Tech Newsgroups: Windows XP Customization

Introducing A New Technology

D. Spencer Hines - 10 Feb 2007 11:54 PM - 2 messages

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Re: Article "How to create a custom default user profile"

JazzVeggies (Paul) - 10 Feb 2007 10:46 PM - 1 message

The procedure detailed in "How to create a custom default user profile" (Article ID 319974) does not specify, at step 1, whether the "local user account" created in this step should be given Administrator or Limited rights. Since Windows XP has well-known issues with Limited accounts, I would prefer ...

winXP daefault display?

stu - 10 Feb 2007 2:28 AM - 3 messages

after a re-boot, task bar is now silver, not blue? display properties/appearance only shows windows classic, not WinXP as an option? tia stu ...

font Color websites

jodisgermansheherd - 10 Feb 2007 2:12 AM - 3 messages

Last night I was messing around with my computers and I changed the font color. To this horrible green that when I visit websites I can not read anything on the page. It is only when I visit websites though PLEASE HELP!!! ...

Font color question

jodisgermansheherd - 10 Feb 2007 2:01 AM - 2 messages

Last night I was messing around \I changed the font color to a green so when I visit websites I can not read what is there. How do I fix this? ...

Q: Changing Command Prompt fonts?

Usenet User - 9 Feb 2007 5:51 PM - 4 messages

When changing font in command prompt (cmd.exe), the choice is limited to the following: Lucida Console Raster Fonts Is there any way to have other monospaced fonts appear on this list? TIA! ------- SELECT * FROM Users WHERE Clue IS NOT NULL ...

Faulty User Account picture settings

ralliart12 - 9 Feb 2007 4:51 PM - 3 messages

Hi. My Start Menu doesn't show my User Account pic anymore. I thought resetting my user account pic again will somehow 'jolt' the picture back into my start menu, but when I access Ctrl Panel>User A/c, I get this to the image ...

Re: Unexplained task bar problem

Giampaolo - 9 Feb 2007 1:54 PM - 1 message

Your suggestion had been useful also for me. Thank you very much Giampaolo ...

create a custom winxp shell menu item?

Al - 9 Feb 2007 1:08 PM - 7 messages

Like many others, I have a small freeware app (in my case CutePDF) that I use to convert MS Office documents, text files, images, etc to PDF files. The application creates a "PDF Printer" that I can print to, and when I do I am asked for the filename and location to save it. ...

My new CPU + fan

Mother Farquhar - 9 Feb 2007 10:48 AM - 2 messages

Hey all. I've just installed a new AMD XP3200 chip and tried to get my new Copper Lite fan to work with it and it spun up and everything but the PC didn't boot. So I put my old fan in there and it worked fine, I looked at the ...

regkey modification/Repair

dolphins22 - 9 Feb 2007 5:09 AM - 1 message

As some people know if you mess with a regkey without exporting or backup first you will have tons of problems. But if I would modifiy a key and have it do what I want it to do what is the ...

win xp fax console

crevits-dean - 8 Feb 2007 5:38 PM - 1 message

hi all running win xp fax console how can i change phone number to name of recipient in the "sent items" when i print hard copy? thanks in advance ...

Can't change my cursor

dtm - 8 Feb 2007 3:56 PM - 4 messages

I got on this morning and my cusor was a space rocket and i did not make it that and when i tried changing it i could not .. i went to my contorl panel and looked for cusors and it was not there.. so how come it did this and how ...

Registry file identification

pete_flex - 8 Feb 2007 3:14 PM - 4 messages

Hi, I once made one of the all-time giant blunders by deleting the "system restore" files from the registry.........or a good piece of them anyway. Well of course I DONT want to do this again and I am deleting unused ...

Maximizing screen resolution

Darko K. - 8 Feb 2007 10:58 AM - 5 messages

Hi, I have a notebook and my default screen resolution is 1280x768. I wonted to increase this size, but was unable to this until disabling the "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display" in Monitor properties. Once I selected the ...

Reverse order of system tray icons?

John A. - 8 Feb 2007 3:12 AM - 1 message

I just got a new system with XP Pro (2000 no longer available, darn it) and the one really annoying thing I can't figure out how to "classic-ify" is the order of the icons in the system tray. They show ...

word

the4spencers - 7 Feb 2007 11:11 PM - 2 messages

how do I set word as my processing default? ...

