I've been having a problem that I associated with IE7, but it might actually
be with Windows Explorer.

It takes up to 3 minutes for the box to come up when I add a Favorite in
IE7. This usually only occurs when I haven't been on the computer for awhile
(I keep it running) and it gradually gets faster, getting down to 30 seconds
and, in rare cases, one second. (It always took one second or less with IE6.)

I've also noticed that the Created date gets updated when I click on the
shortcut and sometimes the date gets updated without me even clicking on it
(i.e., I sort by date and a shortcut shows up at the top that I haven't
viewed in some time).

Has anyone else experienced these anomalies?

I'm running Windows XP SP2.

Bob

Why do some computers completely shut down and others display "it's ok to
shut off your computer now". How do I set all my computers to completely
shut down and off.

Mike

Is there a special command I can use in the command line to start hibernation?

I understand how to type: shutdown -s to automatically shutdown the
computer but my question is how to do this using windows scheduler? I can
get the scheduler to launch the command line utility but then how do I get it
to automatically enter my "shutdown -s" command?

mike

O/S Win 2000 SP2
Intel Based System

If you are having a continuous reboot problem after installing sp3 there is
a workaround solution. Please visit the following KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888372. If this does not work I suggest the
following procedure that has worked for me, Let “Automatic Update” perform
the installation. Run the setup from the download location. After
installation, the Startup reg. key will be set to 1. If you are running a
platform other than an Intel based system then you may have to set the reg.
Key to 4 prior to installation. FYI reminder: reboot the pc after any reg.
changes.

WARNING!!!! If you do not know how to edit the registry have someone help
you. You can cause some serious problems if you do not know what you are
doing. Reference the “How to back up your registry”, in Help and Support.

Someone sent me a file with .RAR extension and
I can't open it. Can someone suggest a solution?
Thank you.

In certain folder of mine.... All the files and folder have
extension .bd.ren . Thus if it is an image file its extesnion is
jpg.bd.ren

Please tell me how can I remove .bd.ren extension fromname of all
files and folder

Thanks
Sanchit

After upgrading to SP3 on my genuine XP Prof my Belkin card reader F5U249
would not load any folders. I reloaded the driver which is not MS certified
and the folders appeared for a few seconds then disappeared.

Is this anything to do with SP3?

regards,

Beemer