Tech Newsgroups: Windows XP Customization

to change icon on desktop

steven - 28 Oct 2006 10:18 PM - 2 messages

i have windows xp professional: would like to change icons i have on the desktop but am unable to do so. when i double click on the icon, go to properties, browse, and the lists of icons come up i select and apply: yet ...

REGISTRY

Dan - 28 Oct 2006 8:21 PM - 6 messages

I WANT TO LEARN HOW TO USE THE XP REGISTRY,SHOULD I BUY A BOOK? ...

Can I make "folder view" the default in Windows Explorer ?

QuienEs - 28 Oct 2006 2:55 PM - 8 messages

I have XP optioned [ when booted up ] to always re-open any explorer windows that existed at shut-down. By the time I shut down, all my Windows Explorer windows are in folder-view mode - that's the mode I like. ...

Slow startup, too many programs opening

Jai - 28 Oct 2006 9:23 AM - 10 messages

When starting up, it takes too long to get going. How do I shut down programs that I don't need to start up? Can someone help me out? Hope you understand what I am trying to explain. Thanx ...

resolution size question

B.YoungIV - 27 Oct 2006 6:47 PM - 3 messages

Hi, currently i am running a Hp Pavilion dv5000 widescreen with 1280 x 800 resolution. xp, sp2. I am really weird, and I love big open spaces so i want to increase my resolution size. In the default settings, I 'can' up to 2048 x 1536, but when I go ...

Can't 'see' cloned bootable drive

Fruit2O - 26 Oct 2006 10:31 PM - 6 messages

I have tried every resource I know of and can't solve a problem: I have a Dell Latitude notebook running A23 BIOS (the latest supplied by DELL). I use Windows XP Pro, have a 1GHz processor with 512MB RAM. I ...

IE 6.0 doesn't work unless signed on to aol

KMO - 26 Oct 2006 2:00 PM - 3 messages

First off I know I know..... AOL hell...... but that doesn't correct my problem. I posted this to their help boards and thought I would come here as well. So I copied what I posted and I hope someone seens ...

Hibernate option not in the Power Option Properties in XP?

wrreisen2 - 26 Oct 2006 8:52 AM - 4 messages

Hi, I have a machine running 4 hard disks in a RAID 10 configuration. It has 4Gb of ram. I would like to be able to make it hibernate. The hibernate option not in the Power Option Properties in XP? When I press ...

Start Up Menu Program Name Font Size

Bee - 25 Oct 2006 11:15 PM - 8 messages

I have Windows XP Media Center. Somehow I've changed the size of the font for program titles on my Start Menu. It isn't that I have too many programs or that the program titles are too long, they used to fit in two columns on ...

Kernel Fault Check

D. Spencer Hines - 25 Oct 2006 7:40 PM - 5 messages

A new entry has appeared in my Startup File: KernelFaultCheck %systemroot%\system32\dumprep 0 -k What is it and do I really need it in the Startup File? I've read several web squibs, which were not very informative. Using Windows Professional XP SP2 and Microsoft Windows Defender (Beta 2). ...

WinTasksPro 5.0 & SpeedUpMyPC 2.0

D. Spencer Hines - 25 Oct 2006 7:38 PM - 8 messages

What's the verdict on these two products? Are they worth buying and installing? Thanks. DSH ...

Desktop Background

abbies29 - 25 Oct 2006 4:40 PM - 5 messages

i'm having a problem changing the image as my desktop background. I have Windows XP. When my properties window comes up, the area with all of the background choices on it is gray and I can only choose a color. I got some ...

Closing Second Monitor Breaks Auto-Hide Toolbars

David Tong - 24 Oct 2006 3:43 PM - 1 message

I like using the custom desktop toolbars that XP allows you to make. I use three of them docked on left, top, and right hand sides of the primary display and have them set to auto-hide so they pop-up when the mouse goes to ...

start up menu

amanda - 24 Oct 2006 1:07 PM - 6 messages

please could someone tell me how you take a program from the start up menu thanx ...

Desktop centering

Sherree - 23 Oct 2006 11:05 PM - 3 messages

I changed the resolution on my computer & now everything has moved over to the right. I would like to know how to I could center the stuff on the desktop, so that I can see everything & not have things lopped off on the ...

TweakUI and my Synaptic Touchpad

CptCeeJay - 23 Oct 2006 7:09 PM - 7 messages

Hello, I recently downloaded TweakUI and ran it on my laptop. It seemed to function as advertised until I realized it took control of my touchpad. I prefer the functions of my Synaptics driver over the TweakUI/microsoft driver and had to ...

replacing invalid Windows xp with a valid one,how?

Biggie88 - 23 Oct 2006 4:46 PM - 2 messages

i just got a new XP. and i wold like to replace the one that i have that might not be valid on my p.c. will i lose any present information.thanx.ll. ...

How to kill the "Clean up the desktop" question popup permanently?

Norm Dresner - 23 Oct 2006 2:57 PM - 3 messages

XP (esp home) has a really obnoxious periodic popup that asks the user if he/she wants to clean up the desktop of unused shortcuts/icons. How can this be permanently disabled? TIA Norm ...

Screen saver problem

George - 23 Oct 2006 1:44 PM - 1 message

Hi! My screen saver is set to display the time, 3D text, wobble, after 10 mins.. If I leave the computer for a few hours, I get lock-up Nothing responds. Any way to stop this lock-up, or at least restore without pulling the plug? ...

Create message page when accessing a drive letter

glantz - 23 Oct 2006 2:08 AM - 1 message

I am looking for a way to create a message when someone accesses a shared folder; I plan on having the shared folder mounted as the same drive letter on each computer in the company. The new page will act as ...

MoveFile failed; Code 32 - Need Help!!!

Fruit2O - 23 Oct 2006 12:53 AM - 1 message

While trying to install a program, I received the following message: An error occurred while trying to rename a file in the destination directory. MoveFile failed; Code 32. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. ABORT, RETRY or ...

MoveFile failed; Code 32 - Need Help!!!

Fruit2O - 23 Oct 2006 12:47 AM - 3 messages

While trying to install a program, I received the following message: An error occurred while trying to rename a file in the destination directory. MoveFile failed; Code 32. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. ABORT, RETRY or ...

Change desktop icon size with regedit?

kanderso - 22 Oct 2006 4:09 PM - 6 messages

I can't change icon or font size using right click, properties, appearance, advanced, etc. Each time I try this I get an error "Run a DLL as an App has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." ...

Some programs do not save settings on close

Andrew Armstrong - 22 Oct 2006 12:11 PM - 1 message

I recently bought a new laptop after the old one died, and instaled many of the same programs on it. Several, of which Corel photopaint is the most annoying, do not save all their settings. To try to solve the prooblem, so far I have used a registry fix from Kellys ...