My Computer icon does not show on All Users desktops

sean.blake - 7 Feb 2007 7:02 PM - 10 messages

I've tried editing the registry as follows: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu] "{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel] "{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 However, the My Computer icon does not show up on all users' ...

Prevent logging off users via Task Manager

Tim - 7 Feb 2007 3:55 PM - 5 messages

WinXP Home SP2 Is there a way to prevent a user from logging off other users via the Task Manager (CTRL ALT DEL then logging off the username) or hiding the user list altogether? I would prefer not removing anything from Start Menu, if ...

How to change Language for non-unicode programs from registry

Orkun AKSU - 7 Feb 2007 11:42 AM - 2 messages

Hi Everyone , I have got many computers and their non-unicode settings are set to English ( United States ) I wanted to change this setting to another language on all computer remotely.So I need registry keys , group policy settings or a script to do ...

Logon Message

Duggan 59 - 6 Feb 2007 11:12 PM - 3 messages

I want to create a POP UP message that displays a message to our users before they logon the domain. Sort like the Older Win 9X Profile Script. Is there a way to do this on XP? I know that I performed an upgrade from 98 to XP when ...

Need to start only specific programs when system boots up

red60man - 6 Feb 2007 9:00 PM - 4 messages

Hi, When i start my windows XP proffessional a lot of programs are started like yahoo messenger etc and it takes lot of time for eac of these to load. So i tried "msconfig" to customize which programs to start when the system ...

Displaying removable drive information

Sue - 6 Feb 2007 4:31 PM - 1 message

How do I display the size and free space of my DVD and USB drives without going into properties, such that when I open the My Computer folder in Windows, the drive information appears like that for my hard drive partitions? ...

Customizing Icons

JL - 6 Feb 2007 3:15 PM - 3 messages

Is it possibe to change the icon for a shortcut that I have put on the taskbar to a picture of my choosing that is not in the icon list preloaded on my computer? I would like to change the icon for a shortcut to a website that ...

Resolution always reverts

Paul Harvey - 5 Feb 2007 10:58 PM - 1 message

Whenever someone with standard user rights log on to any computer on our domain, their resolution reverts back to 1280X1024. We have many employees that prefer 800X600 resolution size. If you give them local admin rights, it works just fine but when you change them back to standard user, the ...

re registering windows xp

darrenmarshall - 5 Feb 2007 10:26 PM - 3 messages

How does one re-register window xp. I have recently accquired a lap top from a family friend but it is currently registered to them. Can any one help Thanks Darren ...

Overnight's Homepage

Overnight - 5 Feb 2007 8:49 PM - 1 message

Windows XP users, here you are : NEWS, BEST DOWNLOADS LINKS, PEER 2 PEER, SECURITY, TIPS .... Check my website : [link] - [link] Many free download links for Windows XP organized in sections : ...

Notification area

Gilbert De Ceulaer - 5 Feb 2007 8:01 PM - 2 messages

in the "Notification area" (right side of the toolbar) I have items I don't want there. e.g. an icon that shows the status of on ISDN-part (that isn' there anymore !). I can I control that, and how can I control the programs that are loaded on ...

Is there a way to customize the display's antialias?

Phillip Pi - 5 Feb 2007 6:51 PM - 1 message

Hi, In Mac OS X, I can set fonts smaller than 10 pts not to be antialias, and leave bigger fonts antialias (Cleartype). Can I do the same in Windows XP? Some fonts like Arial Narrow at points are odd at this size ...

folder icon`s?

sallad1961 - 5 Feb 2007 5:34 AM - 6 messages

I Have been trying to change a folder icon on the desktop to a picture or photo &so far i`ve had no luck,does anyone one know if you can do this or not?i am using XP!I don`t want to use any of the pic`s in my root.dll,i would ...

Open Office VS M$ Office

Robert Baer - 4 Feb 2007 9:20 PM - 4 messages

** Sorry about the subject line not matching: retry: Is there a compatibility problem? In other words, are the files from one readable by the other and is the rendering (essentially) the same? Or are they totally different except for use? ...

How remove XP updates?

Robert Baer - 4 Feb 2007 5:24 AM - 3 messages

Is there a compatibility problem? In other words, are the files from one readable by the other and is the rendering (essentially) the same? Or are they totally different except for use? ...

How to change font?

Twigbat - 4 Feb 2007 1:28 AM - 2 messages

Just installed explorer 7 and all the font is small on web pages. Help please, i'm going a bit crosseyed here. Linda. -- Twigbat ...