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Fix DNS Problems
2007-09-19 23:35:00
Sometimes when you can't connect to a web site, the cause is a DNS problem. There are things you can do to solve these problems, though. If you're having trouble connecting, to find out if DNS is a potential culprit first ping the site to which you can't connect, by issuing the ping command like this at the command prompt or Run box, like this:ping www.zdnet.comIf the site is live, you'll get an answer like this:Pinging www.zdnet.com [206.16.6.252] with 32 bytes of data:Reply from 206.16.6.252: bytes=32 time=119ms TTL=242Reply from 206.16.6.252: bytes=32 time=79ms TTL=242Reply from 206.16.6.252: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=242Reply from 206.16.6.252: bytes=32 time=101ms TTL=242Ping statistics for 206.16.6.252:Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:Minimum = 79ms, Maximum = 119ms, Average = 94msIf it's not, you'll get a response like this:Ping request could not find host. Please check the name and try again.If you ping a sit...
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Fix DNS Problems
2007-09-19 23:35:00
Sometimes when you can't connect to a web site, the cause is a DNS problem. There are things you can do to solve these problems, though. If you're having trouble connecting, to find out if DNS is a potential culprit first ping the site to which you can't connect, by issuing the ping command like this at the command prompt or Run box, like this:ping www.zdnet.comIf the site is live, you'll get an answer like this:Pinging www.zdnet.com [206.16.6.252] with 32 bytes of data:Reply from 206.16.6.252: bytes=32 time=119ms TTL=242Reply from 206.16.6.252: bytes=32 time=79ms TTL=242Reply from 206.16.6.252: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=242Reply from 206.16.6.252: bytes=32 time=101ms TTL=242Ping statistics for 206.16.6.252:Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:Minimum = 79ms, Maximum = 119ms, Average = 94msIf it's not, you'll get a response like this:Ping request could not find host. Please check the name and try again.If you ping a sit...
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Adjust XP's DNS Cache Settings Part 2
2007-09-19 23:34:00
That command will flush your DNS cache?all the entries, both positive and negative, will be flushed, and it will be empty until you start visiting web sites. Negative entries, however, will not be added to the cache if you've given the DWORD a value of 0.You can also use the Registry to control the amount of time that positive entries are kept in the DNS cache. By default, they are kept for 24 hours. To change the default, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSet ServicesDnscacheParametersagain and create a DWORD value called MaxCache EntryTtlLimit. (If it's already present, just edit the value.) For the value, enter the amount of time you want the entry to remain, in seconds, making sure to use Decimal as the base.Source: O'Reilly
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Adjust XP's DNS Cache Settings Part 2
2007-09-19 23:34:00
That command will flush your DNS cache?all the entries, both positive and negative, will be flushed, and it will be empty until you start visiting web sites. Negative entries, however, will not be added to the cache if you've given the DWORD a value of 0.You can also use the Registry to control the amount of time that positive entries are kept in the DNS cache. By default, they are kept for 24 hours. To change the default, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSet ServicesDnscacheParametersagain and create a DWORD value called MaxCache EntryTtlLimit. (If it's already present, just edit the value.) For the value, enter the amount of time you want the entry to remain, in seconds, making sure to use Decimal as the base.Source: O'Reilly
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Adjust XP's DNS Cache Settings
2007-09-19 23:32:00
As a way of speeding up DNS, when you visit a site, XP puts the DNS information into a local DNS cache on your PC. So, when you want to go to a site, XP first looks in its local DNS cache, called the resolve cache, to see whether the DNS information is contained there. That way, if it finds the information locally, it doesn't have to query a remote DNS server to find IP information. The cache is made up of recently queried names and entries taken from your HOSTS file.The cache contains both negative and positive entries. Positive entries are those in which the DNS lookup succeeded, and you were able to connect to the web site. When XP looks in the cache, if it finds a positive entry, it immediately uses that DNS information and sends you to the requested web site.Negative entries are those in which no match was found, and you end up getting a "Cannot find server or DNS Error" in your browser. Similarly, when XP looks in the cache and finds a negative entry, it gives you the error m...
