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URL's in Ms Apps by Jim Bunton
If I have a web link (a url) in an Ms App (eg Word, Excel) then on clicking the link to access the web page the Ms app automatically minimises. Thus I have to...
July 2nd 07 01:28 AM
by Ronnie Vernon MVP Go to last post
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Custom startup sound by FUBARinSFO
Hi: I want to play a custom .wav file of any length or size at startup. Currently I've encountered two problems. 1. Substituting my .wav file for the Windows...
July 1st 07 09:31 PM
by Kelly Go to last post
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A challenging question by Canucks
Right click on your empty area of your desktop. you will see a menu shown up. scroll down a little bit, you will see " new" sub menu which will lead to new...
July 1st 07 09:30 PM
by Kelly Go to last post
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Killing off a few Win XP Home folders/programs by Lady Dungeness
I have uninstalled Windows Messenger, following the instructions on Kelly's site. I plan to have this XP Home SP2 computer on a home network soon. If the...
July 1st 07 09:28 PM
by Kelly Go to last post
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Recycle bin by miki
i would like to know whether there is a way to set the recycle bin to show a confirmation when clicking the "Restore all items" button.
July 1st 07 09:27 PM
by Kelly Go to last post
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Guest account by MN
I have several computers that run Win XP sp2. Some time ago, I setup ONE of the computers to use the guest account that REQUIRED A PASSWORD. Now I want to...
July 1st 07 08:17 PM
by Kelly Go to last post
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Gateway GT4016... by SallyP631
Hi All, I'm in quite a jam.. I have a Gateway GT4016 with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 installed and it had been acting kind of weird for a few days,...
July 1st 07 08:15 PM
by Kelly Go to last post
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Taskbar colors change after restart. by dunfordjr
Running Windows XP SP2. Have set everything in Display Properties for 'Windows Classic style',' Windows Standard', etc.. Click Apply/ OK, colors and display...
July 1st 07 08:10 PM
by Kelly Go to last post
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Tweak UI by sasha gottfried
How can I get the Focus function in Tweak UI "General Tab" not to default back to: "Prevent applications from stealing focus?" Every few days I have to go...
July 1st 07 08:08 PM
by Kelly Go to last post
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Links From Ms. Apps to web pages by Jim Bunton
If I have a web link (a url) in an Ms App (eg Word, Excel) then on clicking the link to access the web page the Ms app automatically minimises. Thus I have...
July 1st 07 07:36 PM
by Jim Bunton Go to last post
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Ctrl-Alt-Del password change by Swifty
Is there a way to get to the Ctrl-Alt-Del password change mechanism if you have the Welcome Screen enabled? I end up in Windows Task Manager. If I change my...
July 1st 07 11:22 AM
by Swifty Go to last post
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"Send To" file tab by visualvideo
How do yo uset up files on the "Send To" tab. I know how to do it on Vista, but it will not setup the same way on XP... thanks Joe Krause
June 29th 07 02:38 AM
by Lady Dungeness Go to last post
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Key Assignment by Pat Miller
How do I assign keys from the character map. None of the instructions I find in the Help File work out for me. Any help you can give me will be very much...
June 28th 07 01:57 AM
by Ken Blake, MVP Go to last post
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C Drive Icon by Andrew E.
Open control-panel,folder options,file-types,L.click on the drive icon,set as default or try change icon "Keith" wrote: I have lost the Icon for my C...
June 27th 07 06:16 PM
by Andrew E. Go to last post
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Settings for desktop? by Jennifer Smith
Stupid me downloaded a spyware program that told me some reg files were infected. I deleted some, which affected my desktop settings. Now instead of the...
June 27th 07 02:08 AM
by RajKohli Go to last post
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Recent Documents in Start Menu by sasha gottfried
Hi, Is there a way to specify how many recent documents are displayed in the 'documents' folder on the start menu? Thanks, marc
June 27th 07 02:06 AM
by RajKohli Go to last post
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Shortcut Key for Escape by Evan
Is is possible to have Ctl-] as a shortcut key for the Escape key? I was used to that in Unix systems. Customizing Word with Ctl-] for Cancel failed when...
June 25th 07 07:44 PM
by David B. Go to last post
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Administrative Tools - Links Locations by Lady Dungeness
I know of four ways to access Win XP Home Administrative Tools. 1. Right-click on My Computer and choose Manage. 2. Run services.msc 3. Control Panel ...
June 25th 07 05:37 AM
by Lady Dungeness Go to last post
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Disable msn messenger by Kev
I installed msn messenger on my pc for my daughter. Unfortunately it seems to be causing another program to crash. Can I disable it for all other users? I...
June 24th 07 02:39 PM
by Shenan Stanley Go to last post
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Unknown file extension - Don't go to internet by Lady Dungeness
I followed the directions on Kelly's site to create a reg entry. This is so that if Windows XP Home doesn't recognize a file extension, that it won't give a...
June 21st 07 11:46 PM
by Lady Dungeness Go to last post
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