I'd like to force a refresh of the Start Menu from within my MFC App. Specifically, it's the user account icon I'd like refreshing as my App allows the user...

Don't be fooled by illegal copies of Microsoft Office selling for 49$ - 69$. These are not licensed copies and could end up costing you more than $100,000 in...

I want to put My Pictures icon in the 'Open' box -- JBF

I purchased a new computer with Vista installed. I installed my old IDE HDD with XP installed to the new computer and now I cannot boot from XP. I tried to...

Any serious user should realize he needs TWO GB of RAM in order to run Vista and have room for future developments over the life of the computer. Only a...

How much of a New Paradigm can we expect from Vienna as compared to Vista? Some REALLY NEW Features? I may just wait for Vienna. DSH "kpwood"...

Hi! The default font size in WordPad is 10 How do I change it? Opening a doc. and changing size is OK, but save and re-open and it's back to 10! (Windows...

So, I'm trying to rearrange the icons on my desktop and I'm having trouble. The outline of the icon will drag the way that I want it to, but when I let go,...

I have my msconfig pretty much the way I want it, and when I start up Windows XP SP2, all my startup processes run as expected, but a couple of the icons...

I would like to open windows explorer with the D and G drives expanded. Can someone tell me the correct script to place in the target box of properties so...

Microsoft Vienna may well be worth the wait, if it is indeed as radical a redesign as this...

I need to create a user account for my stepson but want to control what he can do, I understand that a limited account will let you install programmes and...

How can I export a service from one computer and import it to the other computer? My computer's operating system is a reduced windows xp. But I want to add...

I am the only one that uses my Windows XP laptop and don't need password protections. How do I disable password protection from all sites? -- Dianne

Hi! I've enabled the CopyTo and MoveTo Context Menu Shell Extensions with the usual registry hack (eg see...

As a marker that some script has processed a directory I want to create an empty file in that directory. In unix I would use a "touch filename" command to do...

hey i was wondering if anyone here knows how to change the desktop icons background color to clear. i dont wanna change the font color but the box color that...

Could someone tell me how to disable the screen tips when a cursor goes over a file. I am getting annoyed at seeing the yellow box telling me when the file...

I was dual booting XP and Vista each on their own partition. I have removed Vista but the boot mgr/boot loader still comes up and asks XP or Vista. How do...

my screen saver is not working anymore. i can still set the screen saver although the elapse time is "blurred". i am not using wireless mouse. it used to...