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Adjust XP's DNS Cache Settings
2007-09-19 23:32:00
As a way of speeding up DNS, when you visit a site, XP puts the DNS information into a local DNS cache on your PC. So, when you want to go to a site, XP first looks in its local DNS cache, called the resolve cache, to see whether the DNS information is contained there. That way, if it finds the information locally, it doesn't have to query a remote DNS server to find IP information. The cache is made up of recently queried names and entries taken from your HOSTS file.The cache contains both negative and positive entries. Positive entries are those in which the DNS lookup succeeded, and you were able to connect to the web site. When XP looks in the cache, if it finds a positive entry, it immediately uses that DNS information and sends you to the requested web site.Negative entries are those in which no match was found, and you end up getting a "Cannot find server or DNS Error" in your browser. Similarly, when XP looks in the cache and finds a negative entry, it gives you the error m...
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Speed Up Web Access with a HOSTS File
2007-09-19 23:30:00
It takes time to send your request to a DNS server, have the server look up the proper IP address to resolve the name, and then send the IP address back to your PC. You can eliminate that delay by creating or editing a local HOSTS file on your own PC that contains hostnames and their corresponding IP addresses. When you create one, XP will first look into the HOSTS file to see if there's an entry for the hostname, and, if it finds it, it will resolve the address itself. That way, you won't have to go out to a DNS server and wait for the response before visiting a web site. The HOSTS file is a plain text file you can create or edit with a text editor like Notepad.You'll find an existing HOSTS file in C:System32DriversEtcHOSTS. The file has no extension; it is named only HOSTS. Open it in Notepad and enter the IP addresses and hostnames of your commonly visited web sites, like this:208.201.239.37 oreilly.com216.92131.107 simtel.netEach entry in the file should be on one line. T...
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Speed Up Web Access with a HOSTS File
2007-09-19 23:30:00
It takes time to send your request to a DNS server, have the server look up the proper IP address to resolve the name, and then send the IP address back to your PC. You can eliminate that delay by creating or editing a local HOSTS file on your own PC that contains hostnames and their corresponding IP addresses. When you create one, XP will first look into the HOSTS file to see if there's an entry for the hostname, and, if it finds it, it will resolve the address itself. That way, you won't have to go out to a DNS server and wait for the response before visiting a web site. The HOSTS file is a plain text file you can create or edit with a text editor like Notepad.You'll find an existing HOSTS file in C:System32DriversEtcHOSTS. The file has no extension; it is named only HOSTS. Open it in Notepad and enter the IP addresses and hostnames of your commonly visited web sites, like this:208.201.239.37 oreilly.com216.92131.107 simtel.netEach entry in the file should be on one line. T...
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Tweak DNS Settings for Faster Internet Access
2007-09-19 23:29:00
A handful of DNS hacks for speeding up access to web sites.You use the Web by typing in hostnames such as www.oreilly.com, but web servers and Internet routers can't understand plain English words, so they need those letters translated into numeric IP addresses. Whenever you type in a hostname, such as www.oreilly.com, it needs to be resolved to its IP address, such as 208.201.239.37. DNS servers provide that name resolution automatically and behind the scenes as you surf the Web.There are several ways you can hack your DNS settings so that you can get faster web access.
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Tweak DNS Settings for Faster Internet Access
2007-09-19 23:29:00
A handful of DNS hacks for speeding up access to web sites.You use the Web by typing in hostnames such as www.oreilly.com, but web servers and Internet routers can't understand plain English words, so they need those letters translated into numeric IP addresses. Whenever you type in a hostname, such as www.oreilly.com, it needs to be resolved to its IP address, such as 208.201.239.37. DNS servers provide that name resolution automatically and behind the scenes as you surf the Web.There are several ways you can hack your DNS settings so that you can get faster web access.
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Unload Unnecessary DLLS
2007-09-17 22:16:00
When you close a program, any associated DLL it has been using will also be terminated- but in some cases windows doesn't close all running dlls.To make sure that DLLs are always unloaded from memory open regedit (registry editor)Find: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE]SOFTWAREMicrosoftWind owsCurrentVersionExplorerin the registry and create a new DWORD value and name it (AlwaysUnloadDLL) .and give it a value of 1.
