Crossposted to .general and .customize. Hi, Have a strange XP Pro SP2+ non-problem but an annoyance I'd like to ask about. In essence, Win Explorer is...

Hi everyone: I have tried EVERYTHING I can think of to find what could be causing this and how to fix this but DESPITE having gone back to the Windows XP...

I want to temporarily change my Desktop background to one of the standard Windows XP background elements. To my surprise, the list of available backgrounds...

When I click to apply any new pointer scheme nothing changes the cursors stays the same. The PC is connected to a network but that shouldn't matter I guess....

I am unsure if this the correct forum to post, but I am trying to remove a phantom hotkey. I assigned "ctrl+shift+f" to a shortcut but accidentally did a...

I can no longer customize the icons. When I click the drop down arrow to select "Never Show" or another change, nothing happens. I don't get the dropdown...

does this exist in xp or just vista

Hi there, might I encounter any problems adding my old Win98 color scheme (stored in a .reg file) on XP? Martin -- Quidquid latine scriptum est, altum...

My 6-year old Win XP Pro desktop has always been very stable. Lately, I have an intermittent problem. The desktop looks fine, but when I open any program, the...

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12 Sep 2008 23:31:03 -0500, "Toby" wrote in post: Isn't this U3 stuff just about the...

I don't know if anyone is going to reply to this since the posting is four years old. I can't seem to find out how to post my question that somewhat relates...

Hello, Windows XP SP2 Simple Workgroup configuration, no domain controller Internet Explorer 6 At work there is someone who sometimes accidentally move...

Recently I have been unable to change my desktop background. Right clicking and setting as background does nothing. If I try desktop properties the only...

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...

My WindowsXP machine is a stand-alone in my home. I have a dial-up internet connection. I notice that there are a lot of services running on my machine that...

One of our users has a corrupted desktop. On the left handside of his desktop there is a white panel about 2" across the screen - it is very similar to the...

Hi, I did an unknown misstroke on my keyboard, and Notepad did something exotic: it made a strange reversal of the data. I was making a crude ASCII map, and...

I recently had to reload XP Pro. I did have "Documents" deleted from the Start Menu by changing something in the registry, by I can't remember how I did It. ...

WinXP-SP3 When you click "Display" in Control Panel, there are 5 tab s of information: "Themes","Desktop","Screensaver", "Appearance","Settings". Does...

Hi, I am wondering how to customize the shortcuts represented on the left side of explore windows? Thanks! Sue