Threads Replies Last Post 11 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11   Unknown file extension - Don't go to internet 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 dialog asking whether to go online and search the internet for it. I then exported the reg key I created, edited it to remove the other entries, and came up with this: ========================= Windows Registry Editor Version 5.0... 1 21.06.2007 22:46:29 Shortcuts Don't Work I've got a new install of XP Home SP2 and most of the updates. Just a few minutes ago, my shortcuts quit working. None of them work -- shortcuts that Windows put on the Quick Launch bar, in the Start Menu; shortcuts that I made and put elsewhere -- none of them work. When I click, nothing happens. I rolled back using System Restore, to a point where I knew the shortcuts were okay. T... 5 21.06.2007 20:28:18 Reg Fix to kill off MSN Search? I don't care for MSN search. I'd lik to change it to Google. Can I change the Registry Keys from these: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "SearchAssistant"="http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.htm" "CustomizeSearch"="http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766... 3 21.06.2007 14:27:22 Explorer Defaults to "Show in Groups" on my CD ROM data discs, whenever I look at them Explorer defaults to "Show in Groups". My views of folders on my C:\ and other drives are just fine. So I right click and unselect that, but it only applies to the current folder. I tried the APPLY to ALL FOLDERS and shutdown explorer and restarted it, but nada. Anyway to neutralize this behavior ?... 1 21.06.2007 03:04:01 Additional Fonts folder The normal font folder is /windows/fonts. It displays not only the filename but also the font name, which is often not apparent from the filename. This is very useful to me. I'd like to have another folder, on a different drive, display both file and font name as well, but I can't figure out how to do it. Clicking on the details bar allows me to add various columns such as 'camera', 'art... 2 21.06.2007 00:41:38 SendTo Quick Launch For those interested, Send To Toys 2.5 creates a SendTo > Quick Launch entry that sends the program shortcut to the quick launch area. http://www.gabrieleponti.com/software/ ... 14 21.06.2007 00:41:14 Logon using a link Hello, I want to create a link on Logon Screen. When I click on this link (without typing in username/password/Domain info) it should take me to a website. And I should not be able to minimize this page to access desktop and the Start Menu should give only Logoff option. Can anyone please guide me how to do this ? O.S: Windows XP SP2 Regards, Faisal. ... 4 20.06.2007 14:57:32 Display Properties reverts to Windows XP Hi, I am a Windows XP Home Edition user and prefer the standard gray Windows Classic buttons, color schemes, screen saver, etc, over the more eye-straining Windows XP. The problem is that after setting Themes to Windows Classic, after rebooting the the Display Properties reverts to Windows XP. I reloaded the O/S and the problem remains. My Display Properties settings are set to (or ... 3 20.06.2007 08:17:30 what can safely be thrown away under xp sp2 for a typical user ? dear ng, I have installed windows xp sp2 (home edition) the windows directory is huge (about 3 Gb) !!! I am looking for suggestions what can safely be thrown away - programs a typical user like me won't use (typical=e-mail, www, office) thanks and best regards, Marcel ... 6 20.06.2007 02:58:00 List of keys for the ...\Explorer\AppKey registry keys? In the Windows registry, there is an area that defines what Windows should do when specific keys are pressed. For example, key "16" should start the Media Player. The setting for this is located in the registry at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AppKey\16\" There are also events handled by the Microsoft IntelliType Pro software. These events are st... 2 19.06.2007 15:38:55 Block Emptying the Recycle Bin I know the answer is no, but I'll ask anyway.... Is there a way to block someone from emptying the recycle bin? I have my students create folders on a shared computer and I am afraid of sabotage. I could care less if they delete the files, I just don't want them to go away when the recycle bin is emptied. Anyone ever try this before and have it work? -- Thanks As Always Rip... 5 19.06.2007 04:16:00 Aborting Repair Install I boneheadedly started a repair install on an XP-Pro box with an XP-Home CD. When it came time to enter the license code, the XP-Pro license number was not accepted (obviously). That's when I read the sticker more closely. :-) Now, there does not appear to be a way to "start over" with the repair install using the correct CD. Rebooting just takes me back the middle of the install. ... 