I see. Yes, that sounds like a plan. You may choose to alter either of those or both, as you prefer. Here is some more info that is relevant...
I compiled that list before XP was born however if you use the Win98 line, it'll work as you need. Which Shortcut are you working with? I mean...
I think yellow was reserved for "Bootleg" copies of XP. :D Just kidding and thanks for the input. I'm now wondering if my green indicated a...
JoeHobart gave you the target line for the Shortcut so that it would behave as you had requested. Then I gave you an alternate way to...
Scott, In addition to the software cited in the link, I have used Partition Magic to align the clusters to the 4 kbyte limit and it works quite...
Thanks Christer for that bit of info. Now I'll be able to sleep soundly again. :) Perhaps there are many other little system status indicators...
Since installing SP2 on my XP Home system, the boot progress indicator color changed from green to blue. From what I understand, originally XP...
Here are a couple of "Reads" that may shed some light: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324757&Product=winxp...
Often times it's just some corruption in the Temporary Internet Files folder. Always dump that folder as your first effort when you have any...
Hi dcott! Although there is a slight risk of the power failing during the conversion procedure or some other glitch happening, that wasn't my...
Unless you have some compelling reason that you haven't mentioned, I'd advise sticking to NTFS on all systems that will support it. Since you and...
Some troublesome legacy programs can be made to work by not only running them in a compatibility mode but actually installing them using the...
Upon review, that link I posted leaves some to be desired for clarity and completeness. Here's what it perhaps should have said: Open a...
Perhaps this will help you also.
Welcome to the BB! Have you tried booting to Safe Mode from the F8 menu? Have you tried opting for the Last Known Good from the F8 menu?...
Nic99, you seem to have lots of things running that you can possibly do without on a normal boot up. Go to Start > Run and type in msconfig...
Even so, you have Networking installed for connectivity. Perhaps you have more connections created than you actually need or have available....
Thanks for the further insight. It's a tangled web indeed! I'll keep on deleting mine as the come. I'm guessing the purpose of the folder is...
:) Unbelievable! Such is rare. But I'll bet you don't have the shutdown delay time set so that it allows you to use the monitor light to see...
Johanna, Do yourself a favor, dispense with using the Start > Turn Off Computer > select icon method. Simply create a couple of shortcuts to do...
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