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  1. merctwister

    How to redirect I.E. Favorites to another file location ??

    How can I redirect a file location without changing it in the registry. I want to put my favorites for Internet Explorer on a flash drive and be able to go to any computer with XP and use my favorites on my flash drive. I tried using subst command but I can only redirect a folder to a drive not...
  2. merctwister

    How to get a flash drive to work with Win 95c

    Does anyone know how to make any brand flash drive (thumb/jump drive) work with Windows 95C. I've tried several brands with the Win 98 drivers, but, as I expected, they would work.
  3. merctwister

    :"Shortcut" to Cancel Print Document XP Pro ???

    Is there any way to make a shortcut to immediately cancel printing of a document without having to go to the printer icon and scroll down and cancel the print job or document? Is there anyway to "clear" everything to the printer. When I turn it off and then back on, it just starts printing...
  4. merctwister

    Using Function Key to type "Exit" when at the command prompt

    Is there any way to use a function key or a single keystroke to "exit" from the Dos command prompt without having to actually type the word "exit" every time?
  5. merctwister

    REGIT TO TURN CAPS LOCK ON DOESN'T WORK

    I've tried to edit the registry to turn the caps lock on when the computer boots by going to HKEY_USERS\DEFAULT\CONTROL PANEL\KEYBOARD and then changing the initialkeyboardindicators to 3 (or 7) and exit. Everytime I reboot the computer it changes the setting back to 2. How can I turn the Caps...
  6. merctwister

    How to set window "view" options and save them?? Win 98 SE

    I'm running Win-98 and when I open a window and change the display (for example from icons to details) and change the window size and location and then close the window, the settings are lost. When I open it again, back to the original settings. How can I "save" my settings? I've tried checking...
  7. merctwister

    Internet Explorer 6.0 Script Error Message??

    I keep getting IE 6.0 "Script Error" messages. I disabled that box in advanced settings, but I still get them. Anyone know how to stop those irritating messages???
  8. merctwister

    "VIEW" SETTINGS CHANGE WIN-98 SE

    I'm running Win-98 and when I open a window and change the display (for example from icons to details) and change the window size and location and then close the window, the settings are lost. When I open it again, back to the original settings. How can I "save" my settings?
  9. merctwister

    CLONE DRIVE BACKUP OF MY C: DRIVE

    I used Acronis True Image 8.0 to make a cloned backup of my C: drive onto my second hard drive D: I thought when I rebooted the Bios settings should recognize that there were 2 drives with Windows XP prof. and ask me which one I wanted to boot from...instead went ahead and booted from the C...
  10. merctwister

    DESKTOP FOLDER "VIEW" OPTIONS CHANGE

    When I setup a folder "view options" such as icons instead of details, auto arrange "un checked" and everything views as I selected. The later when I open up that same folder on my destop the window will be a different size, it may have changed from icons to details and the auto arrange box will...
  11. merctwister

    TASK BAR ICON....HOW TO REMOVE?

    How can I remove icons on the task bar that I never use in XP prof.?
  12. merctwister

    XCopy EXCLUDE: proper syntax??

    How would I use xcopy to exclude all .bak files in a folder. I was in my folder that I wanted to copy. I wanted to copy all the the files in my folder C:\Data (except the .bak files) to another Folder C:\Backup I tried this: C:\Data>Xcopy *.* C:\Backup /h/r/exclude:*.bak but it still copied...
  13. merctwister

    Cap locks

    I am a new user of XP and I'm trying to turn on the cap lock key when I start up XP. In W98 you could just put the command "CapsOn" in the autoexec.bat file...how can you do this with XP?

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