10/17/07

How to Change the Font size of Web page?

If you are visiting a website or reading an e-mail and there is some problem to read text due to color of page or the font too small. You can change the font and color as well to solve this problem.
- To increase or decrease your font size and color of webpage in Internet Explorer, select the Tools option from the top of your Explorer window and go to the Internet options.
- Here go the General option and then click on Accessibility button on right lower of the dialog box.
- Now change the status of checkbox marked "Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages" and next Ignore Colors specified on Web pages", end with Ok.
- For change the font size select to View option from the top menu and go to Text size option to change it.

How to Clean computer Casing ?

When you noticed your computer case is looking yellowish then you can understand about inner side of your computer case as dirty as outside. Because Dust is the main cause to heat up your system and heat link to hardware failure. You can save your computer maintenance cost if you clean your computer on the regular basis.
- Never place your computer on the ground, always use computer table or shelf for this purpose.
- To clean computer case first unplugs your system power from the electrical outlet. Remove all cables and connectors from the back side of your computer.
- Now use the compressed air and start clean from back to front of your computer case, specially casing and power supply fan.
- At the end using lightly dampened cloth or spray any cleaning fluids on the computer case and use paper towel to dry it.
- This process should be done after every three months if you want to save your system life.

10/11/07

How to speed up your Broadband internet connection?

You can increase the speed of your broadband internet connection, if you are using windows XP on your computer. This is built-in feature of windows XP to reserve the 20 percent of bandwidth of your internet connection, but you can override of this default setting. By enabling these setting, you can use this reserve bandwidth and enjoy your speedy broadband internet connection. You can set reserve able limit from 0 to 100 percent, but if you want to enjoy 100 percent bandwidth of internet connection, you should configure bandwidth limit 0 percent.


Follow the given steps to configure bandwidth limit:

- First click on Start button then type "GPedit.msc" in Run option and press Enter.
- Under "Local Computer Policy" expand the "administrative templates".


- Here in right side window expand the "Network" then highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler".
- Now again in right side window, double click on "limit reservable bandwidth".
- Under the "Limit reservable bandwidth properties" dialog box check "enabled" then change the "Bandwidth limit % to zero.
- Now close the Group Policy editor and restart your compute, after any changes to go into effect.

10/8/07

How to Clear Your unnecessary backups files?

It is a good practice to make the backup of the important data. In many computer applications you can use the auto backup option to make the backup of a important file after specific time or set make auto backup on save. Normally backup files take up few kilobytes of your hard disk space but backup size depends upon the size of actual size.
But some time these auto backup files take up extra hard disk space and can slow your computer performance. You can clear these unnecessary backup files cluttering up you computer. First search and then delete these file. Search with some common backup file extensions, for example .bac, .bak, .bck, .bk!, .bk$. After search result you can delete the unnecessary backup files.

What to look for when you are buying a web cam.

IResolution: Standard rez is 320x240 but some will do 640x480. There is no resolution beyond VGA yet.

Frame rate: Aim for 30 frames per second. Most mid-priced cams will do this frame rate these days. Your internet connection will be the bottle neck on the frame rate.

Internet connection: You should also check the upload speed on you Internet connection. It is a fraction of the speed of your download connection. To get an image of 15 fps you need an upload speed of about 256 kbps.

Price: The higher the price the more onboard image processing in the camera. So if you have an old computer go up market on your webcam to take the load off the old PC.

Your PC's age: The older your PC the pricier the webcam you should buy because image processing will be done in the camera and not on the computer.

Lens: Typically it is not spelled out on the box but the pricier the cam the more likely it will have glass rather than a plastic lens. Glass will give you a clean image.

Light sensitivity:The higher end cams have better performance in low light.
Image: You'll get a sharper crisper image on the high end -- which is $79 to $99 US

Pan and tilt:Up at the top end of pricing you'll get pan and tilt capabilities. That's past the $100 US mark.

10/3/07

How to Enable the Windows Task Manager?

Windows Task Manager is used to view the status of running applications, active processes, CPU and Page file usage history and active user in windows environment. As a system administrator you can mange the all features of Windows Task Manager, you can end task any running application and set the priority of any running process according to application importance. By default Windows Task Manager Status is enabled, but a user can also disable or enable it manually. But some time a registry hack applies on windows task manager to disable it and your system give you a message” Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator.” then you should enable it with editing the system registry or using Group Policy Editor.

Before proceeding further, first scan your system with up-to-date antivirus, and then follow the given steps to enable it using group policy editor.




  • To enable this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

  • Now click on Start button and type “Gpedit.msc” in Run option then press OK.


  • In Group Policy Editor, expand the “Administrative Templates” > “System” then “Ctrl+Alt+Del Options”, under the User Configuration option.

  • Now in right side of panel “Ctrl+Alt+Del Options” double click on “Remove Task Manager” to change it setting. Here set the option “Disable” to “Enable” or “Not configured” and your task manager is available once again.


Hangs up internet dial-up connection

When you are browsing your favorite websites using dial-up internet connection, your incoming calls can create problem with your modem if the call waiting option in your modem sittings is enable. Your modem may be hangs up and disconnects the internet connection frequently. Normally when you disabled the call waiting option in your modem sitting and any body tries to call you, he will get the busy beep during internet connected. You should always disable the call waiting option to avoid modem disconnectivity or hangs up.
- To disable the call waiting option, first click on Start button, then Network Connections.
- Here double click on your internet connection and click on Properties button then General.
- Under General tab select Use Dialing Rules box then click on dialing rules button.
- Here select My Location then click on Edit button. Under General tab select the option To disable call waiting dial and put any number in next box like.
- At the end click on Ok button and dial your connection again.

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Set Explorer Multiple Homepages

Many web browsers like Mozilla Firefox but now Internet Explorer 7.0 also allow you to set the multiple home pages. You can open all home pages at the same time; this is great option to open your favorite websites with a single click. But you have option to set single home page according to your need.
Follow the given steps to set multiple home pages in Internet Explorer.

- First open the Internet Explorer 7 and go to the option Tools then click on Internet Options.

- Select the General tab, here you will get option "To create home page tabs, type each address on its own line" and type the URL in the Home page section.

- Type one URL in one line then press Enter to type another URL. Press Ok to finish.

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How to Outlook Express Back up?

Outlook Express is the e-mail client included with almost all version of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP operating systems. Outlook Express is designed for home users and small office user who gain access to their e-mail messages. Built on open Internet standards, Outlook Express is designed for use with any Internet standard system, for example, SMTP, POP3, hotmail and NNTP. It provides full support for today's most important e-mail, news, and directory standards, and is very easy to use.
Outlook Express data is usually stored at the following paths be defaults but you can change Outlook Express location. Normally Outlook Express folder location is C:\ drive when you install your window on C drive, but you can change location of you Outlook to other drive, Outlook Express e-mail message store, along with the address book, usually resides in subfolders at the following paths:
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Identities\
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express\
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express\
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book\