Windows XP: No IE9 for you

Computerworld - Microsoft's new browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), will not run on Windows XP, now or when the software eventually ships, the company confirmed Tuesday.




The move makes Microsoft the first major browser developer to drop support for XP, the world's most popular operating system, in a future release.



Although Microsoft excluded Windows XP from the list for the IE9 developer preview, it sidestepped the question about which versions of Windows the final browser would support. In an IE9 FAQ, for example, Microsoft responded, "It's too early to talk about features of the Internet Explorer 9 Beta" to the query, "Will Internet Explorer 9 run on Windows XP?"

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Formatting an External Hard Drive in XP

Have an External Hard Drive you wish to Format?

Warning: Formatting a hard drive permanently removes all files, so you should not format the drive if you have saved anything on it (without making a copy of the files first). If you don't want to overwrite the data, you should convert the drive to NTFS instead.


Note--Make sure Your External HD is in the Enclosure!


1.Go to Start, then My Documents--choose Manage

2. Under Storage, click Disk Management

3.If the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next. If the wizard does not appear, skip to step 7.

4.On the Select Disks to Initialize page, click Next.

5.On the Select Disks to Convert page, click Next

6.On the Completing the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard page, click Finish

7.Right-click your external drive (which will probably be drive E or drive F), and then click Format.

8.In the Format dialog box, type a name for your external hard drive, such as Backup Drive. Then, click OK.

9.Click OK again

There---A Piece of Cake!!!

Cannot change wallpaper in XP

So you woke up this morning, and your desktop background is Blue, the Icons are there, on a solid blue screen. (Not to be confused with BSOD). You've gone to "Display Properties" numerous times, it seems to be "Froze UP", not allowing you to change your background. This is often caused by some Nasty spyware, or virus changing, adding or deleting one or more of your Windows Settings. So--How do you Fix It? Let's look in your Registry!

* Click on START, then RUN and type in- regedit-Hit OK

* Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies

Now there are two schools of thought on this procedure--if you find a folder titled "ActiveDesktop" or "Wallpaper" you may delete it or set the value to "0". I myself--just delete the folder.


* Now Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

Once again your looking for a folder titled "ActiveDestop" or "Wallpaper"-Delete or change value to "0"

I have run across situations where I did not find these files and had to expand further beyond policies to system:

* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
System

Expanding further into system and finding the folder there is the same procedure as stated above.

Moving Your Taskbar in XP

I really don't understand why you would want to---but to each his own--I will tell you however, that I moved mine to the top of the screen and was "Proud as a Peacock" until I realized I could not close, minimize or anything while on the WWW--the Taskbar covered IT!---However--You can move the Bar to the top, bottom, left or right.

First---right click on the Taskbar, if there is a ck mark by "Lock Taskbar" un-check it.







Now--click and drag the Taskbar where you wish to put it. If you have moved it to the left or right side, place your mouse pointer at the edge until you see the "Double Arrow" click and hold your mouse on the Double arrow and you can adjust the width----Piece of cake!!!!!!!!!!!!!