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Trace
the route
A great utility included with Windows is a program called
Trace Route. Open a DOS window and type tracert <location
name>. The location name can be any IP address or
Internet domain like tracert http://www.pakheaven.com
. The program will then trace the route from your Internet
service provider to that locating, and show you every
server along the way. This could be useful for when
you can't connect to a site it will show you if some
server is down along the way.
Select
your Monitor
Windows might not always detect your Monitor accurately.
This affects display and refresh rates. To select your
monitor manually:
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Right-click
on the Desktop.
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Choose
Properties from the context menu. On the Settings
tab press Advanced button. Select the Monitor tab.
If your monitor is not listed (correctly) here, click
on Change.
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Select
your Monitor form the list, or if you have a driver
disk for your monitor, select have Disk.
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Click
Apply, and follow any other instructions on screen.
Redialing
Dial-Up Networking provides for automatic redial.
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From
the menu select Connections > Settings.
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Enable,
Redial, select the number of times to redial and click
OK.
A
clean Run!
To remove unwanted items form the Run menu:
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Start
the Registry Editor.
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Open
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU.
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Delete
the entries that you do not want on Run menu.
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Close
the Registry Editor and Restart Windows. Note: Do
not delete the (Default) or MRUList values.
Bitmap
as icons
You can preview bitmaps (.BMP files) as icons in Explorer
instead of the default icon of the application it is
associated with. Open the Registry Editor and navigate
to HKEY_ CLASSES_ROOT\Paint.Picture\DefaultIcon. Double-click
the Default string and change it's value to '%1' (without
quotes). Close the Registry Editor and restart windows.
Window and menu Animations
One of the desktop enhancements built into windows is
the animation displayed when you minimize and maximize
windows or when displaying menus. Disabling this makes
navigating Windows a lot faster. Open the Desktop Properties
dialog by right-clicking any blank area of the desktop
and clicking on Properties. Disable Animate windows,
menus and lists form the Effects tab.
Smooth
Screen Fonts
You may find that the fonts in your Internet Explorer
and other windows seem jagged as you increase the font
size. To make them smooth and thus, beautiful.
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Right-click
anywhere on the free space of the Desktop and click
properties
- Select
the Effects tab from the Display Properties
- In
the Visual effects frame, enable Smooth edges of
screen fonts
Change
the Refresh rate of your Graphics Adapter
Refresh rate of your monitor determines how fast the
screen if updated. Generally, the higher refresh rate
monitor can support, the better. Optimum refresh rates
can be set manually for a flicker-free display. If Windows
hasn't already configured it. Right-click on the Desktop,
click on Properties and open Settings > Advanced
> Adapter. Depending on your graphics card and monitor,
you will get different choice for the refresh rate.
Click on Apply after setting the appropriate refresh
rate. Click through the warning message to change the
refresh rate. If, for some reason the display becomes
garbled, don't do anything, Windows will restore the
original refresh rate.
Speed-up
your connecting time
To speed-up the time it takes for Dial Up Networking
to establish a connection with your ISP:
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Right-click
your connection and choose Properties.
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On
the server types tab, under Advanced Options, make
sure that the check-box for Log on to network is unchecked.
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Under
Allowed network protocols select only TCP/IP and uncheck
NetBEUI & IPX/SPX
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