Has anyone gotten the error message: "Failed to set security on destination profile. Error - Access is denied" when copying a profile to the default...

I have recently bought a laptop and would like to switch off all unnessesary programs which window's automatically starts up. How do I know which ones to...

When I select START, All Programs the folders are not sorted alphabetically. If I right click with my mouse on one of the folders nothing happens. My right...

I know this may seem trivial, but how do i get my display to fit my entire screen. It used to, but know i have a border around it and it is not the full size....

How can I create and add my own ICON's to the icon folder in windows. I have looked and read and searched. I can't find anything. Thanks, Rick

Hi Peop's I spotted the following registry edit in here recently courtesy of one of the resident MVP's, that gets rid of an unwanted entry in the...

I have a VB application that uses an Access 97 database. I have MDAC 2.6 and MSJet 3.5 installed in my machine (Windows NT). I need to use my application in a...

For some reason, my XP doesn't allow me to "Save Picture As..." when I right-click in IE as anything but a BMP. I don't understand why I can't save a .GIF as a...

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We can not customize our toolbar in outlook express. We have followed the steps but it doesn't save them. As soon as we closse out and then go back later they...

Publisher is not a part of Win XP, You'll have to purchase it separately or as a part of Office. -----Original Message----- Hi, I don't know if anyone can...

When Windows XP starts an application it seems to remember the last place that a file was opened by that particular application. E.g. if I use an application...

i saw the page and the links to the hebrew news papers and they work fine for me! (from Israel) "Jim Macklin" wrote in...

I decided to try the "System Cache Boost" tweak, #9b at http://datacreek.net/webgear/tips/xptweaks.html . It reads, "Changing the value of the key...

I'm trying to change the default on my folder options from Explore to Open. When I open a folder, and drill down to another folder, it opens a new explorer...

Xref: kermit microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:67642 I cannot see the "My Documents" folder in "My Computer". Actually there is no "Files Stored on this...

Just received a new computer with Windows XP Pro installed. When I go to Display Properties and then to Appearance and on the Desktop set a color and then...

Hi, I recently made a CD for a friend using the built-in Windows XP CD writing utility. The resulting CD could be read by windows machines, but not by...

I put a folder on desktop for my self.I would like to give this folder a background wuthout changing the desktop back ground.So far I'm not having any luck. Is...

How do I get windows explorer to open with the contents of the c: drive already expanded to show its folders as the default, instead of a compressed view of...