Tips & Tricks on windows XP/98/ME/ LINUX by Anil chauhan



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TIPS ON WINDOW XP

SERVICES

If u have window xp installed on ur computer with 128 RAM it is better to disable services type 'serivces.mnc' in run press enter.Awindow pops up. From here u can start, stop, pause, restart a service.

Start up

To disable list of start up program. Type 'msconfig' in run box. Disable all program.This prevents program from starting up automatically, thus giving u a boot up time.

PREFETCH

Type 'prefetch' in the run box. Select all then delete them.

VISUAL SETTINGS

iF U HAVE ONLY 128 MB RAM, Without adding additional RAM, Go to the controlpanel > system > Advanced. click on the settings button under performance.change various graphical effects, and ensue that the animation and shadows options are unckecked.

Partition

To partition a disk use partition software if u find the task daunting. one such good software is BootIT which u can download from

http:/www.terebyteunlimited.com/ bootitng.html

linux

KDE V/S GNOME

the simplest of switching between KDE AND GNOME desktops is to run the command switchdesk from the terminal windows.

If u want to change ur windows manager from the terminal, all u have to do is open the Xclinets file inur terminal windows and add a single line there in order to change the windows manager that will open by default .Once u have have opened the Xclients file in ur text editor,just add a single line that says usr/X11R6/bin/Runwm.'yourwindowsmanager'.Replace ''yourwindowsmanager' with one of ur choice either window maker or after step or Enlightenment.u need to have window managers installed and runnning

killing an X session

it is possible that a KDE or Gnome session might crash, so in such cases u can kill X session and get the login prompt by using ctrl+alt+ backspace.

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