Windows XP Customization

hi, all -- WinXP SP2 explorer window in "details" mode The left pane keeps refreshing all the time.  The hourglass pops up, making me wait before I can navigate further.  Also, someone's design decision thought displaying folders as links was a good idea. ...

Greetings. When opening my desktop icons, even though I have selected the 'Maximized' option in the Property Sheet, the refuse to open Maximized. Anybody have any suggestions to solve this problem. I am going back and check some settings/properties to see if I have made an ...

I have an old machine with XP in C:\ (NTFS) and would like to install Me into drive E:\ which is formatted FAT32. Can I do this from install CD?  (Vista gives an option and I have dual booted XP in C: and Vista in E:  -  not sure ...

i like the way the old defrag looked. i seem to remember a tweak someone came up with to make my winxp defrag look like the old win98 defrag. anyone know where i might find such a thing? thanks, ...

I'm hoping someone can offer some lines I can put in a startup script to do the following: 1. open the Quick Launch bar 2. set the theme to Windows XP 3. open Google Desktop (which will get it running in the deskbar) and then ...

I have installed a number of applications and they all are a bit too helpful, installing right-click context menu items - Winamp ('enqueue in Winamp', Windows Grep, TortoiseSVN, etc.) I can put up with having a fairly large right-click menu for Windows Explorer, ...

Could someone please explain how to transfer all 'Documents & Settings' folders from the System ("C") drive, to a separate drive. I read in an old post (about August last year) that it can be done; and that it involves ...

How can i prevend WMP to place shortcut's on the desktop from new users? ...

How can I open the windows menu folder from the menus Something changed at some point in my Windows XP where the start menu folder doesn't open when I right click and select "Open" or "Explore" from the sliding start menu. ...

Hi, I'm wondering if there is a Microsoft plugin or addon which allows me to right click on an explorer window and choose "Always on top" I connect to a remote desktop at work and also have windows open from the ...

OS Windows XP Pro, SP2. Unintentionally I installed the Asian Fonts on my PC and now when I am in some of my graphic programmes choosing a font to use, when I stand on one of these fonts it causes my pc to freeze and I have to go ...