Summary

The new Desktop that comes with Windows XP is designed to make your job easier by eliminating items you don't use often and making it easier to find things you want. You begin with a clean, uncluttered Desktop and can add to it as you please. Yet, unless you turn off this feature, the Desktop Cleanup Wizard will come along periodically and put away all of those icons you aren't using; you can then retrieve them later when you want them. Windows XP offers many new features for customizing the colors, icons, cursors, font sizes, sounds, and backgrounds for your new Desktop and programs as well. Windows XP search functions have been updated from previous Windows versions to include more features for customizing and refining your search criteria. ...

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