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.

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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\