Windows XP New Users

How to change from Classical View to Category View for ControlPanel?
This will work: Open the search engine of your choice and type (or copy and paste) this into the search box: change windows xp control panel to category view --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Jorge Cervantes wrote: Here is a minor irritation. Whenever I click Control Panel, I see Classical View w... 8 Apr 2010 17:28

How to change from Classical View to Category View for Control Panel?
Here is a minor irritation. Whenever I click Control Panel, I see Classical View with about 40+ icons. But I am more familiar with handling Category View. How can I change from Classical to Category View. In fact, when my children visited us, they changed Start Menu into Classical Start Menu on my laptop. I... 9 Apr 2010 15:39

Startup Error
Each time I reboot my Dell Desktop I get a Windows Installer box that opens says " Dell Resource CD" Windows installer....can't stop it from loading and have to use task mgr. to stop it. It appears to be trying to reinstall windows I guess. How do disable that lil annoyance? tks all I use XP with Serv P... 4 Apr 2010 09:21

Defrag-no room 2drives.
In message <8FF59161-E3C6-4721-A812-EB700FCC0AA0(a)microsoft.com>, didee58 <didee58(a)discussions.microsoft.com> writes: "DL" wrote: [] .Sorry haven't got back before now.unforeseen happenings,anyway my computer is in even worse shape now,and as for the size I am sorry not to have included,, Cdrive Cap... 27 Mar 2010 09:40

Win XP Pro can't type into password boxes on login page
Win XP Pro, latest updates. One Admin account, 2 user accounts Dell Dimension 4400 bought second hand, with Dell OEM version of XP Pro which I installed, along with new Dell sourced memory (1GB), and including Dell drivers etc. at time I set it all up. No other problems encountered. Sunbelt VIPRE antivirus, Zon... 27 Mar 2010 08:14

Possible to download *just* media for Windows XP Home?
I am teaching a class and a couple of students need *only* the Windows XP media, is there a link that I could download just the ISO? **They have keys, I have verfied, these are home users bringing their desktops in for a computer class who don't have the original cd's that came with their computers. I have ver... 29 Mar 2010 14:46

W98 2 XP, need ref's Re: dist. of sys files etc.
Hi Folks I'm a DOS man, circa 88 or so, migrated through GeoWorks, w 3, 95, to 98, where I have been more or less happy for many years. I never made the W 2000, NT, jump so I'm in deep waters now I'm into XP sp3. Now I have 2, Acer aspire's, @1.6Gb ram, running OS Win XP he 2002 sp3. Looking at the directorie... 29 Mar 2010 15:52

scan for file corruption
"ms. greenhorn" wrote: tried to find corrupted file by selecting "run" and entering "sfc/scannow" w/no luck; repsonse was could not be found, to re-check the file name. trying to repair corrupted file (per ms help desk) without re-installing os. oh, and thanks for your suggestion, rick, but here ... 25 Mar 2010 17:28

No connectivity after VPN
I have an account that we use to connect to a university network over VPN. After connecting with the VPN the user is normally able to access the university web based database through the browser. Access to the university database (it is a web page really) is granted by validating the ip address. I am able to do ... 25 Mar 2010 12:40

Started to Defrag Automatically
Background defragmentation has always been a feature of Windows XP. The defrags occur when your PC is idle. Therefore, it's not the cause for your computer becoming slow. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Bright Spark wrote: Been using this XP for the past several years, and suddenly in the past 2-3 w... 27 Mar 2010 18:51