Threads Replies Last Post 16 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16   Changing Default Openings Here's the customization sought: Let's say I go to a shortcut icon and rt-click properties / change icon. I choose browse, and XP opens up Windows Explorer 'Look In.' In this case it is lookng in some system drive with icons. I want it to look in my ICONS folder and I'd like it to default to 'all files' as well. How can I set this up to open to this folder and file type every time I go ... 6 11/11/2008 3:05:11 AM Add my own watermark images like My Pics I like the backgroung/watermark pics shown in different folder view: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c253/richka/RichPics/ExplorerWatermrk061205.jpg How can I make my own pics show up in my own folders? E.g., in My Icons folder, I have a pic that I want to use so it shows like the ones in the link above. I *have* tried customizing the folder and editing the desktop.ini file but it j... 3 11/11/2008 1:06:31 AM Automatic Scrolling of windows Hello, I'm desperately looking for help on this one. All of a sudden at some point of time whatever window i have active will scroll to an extreme (sometimes its all to the right, and sometimes it goes all to the bottom). If i forcibly try to push the scroll bar up that doesn't work either, unless i push it up and don't bring my cursor back into the main 'body' of the window (meaning ... 2 11/10/2008 11:22:19 PM display size just did a system restore on my computer. Now my internet display size only utilizes about half my screen. Adjusted the size using the monitor and can't really find where to adjust thru the system. Any ideas? Thanks ... 3 11/9/2008 12:44:24 AM Can Hebrew output be phonetically mapped to qwerty keyboard? This posting is simultaneously sent to three forums in the microsoft.windowsxp suite of newsgroups. I hope that does not violate any established protocols. I am a novice in learning Hebrew, and have just installed the Hebrew font on my Windows XP standalone home computer, which uses Office 2007. By striking the keys of my English qwerty keyboard, I can make the Hebrew consonants appear... 11 11/8/2008 9:46:23 PM iam safiq from http://xperrorsolutions.blogspot.com (xp background process problem) hai all i am having the problem of xp background process. whenever iam working on my computer the Googleupdate.exe keeps running in background it makes my system very slow. i close the program in task manager and from startup items using msconfig still problem continues. even i tried add/remove program to uinstall google toolbar but still problem continues any solution ... 3 11/8/2008 10:57:41 AM Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Is it possible to change the slide show default speed? It runs at about 6 seconds now and I'd like to cut that to 2-3 seconds. -- edcm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ edcm's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/edcm.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/customize-xp/1063129.htm http://forums.techarena.in ... 5 11/7/2008 12:46:37 PM 2 partition drive I am running out of space on my 1st drive C and wonder what I could move from the C drive to the D drive to make more room on the first drive?... 9 11/5/2008 4:45:34 PM Checking Daylight Savings Time Xp Is there a way to check if the daylight savings time function is working?...besides waiting until March 2009. It didn't seem to update this morning back to standard time. All Windows Updates are apparently installed. Thanks, oreally ... 3 11/3/2008 4:54:50 PM How to customize folder templates in windows explorer Good evening ladies and gentlemen. The topic says it all: I'm looking for a way to customize the folder templates in the windows explorer. In particular I'd like to change the standard view for document folders from "tiles" to "details". I definitely do NOT want to apply the "details" view to all folders, but only those folders which are assigned the documents template. Sincerely ... 4 11/2/2008 11:10:01 AM Not Able To See Users Tab In Allowed Users Tab In Network Connections Hello I am not able to view the Allowed Users Tab In Network Connections\Incoming Connections. It Just crashes and error reporting comes in front. This Is Error Info is displayed.And The attachment is error dumped by watson i suppose. Please Help..... AppName: explorer.exe AppVer: 6.0.2900.3156 ModName: rasdlg.dll ModVer: 5.1.2600.2180 Offset: 00036081 Thanking - You Mohammad Atfan Iq... 1 10/30/2008 10:15:06 PM Not Able To See Users Tab Hello I am not able to view the Allowed Users Tab In Network Connections\Incoming Connections. It Just crashes and error reporting comes in front. This Is Error Info is displayed.And The attachment is error dumped by watson i suppose. Please Help..... AppName: explorer.exe AppVer: 6.0.2900.3156 ModName: rasdlg.dll ModVer: 5.1.2600.2180 Offset: 00036081 Thanking - You Mohammad Atfan I... 1 10/30/2008 10:03:44 PM Select Drive Letter If I plug a flash drive into my computer, WINXP will recognize the new device and assign a logical drive letter to it. Say G: I would like to pick the letter myself, rather than let Windows do it. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200810... 5 10/30/2008 3:41:03 PM Ran XP prod key update tool - now getting "activation period has expired" - help... I'm trying to help someone long-distance who started getting the "your installation of XP is not genuine" message last week. Today I told them to ignore the message, and download the XP product key update tool from here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=50346&clcid=0x409 And follow the instructions to install a new product key (brand-new key, never before used). They did that,... 5 10/30/2008 12:19:54 PM Media Player XP I desperately need help with Media Player-when I put a cd in it starts automatically-however I would like an icon on my desktop or quick launch toolbar but where do I find an icon? Thanks -- Carole... 3 10/28/2008 6:38:05 PM Remote desktop and sounds When I use Remote desktop, any sound files played by the remote systems (such as the Windows Startup sound) are played through my PC speakers. I'm always impressed by this. I'm not 100% certain, but it seems to me that the sounds are centred in the middle of my display. This would be fine if my remote desktop window were in the middle of my display, but it is not, it is at the extreme ... 1 10/27/2008 9:57:19 AM Default email Program I didn't know where to post this, so hopefully this is the right place... I have office on my computer, and so whenever I click on an email address it automatically opens Outlook. I don't really like Outlook, and prefer to just use my gmail or yahoo mail account. Is there a way to set it so that the default mail program is gmail. (i.e. I've got a Excel spreadsheet of addresses, and I wou... 3 10/25/2008 3:52:00 AM How to change XP product key Is there a way to change my XP product key? I've tried to do this before (like rockxp or magic jellybeans) but the process never worked for my version of XP (System builder version, XP-pro). PS: Can a new (never before used or validated) XP product key be swapped onto a system either manually or during the procedure that MS offers when it says your version of XP is not genuine?... 3 10/24/2008 8:28:56 AM Page_Fault_in_Nonpaged_Area To give some history: I got an error after doing a restoration of an Image created by Acronis True Image. But the original error was: "Non-System Disk, Press Any Key" Then it would boot and run fine. I fixed this error by repairing the Master Boot Record (FixMBR) which led me to this issue. Now, ever time I shut down, after windows saves all settings, I get a bluescreen, error stop co... 3 10/23/2008 11:50:54 PM Hard Drives Won't Shut Off I have a tower running WinXP Pro with two hard drives: the first is running the OS and programs; the second I use as network storage over my wireless home network. I recently upgraded the network drive from 120 gigs to 500 gigs. Since doing so, the 500 never goes into sleep mode, as the 120 used to after 10 minutes; the 500 just keeps spinning away. I've reset the power program und... 3 10/23/2008 3:00:43 AM Partitioning portable HD Hi: Am interested in creating 2 partitions on a new portable HD (Western Digital 320 GB). The drive comes pre-formated in FAT (or FAT32, not sure) so that both a PC and a Mac can write to it. Having read some reviews, writing under XP is much faster, etc. to NTFS. Would appreciate any cautions and pointers/steps to creating both a NTFS and FAT partition so I can back-up both my XP SP... 3 10/23/2008 12:15:01 AM All newly opened windows, must click on to navigate Unless I am totally oblivious to this ever working as I presume, I think I am missing the ability to navigate in new window dialogs without clicking within the window first. I am unable to remember what changed since this has started to occur. Most any new windows that are opened (Microsoft Office products, Windows Explorer) require me to click on any part of this new window to allow i... 2 10/22/2008 1:39:24 AM Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Error! I am trying to diagnose a problem with a tiny software application called vdat. BACKGROUND: I have a large live music collection...much of it is recorded onto Digital Audio Tape (DAT). I have a DDS tape drive (Sony SDT-9000) with a special firmware update which allows the drive to read digital audio data and transfer it to my hard drive at up to 4 times normal speed. The software progra... 1 10/20/2008 10:20:35 PM I can't change the desktop background or colour Hi, I am having a problem with Control Panel. I right clicked and opened display, tried to change the background and colour but it won't do either - basically I choose the one I want and click on 'apply' and it doesn't happen. It always used to work - have I done something to it? Thankyou!... 2 10/20/2008 12:57:54 PM Quick Launch at Startup as a default How can I designate the Quick Launch option as a default on start up in my Windows XP environment? I always have to right click my taskbar and check that option when I re-boot. Thanks!... 3 10/20/2008 9:51:09 AM 16 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16