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Unload Unnecessary DLLS
2007-09-17 22:16:00
When you close a program, any associated DLL it has been using will also be terminated- but in some cases windows doesn't close all running dlls.To make sure that DLLs are always unloaded from memory open regedit (registry editor)Find: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE]SOFTWAREMicrosoftWind owsCurrentVersionExplorerin the registry and create a new DWORD value and name it (AlwaysUnloadDLL) .and give it a value of 1.
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Unload Unnecessary DLLS
2007-09-17 22:16:00
When you close a program, any associated DLL it has been using will also be terminated- but in some cases windows doesn't close all running dlls.To make sure that DLLs are always unloaded from memory open regedit (registry editor)Find: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE]SOFTWAREMicrosoftWind owsCurrentVersionExplorerin the registry and create a new DWORD value and name it (AlwaysUnloadDLL) .and give it a value of 1.
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Repair your XP installation
2007-09-17 22:09:00
When your Windows XP became slow and generate random crashes, it isn't necessary to reinstall your windows. You can solve all your problems by doing a repair installation.To do this, you need to restart your computer with the Windows XP installation CD (bootable), press F8 to accept the license agreement and then press R. The windows xp setup will continue in the normal way, and any of your files that have become corrupt will be automatically replaced.
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Repair your XP installation
2007-09-17 22:09:00
When your Windows XP became slow and generate random crashes, it isn't necessary to reinstall your windows. You can solve all your problems by doing a repair installation.To do this, you need to restart your computer with the Windows XP installation CD (bootable), press F8 to accept the license agreement and then press R. The windows xp setup will continue in the normal way, and any of your files that have become corrupt will be automatically replaced.
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Repair your XP installation
2007-09-17 22:09:00
When your Windows XP became slow and generate random crashes, it isn't necessary to reinstall your windows. You can solve all your problems by doing a repair installation.To do this, you need to restart your computer with the Windows XP installation CD (bootable), press F8 to accept the license agreement and then press R. The windows xp setup will continue in the normal way, and any of your files that have become corrupt will be automatically replaced.
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Configure your virtual memory settings manually
2007-09-17 21:45:00
You can configure virtual memory settings manually: right-click My Computer, select Properties and go to the Advanced tab. Click Settings .- Go to the Advanced tab and click Change.- Select the Custom Size option and set the Initial Size and Maximum Size to twice the amount of RAM you have installed. Click Set, then OK.
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Configure your virtual memory settings manually
2007-09-17 21:45:00
You can configure virtual memory settings manually: right-click My Computer, select Properties and go to the Advanced tab. Click Settings.- Go to the Advanced tab and click Change.- Select the Custom Size option and set the Initial Size and Maximum Size to twice the amount of RAM you have installed. Click Set, then OK.
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Configure your virtual memory settings manually
2007-09-17 21:45:00
You can configure virtual memory settings manually: right-click My Computer, select Properties and go to the Advanced tab. Click Settings.- Go to the Advanced tab and click Change.- Select the Custom Size option and set the Initial Size and Maximum Size to twice the amount of RAM you have installed. Click Set, then OK.
