Microsoft is telling PC makers that ship Wndows XP to have at least three icons on the desktop: MSN, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player.

A friend's computer just recently got updated with something for Windows XP. Since then a bunch of work files on a network drive have a shortcut icon next to them and had their extension (.MAT ...

You can make the folder icons through the Windows XP operating system larger within your computer's advanced display settings, which can be accessed through a context menu.