3 19.06.2007 03:48:59 WMP suddenly only plays the left channel (speaker) The speakers are fine. In Realplayer I have no problems. I use WMP 11 and apart from it switching album art around willy nilly I have had no problems. ... 3 18.06.2007 18:07:04 MSPAINT Reg-Settings Dear All, I want to change the default settings of line color and thickness. Is there a reg-entry available to do so? Best regards Olaf... 3 18.06.2007 05:59:00 Visual styles Are there any more visual styles besides the default, Royale and Zune that you can use without using StyleXP / Windows Blinds or "patching" the uxtheme file?... 1 17.06.2007 09:01:01 Can't add "favorites" to taskbar My PC at work is "locked down" - I cannot access the start menu and taskbar settings, the Run command, the Command prompt, etc. I am trying to find a way to simply add my favorites to the start menu without having to work through an Admin. Any ideas? Thanks!... 8 17.06.2007 02:06:00 Eliminating "Are you sure you want to..." Each time I want to delete an item, the "Are you sure you want to delete... " comes up. How can this be eliminated? -- incredable one... 5 15.06.2007 11:23:16 Links folder in IE Favorites As a default, there is a "Links" folder in the IE Favorites (IE 6). I don't use it--I have other folders with more appropriate names. If I delete it, it just resets itself and is back again. It's kind of annoying. Does anyone know if I can delete it permanently from the registry? I also noticed the same thing with the My Music and My Videos folders. Thanks in advance for anyone who... 3 15.06.2007 11:04:22 Favorites Location I couldn't find a newsgroup for ie7 so excuse me if I posted to the wrong group. Isn't there a setting in ie7 to set the location of the Favorites folder? I couldn't seem to find it but I thought there was one. Any help will be appreciated, James ... 4 14.06.2007 00:08:17 ProAudio 6 I've got an older application (Cakewalk ProAudio 6) that I'm running on with an Intel Pent-D 3.0 Duel Core Processor with over a Gig of memory installed. I've noticed the CPU History in TaskMan when the app loads - only one of the two cores is having any activity, and when I load a project it slowly climbs up to 100% - eventually locking up the App. I've also noticed in Performance Mon... 2 12.06.2007 01:56:49 Add Click sound to one key I'm using Win MCE 2005 / XP Pro. I recall in a previous version of Winsows, maybe Win98, that it was possible to run a tweak or reg hack to assign a sound to the PRINT SCREEN key. I'd like to add that to my keyboard. I would appreciate any directions to do that. Thank you! *rain.drops*... 2 11.06.2007 20:13:21 two monitors I am using a laptop with a monitor and what I am trying to do is have a mirror image on both the laptop screen and monitor. When I use the fn + display keys it go to the other monitor leaving the laptop blanck or I get the laptop on and just a blue screen for the extra monitor then I have to drag item over to the monitor. It would be great to see the same desktop on both the laptop and m... 3 11.06.2007 16:24:19 Change display font for non-unicode programs after this change... Because I need to run certain programs based on Eastern Asia language on English version of XP. So I change the the system locale (Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Advanced > Language for non-Unicode programs) to other language. However, the side effect is it unwantedly changes the native English-version program's font. For example, by default, without any loca... 1 11.06.2007 09:20:01 Hiding/Removing Wireless Network Connection Icon Is there some way that a user can hide or remove the winxp wireless network connection icon from the taskbar? This icon has a very annoying way of generating useless messages that cover up more important messages from the applications I run such as email status messages. Thanks.... 3 11.06.2007 04:30:01 Why no Recording tab? I'm running XP Home and can burn on both my drives, as follows: - DVDs and CDs on my DVD RW drive ('NEC DVD_RW ND-4570A 1.02 (ATA)') - CDs on CDRW drive (Teac CD-W524E 24x10x40) I've been making DVDs (Data and 'DVD' types) and all sorts of CDs for some years. I've used many programs for this. Yet I've just noticed that if I look at Properties for these drives, neither of them has a 'Re... 4 11.06.2007 04:09:00 11 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11