Basic of Windows (2)

Performance Improvement Network and Internet

18. Share a folder on your computer to the network, right-click the folder and select Properties. Click the Sharing tab and enable option Share this folder on the network. Give your name and click OK.

19. Create a My Network Places icon on the desktop by clicking the blank area right in the desktop and click Properties. Select the Desktop tab | Customize Desktop. Then open the General tab and enable option My Network Places.

20. It's an easy way to send a message to other computers on the network, ie, using the Message Console. Open the Control Panel | AdministrativeTools | Computer Management | Action | All Task | Send Console Message. Type the text you want to send, add the name of the computer that would dituju and click Send.

21. To set the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF), open the Network Connection in Control Panel, right-click the connection and click Properties. Go to the Advanced tab and enable option Protect my computer and network by limitting or Preventing access to this computer from the Internet.

22. Set the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) for each existing connection. Both dial-up or broadband. If your computer is part of a network that is connected to the Internet, just plug in the ICF computer server.

23. To find out your IP address, enter in the DOS by typing in the Run command. Then type ipconfig / all.

24. If you receive a message from the Internet through the Messenger, immediately turn off. How, go to Contol Panel | Administrative Tools | Services, double-click Messenger and then Stop. To prevent that do not recur, set so that Messenger becomes the Disabled in Startup.

25. Disable Windows Messenger with the regedit. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft, then select the menu Edit | New | Key, and name Messenger. And then make a key again in this manner in the directory name with the Messenger key to its Client. After that, click the menu Edit | New | DWORD Value, and name-Run prevent. PreventRun right-click the value, select Modify, fill in the number 1 on the Value data, and click OK
26. To find out information about the connection on your computer, click Start | All Programs | Accessories | System Tools | System Information. Select the menu Tools | Net Diagnostics. In the window that opens and select the option Scan your system. Wait until the process is complete to see the results.

27. Protect your privacy by preventing the application of Windows Media Player to send data about your computer habits and using the computer through the Internet to certain addresses. How easy, in Windows Media Player, select the menu Tools | Options. Open the Player tab, and disable option Aloww Uniquely internet sites to your player.

28. To lock a computer in a network domain, press the Ctrl + Alt + Del at the same option and click Lock Computer. To open again, press the Ctrl + Alt + Deldan enter the password. Configuring the Windows Easy and Fast.

29. To men-disable autorun feature, right-click the CD drive icon, select Properties and go in the AutoPlay tab. Then disable autoplay for individual file types listed in the list.

30. Use Microsoft Clear Type Tuning Control of http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/ set to Clear Type on the computer.

31. To view the system files that are in default-hidden by Windows XP, select the View tab in the menu Tools | Folder Options in Windows Explorer. Enable the Display content of system folders.

32. To put the volume control icon in the taskbar, go in Control Panel | Sound and Audio tab and click Volume. Enable Place volume control in the Taskbar and click OK.

33. Set the Power button on the keyboard through Control Panel | Power Options in the Advanced tab. Define the Power button to select this option available.

34. Set to clean the Windows Pagefile when shut down for security. Do, open the registry and the entry in the directory HKEY_LOCALMACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control | Session Manager. Edit the key value-Clear PageFileAtShutdown to 1. Consequently, the shut down process will take a little longer.

35. Set Windows to display each file's extension. How, in Windows Explorer, select the menu Tools | Folder Options and the View tab. Remove the check mark in the option Hide file extentions for known file types.