Windows XP

Icons in folders disappear.
I have WindowsXP SP3. Lately the contents of the shortcuts on the desktop are defaulting at will back to "detailed" view. Normally I have these as icons. Also, the window size is varying. Hoe can I keep them as icons? Please help, Frank ... 26 Jul 2010 21:36

Why won't Internet Explorer open? Because it can't Open.
In news:OJ%23GvRcJLHA.3656(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl, John Smith <JohnSmith(a)nospam.com> typed: Any help appreciated.. Friend's pc for unknown reason decided to stop loading IE. He has IE7 I think..certainly not 8 anyway. Its been ok or a couple years without a hitch until last evening. He can use e-mail via ... 26 Jul 2010 20:30

Do I need these?
I was looking through my Add/Remove Programs list and saw the following. I have a Dell Latitude D600 with XP SP3. I use VB 6.0 (Classic). The MSXML KBs stacked up? The .NET updates? Do I really need these? -- Windows Live OneCare Scanner -- MSXML 4.0 SP2 KBs 936181, 954430, 973688 w/ MSXML 6 SP2 KB 973686... 29 Jul 2010 19:37

File association problem with Agent.
Use to be that when I clicked on a photo in Agent and then clicked Launch in the pop up window, Windows Picture and Fax Viewer would launch and display the image. Recently I started getting the message, "There is no application associated with MIME type image/jpeg..." I wanted to make an association to Windows... 27 Jul 2010 07:20

Taskmgr & CPU Utilization
With my system "idle", the processes tab of Task Manager shows System Idle Process as using 95%-99% of the CPU time. Most of the rest is used by Taskmgr.exe itself. Yet, the Performance tab is showing approx. 50%utilization of each of the two CPU's. Since the CPU's are always doing something, I assumed that the... 26 Jul 2010 13:51

folders view
When I open MY Documents it opens in Name view and I have tried to change it to Folders view with Tools/Folder Options/View/Apply to All but the settings is not retained so when I open My Documents again it displays in Name view. Is there some other settings I need to check to make the change permanent? ... 29 Jul 2010 04:15

We took our Camcorders and Laptop to Golf Tournaments
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Re-install option lost with SP2 integrated to XP CD
Hi, I burned an XP CD including SP2. If I try to use in order to fix the system with the classical "Install" then "Repair", the "Repair" option isn't shown. The only option displayed is "Suppress". What did I miss ? Thanks for any idea. Heffg� ... 6 Aug 2010 07:11

How to delete ALL temporary files
All those not currently open, that is. The Windows registry defines an Temp files folder. Windows and many apps place temp files in this folder. However, on my system, there are 14 other folders with the name Temp or Temporary. Many of these are in the Windows directory tree and in the Documents and Settings ... 26 Jul 2010 20:30

can I install Windows XP on separate usb hard drive?
I presently have Windows 7 installed on my primary internal hard drive. Unfortunately, there are some applications that I wish to use that will not work with Windows 7, but will work with Windows XP. Is it possible to install Windows XP on a separate USB hard drive and then , when computer boots up, instruct the... 26 Jul 2010 16:03