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== PHANTOM FLOPPY DRIVE ==On a system where no floppy drive is attached yet a floppy drive letter appears under My Computer, you can take measure to force the drive letter to go away. Some computer motherboards assume that the system has a floppy drive installed and will display one even if there isn't. In the absence of an option to disable it in BIOS you can simply disable the Windows driver. # START -> SETTINGS -> CONTROL PANEL -> SYSTEM -> click the Hardware tab, click the Device Manager button# Expand the devices tree, locate "Floppy disk controllers" and right click on "Standard floppy disk controller."# Choose "disable"[[File:device-manager-disable-floppy.png]]After right-clicking your drive in Device Manager and choosing "Disable," you'll notice the floppy drive will disappear from Windows in all other locations. If you ever need to bring the driver back, right-click the drive again and pick "Enable." You should only need to bring it back if you actually install a floppy drive.== STICKYKEYS POPUP ==Pressing the shift key repeatedly (five times or more) causes an annoying dialog box to appear that looks like this:[[Image:windowsxpstickykeys.png]]Stickykeys - Pressing the SHIFT key 5 times turns on Stickykeys. Choosing CANCEL or disabling in the settings doesn't prevent the dialog from returning next time the shift key is pressed repeatedly. This can be a problem for playing certain games or using specific software that requires repeated pressing of the shift key.[[Image:windowsxpstickykeysdisable.png]]Click "settings". Uncheck "Use Stickykeys" also click "Settings" and Uncheck "Use Shortcut." It is that second part that will prevent the dialog from appearing when you press the shift key repeatedly. == USB Device Issues: Power Saving Feature Causes Problems ==Mouse clicks sometimes aren't registered on a USB mouse, USB printer communication sometimes fails, or it seems that the USB port is sometimes unavailable, at random, even during use. This _can_ sometimes be caused by a power management feature in the USB Root Hub device driver of Windows XP, Vista, and 7. #In the Device Manager dialog box, expand Universal Serial Bus controllers.#Right-click USB Root Hub and then click Properties.#In the USB Root Hub Properties dialog box, click the Power Management tab.#Remove the check from the Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power check box. Repeat steps for each USB Root Hub.[[File:USB_Root_Hub_PowerSave.png]]The occasional mouse click not being recognized or registered on a mouse that is verified to be good can be the result of this according to what users have reported. The mouse sometimes freezing or the cursor not tracking while you move the mouse is another symptom.