The key to enhancing the performance of your personal computer is to fix your Windows registry. Your PC will gradually get slower as it ages. This is caused by installing and un-installing applications, toolbars and other add-ons.
The Windows registry is a hierachical database of information about your PC. This is the life-blood of your PC and operating system. As you use your PC, the registry gets larger and less optimized. The less optimized the registry becomes the slower your PC operates.
Task Manager is a Windows system utility that displays the tasks or processes currently running on your computer. To open Task Manager, press Ctrl+Alt+Del. The Applcations tab lists the applications currently running on your computer. A single application may actually consist of several running processes, and many programs that run in the background are not listed (you can see icons for some of these programs in the System Tray). Note: With Windows 98 and Windows Me, Ctrl+Alt+Del will open Program Manager, which allows you only to close aplications. However, you can download one of the many Task Manager utilities from the Web.
The Processes tab displays a comprehensive list of all the processes currently running on your computer. This can be very useful for monitoring your system. The process tab displays information about the processor useage and memory usage of each process. The problem is, how to identify a process. Below is a list of some processes you may see in Task Managers Processes list.
With Remote Desktop on Windows XP Professional, you can have access to a Windows session that is running on your computer when you are at another computer. This means, for example, that you can connect to your work computer from home and have access to all of your applications, files, and network resources as though you were in front of your computer at work. You can leave programs running at work and when you get home, you can see your desktop at work displayed on your home computer, with the same programs running.
When you connect to your computer at work, Remote Desktop automatically locks that computer so no one else can access your applications and files while you are gone. When you come back to your computer at work, you can unlock it by typing CTRL+ALT+DEL.
By default, file name extensions for known file types are hidden. Follow this tips to see all file extensions in the Desktop and Windows Explorer:
With this follow tips you can run multiple Yahoo Messenger 8 with different account at the same time.
Windows XP contains a file rundll32.exe that allows command line access to certain functions. To run code listed below you can create a new shortcut on your desktop using a right mouse click, and enter “code” in the location field.
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Sometimes when you add components or software to Windows XP, the Windows installation files are needed. Windows XP will prompt for the installation CD. To facilitate the process, you can copy the i386 folder on the CD to you local hard drive and change the registry, so that XP will look for them automatically.
You can follow these steps to increase the size of the thumbnail images in Windows Explorer’s thumbnail view.
You can follow this tip to view the windows system information:
Device Manager provides you with information about how the hardware on your computer is installed and configured, and how the hardware interacts with your computer’s programs. With Device Manager, you can update the device drivers for hardware installed on your computer, modify hardware settings, and troubleshoot problems. To create a shortcut to the Device Manager, just follow these steps: