How can I drag an icon to an open area on the desktop and keep it there?

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I reinstalled windows yesterday because my computer was freaking out and that was the only way I knew how to fix it. After doing this I have two...

I have a new Toshiba laptop running XP Home. When I try to configure power schemes I get the message "To adjust power management settings, close Microsoft XP...

Hi, I want to backup some files, but I want to use Scheduled task to do it, with wich program can I do it? Thanks in Advance

....set WIndows Explorer to open at my C drive instead of My Documents? Thanks

I had turned off the animated search character on my laptop. I now want to turn it back on, but all the info I can find on this subject tells me to click...

Hi, In XP, it looks like each user can set power options, but only the power options set by one user is respected (or so it seems from my experiments). How...

Hi, my laptop is 9 months old and used to start up really fast in about forty seconds. Now that I've installed programs there are loads of icons in the task...

"David Candy" wrote: Set up how you want it then reboot then turn off Remember each folders view settings. The existing settings are used...

I am unable to Customize my "Program Files" Folder ... RightClick Properties does not display the standard "Customize" Folder to allow me to customize it ......

Is there a way to turn off left click drag and drop? Or customize it so a menu pops up? I have users that are moving things on network drives and don't...

Everytime I try to print something in WORD, I have to go and change my page size/layout from a INDEX card to a standard 8.5x11. Is there a way to make it...

I have a system with XP Pro installed with only 1 user with admin privilages. I want to restrict my younger siblings from Installing OR Uninstalling any kind...

My start toolbar which is usually at the bottom of the screen is not at the top of the screen. When I grab it to move it I can only make it deeper. How or...

I have added an additional Hard Drive to my system. I have partitioned it using Partition Magic. I run Windows XP-Sp2 with no problems. I made...

I feel okay about a lot of MS products and how to use them. I have been from the beginning virtually inept when it comes to managing user...

I right click on the desktop and select properties then settings in the display properties. I want to lower the screen resolution to make the icons bigger but...

I have several folders I have created on my desktop to hold shortcuts to files and websites. I have attempted to customize view settings for each folder by...

How do I set my computer so that my taskbar settings stay as I had them? Everytime I turn my computer on they've gone back to default settings.