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Make your xp windows transparent
2007-09-16 02:16:00
One of the great features of XP is the ability to use transparent windows, But you need to consider that very few programs take advantage of transparency, and you need a program to do that. there are a lot of programs but i choose Glass2K because it's free and simple to use.download here. By just running Glass2K executable file (55 ko) ,you can make any window transparent. When it's running, go to the window you want to make transparent, and press Ctrl-Shift and a number from 0 to 9. 9 makes the window the least transparent, 1 makes it the most transparent, and 0 sets it so that it's solid, with no transparency. You can also right-click on a window, and select the degree of transparency from the program's pop-up menu. The window will keep that degree of transparency as long as you run the program and keep the transparency setting. screenshot:
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Make your xp windows transparent
2007-09-16 02:16:00
One of the great features of XP is the ability to use transparent windows, But you need to consider that very few programs take advantage of transparency, and you need a program to do that. there are a lot of programs but i choose Glass2K because it's free and simple to use.download here. By just running Glass2K executable file (55 ko) ,you can make any window transparent. When it's running, go to the window you want to make transparent, and press Ctrl-Shift and a number from 0 to 9. 9 makes the window the least transparent, 1 makes it the most transparent, and 0 sets it so that it's solid, with no transparency. You can also right-click on a window, and select the degree of transparency from the program's pop-up menu. The window will keep that degree of transparency as long as you run the program and keep the transparency setting. screenshot:
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Make your xp windows transparent
2007-09-16 02:16:00
One of the great features of XP is the ability to use transparent windows, But you need to consider that very few programs take advantage of transparency, and you need a program to do that. there are a lot of programs but i choose Glass2K because it's free and simple to use.download here. By just running Glass2K executable file (55 ko) ,you can make any window transparent. When it's running, go to the window you want to make transparent, and press Ctrl-Shift and a number from 0 to 9. 9 makes the window the least transparent, 1 makes it the most transparent, and 0 sets it so that it's solid, with no transparency. You can also right-click on a window, and select the degree of transparency from the program's pop-up menu. The window will keep that degree of transparency as long as you run the program and keep the transparency setting. screenshot:
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Easily find the mouse pointer
2007-09-11 22:03:00
There is a feature in windows xp that can help you to easily find the mouse pointer.To nable it :- Go to the Control Panel and click the mouse icon.- Then just follow the picture.- And Now you can easily find your mouse pointer just by clicking Ctrl Key.
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Easily find the mouse pointer
2007-09-11 22:03:00
There is a feature in windows xp that can help you to easily find the mouse pointer.To nable it :- Go to the Control Panel and click the mouse icon.- Then just follow the picture.- And Now you can easily find your mouse pointer just by clicking Ctrl Key.
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Easily find the mouse pointer
2007-09-11 22:03:00
There is a feature in windows xp that can help you to easily find the mouse pointer.To nable it :- Go to the Control Panel and click the mouse icon.- Then just follow the picture.- And Now you can easily find your mouse pointer just by clicking Ctrl Key.
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Auto open in new window IE
2007-09-11 14:29:00
this is a cool tip for internet explorer:If you want to open a link in new windows just hold the shift key while clicking the link.
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Auto open in new window IE
2007-09-11 14:29:00
this is a cool tip for internet explorer:If you want to open a link in new windows just hold the shift key while clicking the link.
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How to remove Microsoft Java VM and Install Sun Java
2007-09-11 14:21:00
Microsoft Java VM is no longer supported by new games and web sites that require Java functionality. and for that you should uninstall the Microsoft Java VM and install sun's version of java.To do this go to 'start un' and type:'RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection java.inf,UnInstall' Hit 'yes' to confirm the removal, then reboot when finished. And you may need to remove the following items manually:- c:java (folder)- java.PNF from the C:windowsinf folder (file)- jview.exe and wjview.exe from the c:windowssystem32 folder (files)- The subkey 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE MicrosoftJava _VM'from the registry.- The subkey 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInter netExplorerAdvancedOptionsJAVA_VM'from the registry.Now you can download Java from here.
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How to remove Microsoft Java VM and Install Sun Java
2007-09-11 14:21:00
Microsoft Java VM is no longer supported by new games and web sites that require Java functionality. and for that you should uninstall the Microsoft Java VM and install sun's version of java.To do this go to 'start un' and type:'RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection java.inf,UnInstall' Hit 'yes' to confirm the removal, then reboot when finished. And you may need to remove the following items manually:- c:java (folder)- java.PNF from the C:windowsinf folder (file)- jview.exe and wjview.exe from the c:windowssystem32 folder (files)- The subkey 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE MicrosoftJava _VM'from the registry.- The subkey 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInter netExplorerAdvancedOptionsJAVA_VM'from the registry.Now you can download Java from here.
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Hide your computer from the other in the same network
2007-09-07 00:25:00
If your computer is connected to a network and you want to hide it. So other can see it, all what you have to do is:Click : start ---> run and type 'cmd'In the Command Prompt type: (net config server /hidden:yes.)
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