Tech Newsgroups: Windows XP Customization

Removing start menu picture

History Fan - 13 Oct 2007 5:24 PM - 2 messages

I have a PC running XP SP2. Is it possible to configure XP so that it does not display a photo on the Start Menu? I could switch back to Classic Theme, but I prefer the XP ...

populate run history

jf - 13 Oct 2007 8:09 AM - 6 messages

Does anyone know of any utility or script that allows one to "populate" the start menu>run history? I use this a lot and if it gets cleared its a lot of hassle typing them all in again. Thanks. ...

Use command prompt as the desktop?

Noozer - 13 Oct 2007 3:00 AM - 4 messages

Just curious if anyone knows of a program that will let you use a command prompt window as your background? It would be pretty nifty for us old schoolers. Have it run like your normal desktop, with the exception that if you left ...

unable to change my wallpaper, please help :-(

helllp me plzzzz - 12 Oct 2007 10:14 PM - 4 messages

it wont let me change, or choose a wallpaper, only change the colour of the plain back ground, ive tried so many of your solutions on here, but none are working, i looked at some tweat thing, but again, unsuccessfull!! please ...

problem with viewing opened programs on the task bar

damien - 12 Oct 2007 5:03 PM - 3 messages

Hi there, I have several programs opened but each time I reduce there size they do not appear on the task bar anymore (last two days or so). When I right click on the task bar and try different options nothing change. What can I do? ...

Icons for Backup files

Joel - 11 Oct 2007 2:22 PM - 1 message

I frequently use a program that autosave backup files. These backup files have a different extension and used to have a generic file icon. That was good because I could tell be the icon in folder view that they were backup ...

Windows outside viewable area

E Breivik - 11 Oct 2007 12:33 PM - 4 messages

I have a Dell Latitude D600 at work where I have a secondary display connected to VGA. Then I took my laptop home where I have a much bigger display and I used Word. When I tried to open Word the next day at work it ...

Processor Activity Widget/Utility

Richard In Va. - 11 Oct 2007 11:41 AM - 5 messages

Would anyone know of a small utility or desktop widget that shows the current cpu usage (activity). My thoughts are for something simple and small, like maybe a light icon in the notification area that changes color based on cpu % activity. ...

XP - Howto disable change task priority

Tim Jackson - 11 Oct 2007 9:12 AM - 2 messages

I am trying to lockdown a computer used by students in a training environment. For various reasons we still need to have access to the task manager but would like to stop the user from using the right click context menu on a ...

Officescan Infrastructure Design

Ricky - 10 Oct 2007 10:42 PM - 10 messages

Hi At work we thought to re-build the existing infrastructure of the current Officescan 7.3 (migrate to version 8 in a couple of months) but we don't no what is the best way to begin. The actual scenario is: ...

Disable "safe boot" F8

R.Demandt - 10 Oct 2007 9:12 PM - 3 messages

We would like to disable the "safe boot" option on all the clients in our network. Any ideas on how to disable the safebootmenu that comes on screen afther pressing F8? Thanks for any response, R.Demandt ...

Customizing User Profiles in Control Panel

Ben - 10 Oct 2007 8:58 PM - 11 messages

Ok. I have a few items if you can share them with me: 1) I have four folders in my C:\Documents and Settings folder: a) Administrator, b) All Users, c) [my full name- which is the account that I ...

Change Windows XP logo on Login and Logout screen.

Arup C - 10 Oct 2007 12:47 PM - 4 messages

Hi all, Is there any regestry tweak to change the Windows XP Logo in the welcome screen? ...

need regedit for a faster printer

robert lipsett - 10 Oct 2007 11:38 AM - 8 messages

I am looking for a regedit to speed up a printer problem in windows xp home. I know that a regedit exist to limit the amount of time the computer waits to send printer information to a printer. I know that all print information ...

Thumbnail for icons?

Joel - 10 Oct 2007 1:07 AM - 3 messages

I would like all desktop icons for image files (jpg and others) to automatically show up as thumbnails of the image. Is this possible? -- Joel ...

Burning CDs

Jose_A_Duran - 10 Oct 2007 12:15 AM - 1 message

I upgraded from Windows Me and I'm used to burning CDs using Roxio's CD Easy Creator. I used to copy/erase files to/from CD-RWs the same way I do with the hard disks. Is there any way to configure XP Pro so I can use CD-RWs the same ...

Remove unwanted items from control panel

Stephen Lo - 9 Oct 2007 10:57 PM - 6 messages

I want to remove the following items which i NEVER use from the control panel of WinXP Pro SP2. Scanner and camera Windows cardspace Wireless Network Setup Wizard I put the corresponding applets: sticpl.cpl infocardcpl.cpl irprops.cpl in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don't load with a "no" data. but they ...

Switching shells in WinXP without rebooting or logging off

Kanad - 9 Oct 2007 4:08 AM - 1 message

Hi all, I want to know whether it is possible to switch from one shell to another in windows xp (I actually want this for Windows XP embedded, but I figure if one for XP is available, porting it to the embedded version won't be much of a ...

conf

lion - 8 Oct 2007 5:46 PM - 2 messages

Qual o procedimento para configurar com meu provedor?, pois nao consigo enviar e-mail, esta dando erro 530 authentication needed. ...

group policy copy

rsys - 8 Oct 2007 1:24 PM - 1 message

hi, I have a few XP pro machines in a workgroup. Each machine will have 3 local users (same usernames and passwords for all machines). I want to enforce some policy settings here. So here is what I am planning to do. Please correct me ...

TaskBAR issue-XP Home Ed

Sherry Smith - 8 Oct 2007 4:00 AM - 4 messages

ALL ARE WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION. I'm still in need of the following: I can no longer right click on the Task BAR and get Properties or right click on the Task BAR and get a context menu pop up that allows me to ...

side bar

bill - 7 Oct 2007 2:21 AM - 4 messages

the only feature i liked from vista premium was the side bar with the clock and calendar. is there any way i can put this on xp pro sp2 ...

Re: Windows Update - YUK.

Tim.T - 7 Oct 2007 12:05 AM - 2 messages

I gave up updating long ago, I'm still using SP1 with only one major patch (the Sasser worm update), precisely because I got sick to death of patches making things worse than before. I don't think MS have heard of the phrase ...