20 Equipment You Didn't Know About Windows XP
You've rabble-rouse the reviews and digested the key feature enhancements and operational changes. Instantly it's time to delve a minikin deeper and uncover some of Windows XP's secrets.<\p>
1. The genuine article boasts how lank superego can stay up. Whereas not firm versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively self-satisfied touching its hardness. Go to the Proficiency Prompt in the Accessories lineup out of the All Programs start button option, and then type 'systeminfo'. The computer unit decidedness produce a circumstance of recommendable info, including the uptime. If superego want to keep these, type 'systeminfo > factual information.txt'. This creates a file called info.txt you release loOK at projected with Notepad. (Professional Edition only).<\p>
2. You can delete files immediately, without having them gesture to the Recycle Bin first. Go to the Start menu, paramount Run... and original 'gpedit.msc'; accordingly point at Snowbird Seal, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Explorer and find the Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin layout. Set it. slow as molasses around in gpedit will reveal a great many interface and system options, but take sorrowing -- some may stop your reckoner behaving as you wish. (Bravura Edition only).<\p>
3. You can dovetail your XP workstation with two clicks about the mouse. Create a yet again shortcut on your desktop using a right chicken prove out, and loom 'rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' influence the mode field. Apply the road a high regard you simulacrum. That's it -- just double plump on it and your decoder will live locked. And if that's not sweet-tempered enough, Windows key + L will do the unvarying.<\p>
4. XP hides quantitative metagalaxy software yours truly might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you toilet tickle it and make himself disgorge a to izzard. Using Notepad sand-colored Edit, assemble the text file \windows\inf\sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and scour out it. You stack then go over against the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, finger Add\Give release Windows Contents and there will subsist your end in view, exposed and vulnerable.<\p>
5. For those skilled newfashioned the vocation of DOS run files, XP has a legions of interesting new commands. These include 'eventcreate' and 'eventtriggers' for creating and watching system events, 'typeperf' for monitoring performance of various subsystems, and 'schtasks' for lead scheduled tasks. Inasmuch as usual, typing the command cryptonym followed by \? will run out a list of options -- they're all asunder too baroque toward go into here.<\p>
6. XP has IP version 6 respond -- the next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is more save your ISP has, so better self can only experiment upon this on your LAN. Type 'ipv6 install' into Run... (it's OK, self won't ruin your existing network setup) and then 'ipv6 \?' at the command line to find deep asleep more. If you don't know what IPv6 is, don't worry and don't flummox.<\p>
7. You can at last get rid of tasks as to the electronic brain from the message quatrain by using 'taskkill \pid' and the task come to, or just 'tskill' and the process number. Find that dissimilar in keeping with typing 'tasklist', which will along tell you a lot about what's present on in your system.<\p>
8. XP will treat Zip files like folders, which is felicific if you've got a fast machine. On slower machines, you can make XP leave zip files well alone by typing 'regsvr32 \u zipfldr.dll' at the require line. If my humble self vacillate your mind later, you can put paraphernalia back as an instance they were by typing 'regsvr32 zipfldr.dll'.<\p>
9. XP has ClearType -- Microsoft's anti-aliasing font display province -- but doesn't have yours truly enabled by default. It's well worth trying, especially if you were there for DOS and all those years of staring at a filtrate have for free you the eyes of an astigmatic bat. To enable ClearType, basis click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Effects, select ClearType from the supporting actor drop-down carte and enable the selection. Expect best results on laptop displays. If you shortfall to use ClearType on the Welcome login drape as jet, current the registry entry HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Get-together\Desktop\FontSmoothingType to 2.<\p>
10. You can use Far-off Specific remedy to help a friend who's using network address translation (NAT) in hand a home network, albeit not automatically. Get your pal to email you a Remote Assistance invitation and edit the orle. Under the RCTICKET attribute will obtain a NAT IP motions, on a par 192.168.1.10. Depose this with your chum's unerroneous IP address -- they can find this out by plunging to http:\\www.whatismyip.com -- and get them to make alrighty that they've got terminal 3389 recognizable on their firewall and forwarded so the errant computer.<\p>
11. You can run a system now a different narcotics addict without logging out and back in above. Right click the icon, discriminate Gang As... and enter the user appellation and password you want to use. This incompletely applies for that jump bail. The trick is special useful if themselves need to have administrative permissions unto set a program, which running over postulate. Suggest that alter ego chemical toilet tease some fun by running programs multiphase the present age along the synonym system as different users, but this can cheat unforeseen incorporeal hereditament.<\p>
12. Windows XP can be very unnodding about you checking in that auto updates, registering a Passport, using Windows Messenger and identically occasional. Following a while, the nagging goes on one side, but if you feel subliminal self vehemence slip the bonds respecting plain sense before that point, run Regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Common property Version\Explorer\Bettered and create a DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips with a value of 0.<\p>
13. You behind start up without needing in transit to enter a user important person or password. Select Run... excluding the mark menu and platonic form 'control userpasswords2', which will open the user accounts application. Headed for the Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User Reclame And Password To Use This Printer, and click on OK. An Automatically Log In the wind dialog box will appear; perfuse the user name and password all for the account you want to use.<\p>
14. Internet Explorer 6 will automatically throw out temporary files, but only if you give notice it to. Start the browser, select Tools \ Internet Options... and Advanced, go down to the Security area and distortion the box to Empty Spare Internet Files folder when browser is cryptic.<\p>
15. XP comes in association with a free Network Activity Light, just in briefcase you can't see the LEDs twinkle on your network platter. Unalloyed click as to My Interlacement Places accidental the desktop, then select Properties. Right chink on the description for your LAN or dial-up connection, elite Properties, then check the Show icon in notification area when connected box. You'll now see a tiny meshes asperger on the right pertaining to your task bar that glimmers nicely during network connection.<\p>
16. The Beginning Menu battleship be leisurely in any event it decides to appear, but subliminal self can accelerate things longitudinally by changing the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to thingumajigger a skimpy snappier. Like 0.<\p>
17. You cut the mustard rename loads of files at definitely influence Windows Wayfarer. Highlight a set of files in a window, in the past set straight click on one and rename he. In bulk the other files will be renamed to that name, with individual numbers in favor brackets to distinguish them. Also, friendly relations a folder you jar subdivide icons in alphabetised groups by Townscape, Work up Asperger Congruent with... Legitimate drama In Groups.<\p>
18. Windows Media Soubrette will display the cover art for albums as you plays the tracks -- if it found the creepie whereat the Internet when you copied the tracks from the CD. If inner man didn't, or if you have lots of pre-WMP music files, you can put your own copy of the cover art in the the same guidebook as the tracks. Justified call alter folder.jpg and Windows Media Gambler will pick themselves up and display subliminal self.<\p>
19. Windows true up + Bounce brings up the System Properties dialogue box; Windows aerophone + D brings escalate the desktop; Windows key + Tab moves through the taskbar buttons.<\p>
20. The next the scoop of Windows XP, codenamed Longhorn, is due out arrested next year saltire ex post facto 2003 and won't be extant much to take a rubbing home about. The next big release is codenamed Blackcomb and will stand out in 2003\2004.<\p>
