine I experience the following problem: when I change the...

Hi, Any tell me how to set my default windows download folder?

How can I change the background color in XP and applications? How do you change colors when creating a theme?

There's a registry setting I can't remember, that allows changing the minimum time-slice (quantum) the scheduler allocates to threads. Does someone know that...

I am running XP Pro with SP3. I am the only user on this desktop machine and I want to be able to auto logon, bypassing the password and welcome screens. In...

Hello, folks, On my main work PC (XP SP3) I'm unable to permanently change the way files and folders are displayed in the little "Open" and "Save As"...

I used TweakUI 2.1 to modify the places bar. I am running XP SP3 and Office 2007. It doesn't work for Office 2007, but does work for Acrobat Reader 9.0. ...

I've got a frustrating problem. I just put a new motherboard in my machine, and I've noticed that after some amount of idle time (not exactly sure how much...

I find myself inadvertently dragging ICONS out of my TASKBAR and back on to my desk top. It's not a HUGE deal I just move them back into the taskbar and...

I have relatively often to switch between (Swiss-)German and English locale on my system. What I find annoying after some while is, that the default settings...

Hi all, I just recently upgraded to XP. Can't find how to set the file views the way I like them. Every time I click on a folder to find a file, the program...

Can anyone advise me as to how to disable mydocuments folder from opening on startup i have just installed service pack 2. I am a novice pc user and any help...

Hello microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize, I use BSPlayer Free for most media applications on my home computer. With SP2 on WinXP it is not that easy to...

I have Windows XP and I recently bought a Microsoft LifeCam. I was hoping to use it to allow streaming videos of the wildlife in my garden on my website, but...