Increase your cable modem or DSL speed in XP

This tweak is for broadband cable connections on stand alone machines with winXP professional version – might work on Home version also. It will probably work with networked machines as well but I haven’t tried it in that configuration. This is for windows XP only. Lanjutkan membaca Increase your cable modem or DSL speed in XP

Check List For Windows XP/2000 System Crashes

Have you been experiencing random crashes in Windows XP or Windows 2000, and you can’t find any reason for them? Windows XP and Windows 2000 are both supposed to be (and typically are) much more stable than Windows 9x/Me, but there are still things that can bring down the entire system in a heartbeat, displaying the BSD (Blue Screen of Death) or simply restarting. Go over this checklist and see if any of these apply to you. Lanjutkan membaca Check List For Windows XP/2000 System Crashes

Speed Up Boot-Time Connecting To LAN

Sometimes when connected to a LAN the boot time can take a few minutes. Load times shouldn’t be anywhere near that! Signs of this include the system seemingly freezes after logging in, your desktop showing up but for some reason you just can’t click on anything or run things for a minute or two. This can be traced back to mrxsmb.dll by using bootvis.exe. This can of course be a number of other things but most of the time it’s your file and printer sharing. Lanjutkan membaca Speed Up Boot-Time Connecting To LAN

How to Disable Indexing Services

Indexing services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the index lists. If you don’t search your computer often, or even if you do search often, this system service is completley unnessesary. Lanjutkan membaca How to Disable Indexing Services

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Configuration

After Installing Windows XP follow these steps

Instructions:
Click Start
Click Control Panel
Click Switch to Classic View
Click View
Click Details

Click Display
Click the Desktop tab
Click Customize Desktop
Uncheck Run Desktop Cleanup, and then click Lanjutkan membaca Microsoft Windows XP Professional Configuration

Windows Xp Shortcuts and Tutorial

  1. Useful key shortcuts available:
    • Windows key + D – shows the desktop
    • Windows key + M – minimizes all open windows
    • Windows key + Shift + M – maximizes all open windows
    • Windows key + E – Runs Windows Explorer
    • Windows key + R – shows the RUN dialog
    • Windows key + F – shows Search window
    • Windows key + Break – shows System Properties box
    • Windows key + TAB – Go through taskbar applications
    • Windows key + PAUSE Display the System Properties dialog box
    • Windows key + U Open Utility Manager
    • ALT + TAB – Cycle through opened applications
    • Hold down CTRL while dragging an item to Copy it
    • CTRL + ESC Display the Start menu
    • ALT + ENTER View the properties for the selected item
    • F4 key Display the Address bar list in My Computer or
    • NUM LOCK + Asterisk (*) Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder
  2. Lock Windows to protect computer
    You can lock Windows to protect the computer when leaving the station easily by creating a shortcut with the path rundll32.exeuser32.dll, LockWorkStation. The Windows key + L is also a shortcut to this feature.
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A Miracle Of Modern

One day Bill complained to his friend that his elbow really hurt. His friend suggested that he go to a computer at the drug store that can diagnose anything quicker and cheaper than a doctor.
”Simply put in a sample of your urine and the computer will diagnose your problem and tell you what you can do about it. It only costs $10.” Bill figured he had nothing to lose, so he filled a jar with a urine sample and went to the drug store. Finding the computer, he poured in the sample and deposited the $10. The computer started making some noise and various lights started flashing. After a brief pause out popped a small slip of paper on which was printed: “You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water. Avoid heavy lifting. It will be better in two weeks.” Lanjutkan membaca A Miracle Of Modern

Don’t lie to your mother

John invited his mother over for dinner. During the meal, his mother couldn’t help noticing how beautiful John’s roommate was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between John and his roommate, and this only made her more curious.

Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between John and the roommate than met the eye. Reading his mom’s thoughts, John volunteered, “I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Julie and I are just roommates.” Lanjutkan membaca Don’t lie to your mother