Tricks

Keep your computer fast by doing some trick

1). Start any application, sayWord. 
Open some large documents.

2). Press

CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to openWindows Task Manager 
and click Processes tab and sort the list in descending 
order on Mem Usage. You will notice that 

WINWORD.EXE will be somewhere at the top, using multiple MBs of 
memory.

  3). Now switch to Word and simply 
minimize it. (Don't use the Minimize All Windows option 
of the task bar).   4). Now go back to the Windows Task Manager 
and see where 
WINWORD.EXE is listed. Most probably you 
will not find it at the top. You will typically have to scroll to the 
bottom of the list to find Word. Now check out the 
amount of RAM it is using. Surprised? The memory utilization has reduced 
by a huge amount.   5). Minimize each application that you are 
currently not working on by clicking on the Minimize button & you can 
increase the amount of available RAM by a substantial margin. Depending 
upon the number and type of applications you use together, the 
difference can be as much as 50 percent of extra RAM.                 In any multitasking system, minimizing an 
application means that it won't be utilized by the user right now. 
Therefore, the OS automatically makes the application use virtual memory & 
keeps bare minimum amounts of the code in physical RAM.

Secure Your Windows Xp /computer
With viruses, spyware and hackers round the corner, there could be many ways by which your PC would be prone to attacks. My PC, which is installed with XP, had to be formatted 2-3 times recently due to virus attack and I had to reinstall the XP on all the occasions. Here are few simple steps to make your Windows XP more secure.

Turn on Automatic Updates: Update is a Windows XP utility which helps to download the latest updates from Microsoft website. With this your PC will have the latest security updates. But one of the disadvantages of using Automatic updates is that it consumes a lot hard disk space.

Turn on Windows Firewall: 
If you have Service Pack 2 installed in your PC, you can turn on the free Firewall provided by Windows. Although the firewall will not give you a 100% protection, it does give some protection.


Install an Anti-virus Software: There are lot of anti-virus softwares available. Make sure you install one as viruses are the most common type of attack. Not only you install the anti-virus, update it with the latest security updates once in a while.

Protect from Spywares and Adwares: Spywares and Adwares are other common types of attacks on your PC. There are lot of free Spyware and Adware removal tools. Install one and scan your computer once in a while.

Be Careful while using Internet: Do not click on any malicious links and also do not download any attachments or softwares without scanning them. If you use a floppy drive or a CD drive, scan the files before you open or copy to the system. These are fews steps to make your PC more secure. Although with these steps, it may not be 100% secure, but as wisely said-”Prevention is better than cure”

ADVANCED SECURITY

Do you work in a corporate environment where you don't appreciate 
your co-workers or boss having access to your comp and private 
files when you are not around?

You can provide added level of security to your WINDOWS XP System. This is called securing your Windows XP accounts database.  You can store all information related to your accounts ina encrypted form on a floppy disk. What this would do is that if You do not have access to your floppy disk, You can not access
the system. I am not sure You realized what I just said ! Even if You know your userid/password, You will not be able to access the system unless and until You have this startup disk. The process of generating this secure startup floppy disk is simple. Go to START-RUN and type syskey. You will see a window come up. Click on Upgrade command button. You would see another window popping up which will give You the option of storing the encrypted accounts database either locally or on your floppy disk. Choose floppy disk and click OK and let the process complete. You are done.


Next time You reboot the computer and get to the logon prompt, make sure that You have the floppy disk available in A: drive else You can not log on.