TASK MANAGER IN FLASH: window 2000 Task Manager lets you easily shut down hidden or trouble apps,check which program are hogging RAM, and analyze CPU usage.window 2000 task manager can be launch by pressing - to didplay to which security dialog box and then checking the task manager button.In window xp r - bring task manage immediatelywithout any intervening dialogbox.another way to get task manager is that, simply right the empty spot on the task bar & choose task manager. Run task manager by placing a shortcut on desk top:Right click the start button and choose open, Double-click Program,then double-click startup,choose start-search.For files or folder, type taskmgr.exe in the yop box, enter your startup drive in the look in box and click search now.when you see task manager program file listed in the search result window,right-drag it into your open startup folder.when you release the mouse button choose create short-cut here.now right the new short-cut and choose properties.select the short-cut tab and choose minimized from the Run drop-down-list.click ok. to keep task manager out of the way when you dont need it, double the short-cut to launch it and in the menubar at the top of the Task Bar window , choose option-hide when minimized.

How to backup the Windows Registry:The Registry is a very important part of Windows. It is a place where Windows stores information about hardware and software installed on your computer. Whenever you add or remove a device, install a new software product, change a device settings, modify options for a program - all these changes (and others, too) are written by Windows into the Registry. Physically, the Registry consists of a number of files. To backup the Registry, you must backup its key files. The following two files are the core components of the Registry; they are always present in the Windows folder (usually, C:\Windows): System.dat contains mostly information about the hardware configuration of the computer. User.dat contains mostly information about the software installed on the computer. In addition, if user profiles are enabled, the user-specific parts of the Registry are stored in separate User.dat files, one per user. (These files are usually located in folders C:\Windows\Profiles\user_name.) Whenever a user logs on the system, Windows restores the specific settings for this user by merging the user-specific User.dat file with the generic User.dat file. It is important to backup the Registry before making any significant changes to your system. You can backup the Registry by making copies of the files mentioned above. If you need to restore the Registry, replace its existing files with the copies you have saved during backup. There are many tools that can be used for this purpose, and Windows itself now includes such tools. Search Windows Help or Microsoft online support web site for System Restore, Registry Checker, ERD or

Emergency Repair Disk for more information. You can back up the registry with the Registry Checker tool. To run it, press the Start button on the Windows taskbar, then choose Run and enter SCANREG as the command line. For more information about Registry Checker, refer to Windows Help or visit Microsoft technical support web site. For more information about the Registry, please consult your Windows documentation. Restricting the My Computer icon:There is no easy way to remove the My Computer icon from the desktop. It is possible, however, to restrict it so that no action is performed when someone attempts to double-click this icon. Here is the procedure: Run Registry Editor (RegEdit.exe). Please be very careful when using this tool, because if you do something wrong with it, you may end up

reinstalling Windows from scratch! Find the following key in the Registry: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT CLSID {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} shell Create a new subkey under this key and rename it to open. (To create the subkey: right-click on shell, select New - Key from the shortcut menu, and then enter open as the name of the new key.) Now create another subkey, command, under the key open. The resulting structure of these keys should look like the following: shell open command Now select the command subkey you've just created and open the Default value of this key (by double-clicking (Default) in the right pane of the Registry Editor window) and specify the following command as its Value data: Explorer.exe /root Now, whenever the user attempts to open the My Computer item on the Desktop, it will not open. To restore the original functioning of the My Computer icon, simply delete the open and command keys you've created during the procedure. Note: Changing this setting affects all users of the computer. Note: It is very easy to bypass this protection: simply right-click on the My Computer icon, and choose Open from the shortcut menu. Instead of restricting the My Computer folder, you may find it easier to restrict access to the items this folder contains. You can use Folder Guard to set up such restrictions. Please refer to its Help for more information. :How to setup dialup Connection(win98/2000It is very easy to setup

dial-up connection.Go to start-program-accessories-Dial-up networking this will open a window where the will be icon of Make new connection.right click the icon , this will open wizard to create dial-up connection.there will be two box. the top box will display type the computer you are dialing and the second one Select a device. in the first box type your isp phone number with area code and in thesecond box select the device which is your modem.configure the modem .then the dns for your email. the isp provider should provide the dns number which is primary and secondary dns.it should be 4 digit number(123.13.3.0)second no (123.13.3.1).click on the properties of your modem and click on the

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