BLOND37

I'M NOT SURE IF THEY ARE CALLED WIDGETS OR OBJECTS BUT RIGHT NOW I HAVE ONE FOR POST-IT NOTES, ONE FOR THE TIME, AND ONE FOR VOLUME CONTROL (WHICH DOESNT WORK). IS THERE A TIMER THAT COUNTS DOWN, SO WHEN I AM DOING LAUNDRY I KNOW WHEN IT DONE? ALSO DESKTOP X MAKES MY PC RUN SLOW.. PRESUMABLY B/C OF RAM (?).. I HAVE 604MB ( I THINK). ASIDE FROM NOT USING DESKTOP X OR BUYING MORE RAM (WHICH IS NOT AN OPTION) IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO MAKE MY PC FASTER WITH DESKTOP X?

hello- how do you all handle the issue of the win task bar? meaning, when i want to use a a program already running i cant go to the task bar and click on it to bring it up.. (i like OD to hide the task bar)