
Customization Tweaking

Gimps777
I installed XP last week and frankly i am not satisfied with it for gaming at all it sux for my voodoo3 also so i am going back to 98se or 2000 but my question is is there a way to put on 98se or 2k by just installing or do i gotta format and start over and lose everything?

How to set grouping
bobafett32
Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone here knew how to set the number of windows needed before windows will group them on the start bar. Thanks.

installation problem
Sunridge
Greetings, I'm trying to install Winxp 2600 in my Bro's computer (clean installation) , during installation an error poped up saying Fatal Manifest parse error Controls. man. . . . . anyone encounter this before??? is there a solution to it?? specs P3-550 Abit BH6 mobo Pioneer DVD 3DFX Voodoo 3 - 2000 256 bm ram SB ...

I hate the green start button ..... help me change it
waddy
I have looked everywhere on how to change the color of the start button. . . . any know how to do this ? i want it silver to match my theme. . . . Also the grouping of webpages in the task bar is driving me nuts how do i stop it ?.

Kiddy buttons in IE
force67
I like the winxp theme (after you change it to silver) however, is there a way to keep the theme with windows, but ditch the dorky buttons in IE? Let me know. Thanks.

Vooodoo 3
cyberpapa
YEpp itΒ΄s a hard time istalling the Voodoo3/3000-. . You guys are doing it wrong I am using build 2462(. net) and build 3541 (adv. net) and XP. pro rtm all function oki with the grafic card. It took me several min.

Description of XP Powertoys In-Depth
ThC 129
Im looking for a genuine help file or some kind of doc that will explain to me how to use all these tools and what they do. .

.net version
cyberpapa
Do anybody drive the build 3541 version, the please let me know is there is a crack-patch to it. I need a serial or patch to deactive the registration. .

Can't logon as administrator
srg
When I try to logon as administrator I now get a User Environment box: Windows can't load the user's profile but has logged you on with the default profile for the system DETAILS- Not enough storage is available for the system.

Uninstalling XP from dual boot system
Shredder
Ok all. . . . . don't know if i done this the right way but i just reformated the 2nd harddrive that xp was on. Now as you all know on dual boot systems you get a choice of what OS you want to start on bootup.

W2K Advanced Server
B_2
Is it possible to enable APM (Advanced Power Management) within this b E a S t ?

Sblive Fixes (duh@@@###)
force67
Im sick of these stupid SBLIVE FIXES, they are stupid. I have installed a million different ways with a million different driver combinations, they all work POORLY, in their own little way. CREATIVE sux.

Dual Booting 2k and Nt4
Andyboy 2001
Hi folks I wonder If anyone can help me - at the moment I am trying to run windows 2000 Professional in a dual boot setup with my old NT4 workstation partition (Why ?!? I hear you shout - well I would like to keep nt4 as it is what I am using at university at the moment - has all their software on it, and I want to ...

Turning off ZIP file integration in explorer
jra101
Does anyone know how to turn off the integrated ZIP file support in Windows XP? I prefer to use WinRAR and when I open a directory in explorer that contains a lot of zip files, they are listed as directories, something which I find really annoying as it clutters up the folder view in Windows Explorer.

Cummulating virtual COM ports!!!
reversing_drive
I only have one physical COM port (Serial Port), though as you know when you have comunication devices such as PCI modems, they are assigned a COM port number. I am now up to number 10, though i only have one PCI slot modem.

Power Toys
Ex26
With the media player that comes with power toys (runs as a tool bar) is there a way to make mp3's play with that player when you open a. mp3 ? or save the songs in the list after a reboot with out haveing to create a playlist.

Wierd XP freeze
DarkWIng
Hi. I have a wierd problem with winXP (build 2600). From time to time (10min-10h) system just freezes. And it allways happens when I click on something(some button,menu,. . . ). But the wierd part is that only screen and input(mouse&keyboard) stops.

tweaks for xp
ironman666
hi everyone. i was wondering, based on everyone's experience, if its worth it to use windows xp power toys or tweakxp 1. 16. should i wait for MS to officially release a tweakui for xp or is it ok to use one of these new tweak programs.

Have only Windows Classic for themes
fallguy
Topic pretty much says it all. I just installed RTM, build 2600. BOth RC1 and RC2 had the new XP themes. For some reason a clean install of 2600 doesnt. I check in add/remove, dont see them there. Any ideas?.

Do you *really* want to tweak these services?
clutch
I know we have a how-to around here about doing this, but I saw this link at Technet today and I thought I would post it. It explains what each of the services are in Win2K, and what effect they have on the OS.