Windows XP Basics

KVM for USB wireless keyboard and mouse
Does such a thing exist? Which one would you recommend? Thank you. ... 21 Jun 2010 23:37

System size keeps growing......
My Master system (XP/Home/SP3) has been growing and growing and is now nearing 20GB. I get rid of programs that I have no need for periodically, but it occurs to me that Windows Update has favored me with a zillion KB's over the years, downloaded and installed them. I wonder why I still need to store the KB's them... 18 Jun 2010 13:34

Event viewer Errors
hi, i have soo many errors on my Event viewer that it causes my computer to slow slow down i have errors such as: wuauclt (2704) Unable to write a shadowed header for file D:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\tmp.edb. Error -1808. and wuauclt (2816) An attempt to write to the file "D:\WIN... 16 Jun 2010 16:37

Replacement newgroup
FWIW, I joined the following group: eternal-september.support as a replacement for the dwindling current 'basics' group, and find it active and helpful. ... 17 Jun 2010 16:47

Newsgroup for Windows 7
On 14/06/2010 12:16, Steve Hayes wrote: Is there a newsgroup for Windows 7? I want to create shortcuts to a program but it doesn't show the program location. I want to change icons for a program but it won't do it. I know this one is for XP, but I can't find a Windows 7 one. No new... 15 Jun 2010 16:33

quick launch ico missing
On Jun 6, 4:30 am, "Mr Percy Verence" <xub...(a)beagle.com> wrote: Can anyone tell me where the icon for bringing up the Desktop would be situated please, I have somehow deleted the shortcut from the quick launch toolbar, I have found a shortcut that I have placed into the quick launch bar, but it brings u... 14 Jun 2010 07:21

quick launch ico missing
Can anyone tell me where the icon for bringing up the Desktop would be situated please, I have somehow deleted the shortcut from the quick launch toolbar, I have found a shortcut that I have placed into the quick launch bar, but it brings up a desktop explorer window instead of the main desktop, I am using XP ... 14 Jun 2010 04:06

audible click when opening a new window.
I know I should be able to find this somewhere but I can't seem to figure it out. When I open a new folder or window there is a "click" sound that the computer makes. How can I turn this off? Thanks! Amadeus ... 14 Jun 2010 00:52

Copy from Excel and paste to Notepad
Hello. I want to create a macro in Excel which opens a notepad and then from the data sheet book book001 to copy the cell A1 in notepad. Thanks. -- tasos_ka ... 14 Jun 2010 09:33

Administrator has no priviledges
When I log on as administrator I apparently do not have administrator priviledges I downloaded a Quicken Update today with no problem but when I tried to install it as user and was told I needed administrator priviledges - when I logged off and on as administrator and tried to install it I got the same message ... 13 Jun 2010 22:42