It seems like I've lost half of the long list of schemes available in mouse properties. I used a large arrow scheme before but now I use the smaller default system scheme one. This all started after I added "mouse pointers" in Windows components in add/remove programs. Any idea how I can get all the schemes back that I once had?

When you open Disk Defragmenter console, the menu options, column headers and the command buttons may appear blank with no text in them. Reinstalling Disk Defragmenter using the DFRG.INF file also may not help.

In the Windows XP Welcome screen, my wife's user ID no longer lists her unread email messages, but it lists mine. When you click on the number of messages link, my email address is shown. Any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

In Windows Firewall Exceptions tab, I have the following entry ticked:

@xpsp3res.dll,-20000

The option Create a wizard disk in the following drive is grayed out when using the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard.

Whenever you attempt to open the User Accounts applet in the Control Panel, the User Accounts dialog pops up, but the page may be empty, or filled with raw HTML code.

When I open the Program Compatibility wizard, the three buttons at the bottom are blank, and inoperable.

When I double-click a .BAT file, all that happens is that a Command Prompt window opens up with the prompt showing the path to the .BAT file I tried to run. But the .bat file does not run.

After installing Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3, the Downloaded Program Files entry shows incorrect text (both for the button text and handler's description field) in the Disk Cleanup window.

Involves fixing the cleanuppath registry key.

Here is a vbscript to quickly restore missing tabs to the Display properties dialog.

 

Discusses the two methods that can be used to quickly clear the Windows clipboard contents.