Mattman, I was really confused, because I remember changing some Windows basic file icons before, so I Googled "winxp how to change file icons...
I repeatedly try to change WinXP's default txt file icon, but the icon I change it to will not show up in Windows Explorer after it is refreshed....
Steve, Great! :) Thanks for the quick response. Frank
Dumb question: :confused: In a two-story house, with one PC hard-wired to the router downstairs, and one connected via wireless adapter upstairs,...
If I were ~30 years younger -- maybe! Frank
Christer, You're right, we are talking past each other. In summary, both of our approaches, though totally different, appear to work, and at...
Christer, Whew! That's a lot of information. I hope it's OK to discuss it in this thread. I'd hate to break it off at this point. First off,...
Christer, Sorry, this may be off-topic, but this exercise has left me contemplating glaring errors in my thinking. :confused: If an image is a...
Christer, This whole episode with my PC was, as far as I can tell, unique. I don't think anyone in his right mind would knowingly have done what...
Christer, :) I'm happy to report that I'm now using my original, reformatted 80-GB hard drive, in WinXP Pro SP3, with all 80 GB (actually 74.4)...
8 I now have the answer to the second question above. I Googled the question and was directed to the free Knoppix and GParted. I duly downloaded...
Christer, I knew that WinXP doesn't like FAT32 partitions larger than 32 GB, but obviously that's what I had. How did I do it? I upgraded from...
Christer, I appreciate your concern. Regarding the path, yes. Background: On August 11th I had a hard drive crash. All my programs and...
Christer, Yes, I've tried Open, with the same (non-)results. No, I have not set, made or changed any security settings since I reformatted my HD...
Christer, thank you for the reply. I've used DRM for over two years using the default setup and up to the point of my hard disk crash it has...
I've installed, uninstalled and reinstalled DropMyRights at least five times and I can't get it to work with any of the programs it's supposed to:...
It worked! :) NTBackup saved my bacon. After following my last posted plan, I didn't lose anything up to the point of my last-created image...
No responses so far, probably because it's a weekend and people are away doing fun things. In view of nothing else working, and no other ideas...
:( Details on how I got into this mess are below. Right now my problem is that my boot drive (a WDC 80GB IDE) can only be seen by the system as...
I have never, ever turned my cookies off. I know what they do and why they are needed. Again, I have to say that you don't need to sign in to a...
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