OT: I'm 95% Linux, but need a little win.xp help

[Josef Lowder]

.
While I use Linux for 95% of my work, I still have to use 
win.xp for a few things and sure would like to find someone
(or someplace like PLUG) where I could submit questions that 
come up from time.

M$ is terribly frustrating, and I wish I could discard it
entirely; but I'm stuck with having to use it for some things.

The M$ file and directory structure seems very lame and confusing.

Is there any way to eliminate that ridiculous "My" in several  
folder names?  "My Computer" "My Documents" "My Pictures" etc.

Can one just rename all those folders to eliminate "My" ... 
and eliminate spaces in *all* file and folder/directory names?

And why does "My Documents" show up in more than one place?