On my system the Windows key, by itself, just opens the Taskbar and the Start menu ... it does nothing else. Alt + Esc cycles through the...
Newt ... I just discovered that, although I use Windows Classic, "Use Windows classic folders" wasn't selected in Folder Options. As soon as...
About a month ago I formatted the hard drive in my IBM T23 laptop and reinstalled XP Pro. Normally, the laptop is part of a LAN (along with my XP...
Chris ... For future reference, consider partitioning the hard drive so that you can save all of your data and userfiles on a partition other...
I have Athlon XP 2400+, 100 GB HD with four partitions, 1 GB RAM, and use no pagefile at all. System runs just as fast, if not faster, than when...
Just a thought ... Microsoft's official position is that, absent app installations, system updates, etc. (which create their own restore...
I'll second that! Also, the system resource problem that plagued Win9x/Me doesn't exist with XP, and that's reason enough for many users.
Brian ... You're an eloquent spokesman for Opera ... are you sure you're not on their payroll? Perhaps I shouldn't have been so critical of...
Brianlj wrote Maybe you don't, Brian, but I do! I don't find your way "much better" ... I find it absolutely chaotic! Besides, why should I...
The question shouldn't be "Why did Kamikaze pilots wear helmets? ", but "Why did Kamikaze pilots wear parachutes? "
I haven't found Opera to be particularly buggy, but I haven't played with a lot of its "features" yet. I would agree with Keywester about the...
Hi Charles, Yeah, I guess I got on a roll and digressed from the Control Panel aspect of the thread. :o I think your comment to Kitten...
Hi Bruce, You're absolutely right, and I would have clarified it in my post had I been aware of it. I've never used the luna interface, and...
Not to split hairs, Bruce, but I think it depends on whether one is using the Windows Classic look, as I do, or the XP default "luna" (short for...
Kitten ... It's Control Panel > Display (but Newt's suggestion works just as well).
From BillyBob: "Now my Friends, we are down to the REAL Nitty Gritty of things. "Personal likes and dislikes and ways of setting things up....
A few comments in reply to BillyBob's last post: "I have messed with Explore more in the past few days than I have in Years. I use the much better...
BillyBob wrote: "Explorer better show up as a running process or you will not have a desktop. "Your point is well taken, BillyBob, even though it...
Welt wrote: "I'm a firm believer in not having excess Tray icons as they tend to consume resources. "Tray icons represent programs, usually loaded...
As Lewis Carroll's Alice said, "curioser and curioser ". Mozilla Firebird is my browser of choice, although Opera and Internet Explorer are...
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