Monday, February 18, 2008

How to connect your home PC from anywhere?

You can connect your home computer from any other remote computer using the Remote Desktop feature. After remote desktop configuration, you can access all remote computer resources (installed programs, data and any network drives) and can enjoy any computer applications on the remote computer as you were running actually sitting in front of the home computer.

Follow the given steps to configure your computer for remote connection:

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

To perform this task, first make sure your both computers are connected to the internet.

First you have to configure the host computer that allows the users to connect it remotely. On the host computer, right click on "My computer" and click on Properties option.



Under the Remote tab, select the option "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer" and click Ok button.



Now get the IP address of host computer (type the "ipconfig /all" on the command prompt of host computer to find IP address).







Now make a connection on remote or client computer, click on Start button, go to All Programs> Accessories, and Communications, then click on Remote Desktop Connection, option.



A Remote Desktop Connection, dialog box will appear.



Click on Options button for detail configuration, under the General tab, type the IP address of host computer in the Computer box and also type username and password of host computer then click on Connect button to make a connection to remote computer.



If your username and password is correct then a remote desktop windows will appear with full rights.





Thursday, January 17, 2008

How to login with multiple ID's at the same time in Yahoo messenger?

If you have multiple yahoo ID's and wants to login with more than one yahoo ID at the same time then don't worry, you can login with more than one yahoo ID at the same time using this tip. There is no need to install any other yahoo multi messenger version, you can easily covert your normal yahoo messenger into multi messenger and enjoy your many ID's at the same time.

Follow the given steps to change the yahoo messenger registry value:

* Click Start button and type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.

* Here locate the location to:

* HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Yahoo/Pager/Test

* Here in right side panel, right click to create a new Dword value with name Plural and give it value 1.

* Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

* For signing in with new YAHOO ID open another messenger open as many messengers you need.

* If you want to disable the multiple messenger option then again open registry editor and change Plural value 1 to 0.





Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Setting the Recycle Bin to Always Delete

The Recycle Bin is the special folders of windows on the hard disk to store deleted files and folders. These files or folders can be restored from the Recycle Bin to their original location if required for use. But you can set the Recycle Bin setting that the files and folders are deleted from hard disk are not placed in the Recycle Bin. So with the help of windows registry editor you can set the Recycle Bin to always delete items.

Follow the given steps to edit computer registry for Recycle Bin:
  • First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
  • Here locate the location to:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\BitBucket

  • Here in right side panel, double click on NukeOnDelete and set its value 1.

    Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.







Automatic Screen Refresh Tips

When you are working on your local computer and want to refresh any changes in your system automatically. For example some times you are watching sports results, online Stock Exchange rates and any changes to your hard drive but these changes are not usually refreshed until you press the F5 key on your keyboard.

To refresh your screen automatically you should edit your system Registry. But the best technique to edit the windows registry keys, always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing. Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.

Follow the given steps to change the updates automatically.

  • First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

  • In Registry Editor panel go to the path:

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet /

Control / UpdateMode

  • Here in right hand side panel edit the DWORD value to be between 1 and 5.

  • Now restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.







Monday, January 7, 2008

Tips to speed up the Start Menu.

If you are still working with old or slow computer but don't worry, you can give surprise your friends with making some changing in windows registry. Edit your computer registry keys to speed up your computer start menu, because the default speed of start menu is slow. After these changes your computer start menu will response like latest computer.

Follow the given steps to change the speed of Start Menu.

  • First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

  • In Registry Editor panel go to the path:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop \ MenuShowDelay

  • By default the value "MenuShowDelay=400", but you can set value between 0 to 400. Now put the value "MenuShowDelay"=0 to speed up.

  • Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.







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