How to use Multiple Monitors

If one monitor is good, two is better, right?

Let me tell you, it’s great having all that desktop real estate to play with. Your mouse moves from screen to screen and you can move open windows from one screen to the other just as if you were using a single large monitor.

So how do you set it up?
Basically, all you need to have is two video adapters (cards). Your computer already has one, but you’ll need to either install another one yourself or take your computer to someone who can.

How to make Two clocks for two time zones

If you work in different time zones, you can add up to two additional clocks on the system task tray.

Left-click on the clock, select Change date and time settings, and go to the Additional Clocks tab. You can then enter the display name for the clock(s) and choose its time zone.

How to start windows programs quickly with Run Command…?

The run option of Start menu is used to run a program or to open a document directly. If you

do not know the exact location of the program or document then click on Start button to open

Run and type the programs shortcut name to open it directly.

Run Commands

appwiz.cpl — Used to run Add/Remove wizard

Calc –Calculator

Cfgwiz32 –ISDN Configuration Wizard

Charmap –Character Map

Chkdisk –Repair damaged files

Microsoft Excel Shortcut keys

Auto sum shortcut key : Quickly create a Microsoft Excel formula to get the sum of all cells by highlighting the cells you wish to know the value of and pressing ALT and = .

Create hyper links in Excel : Quickly create hyper links in your Microsoft Word, Excel, or Front Page document by highlighting text and pressing “CTRL + K”.
Close all open files at once : Close all open Microsoft Word and/or Excel files by holding down the shift key and clicking “File” and then “Close All”.

How To Change Keyboard Language In Windows XP

If you want to learn how to change your keyboard language while using Windows XP, you come to the right article. It’s fairly easy once you know how it’s done and by the end of this article you will.Of course, the first step is to sit in front of your turned on computer which I assume you are since you’re reading this article. Now that you’re sitting comfortably, you can begin to change your keyboard language.

1. Click the Start button at the bottom left corner of the screen. This will present you with a long two column menu. On the right menu, click the option Control Panel.

2. There are 2 options in which the Control Panel icons may be presented: catergory or classic. You want to be in Classic view. You can see at the left side of the Control Panel which view you’re currently in. If it says Switch To Category View, it means you’re now in Classic view which is what you want. If it says Switch to Classic View, click that link.

Complete List of Win XP/XP Commands

ADDUSERS Add or list users to/from a CSV file
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ASSOC Change file extension associations
ASSOCIAT One step file association
AT Schedule a command to run at a later time
ATTRIB Change file attributes

BOOTCFG Edit Windows boot settings
BROWSTAT Get domain, browser and PDC info

Short Cut Keys For Windows

Well the keyboard shortcuts go as follows while holding down Ctrl +

X = cut
C = copy
V = paste

Pressing Alt while in a program will cause certain letters to be underlined in the top menu. Combining Alt with that letter will open that menu.

ALT+F will open File
ALT+E will open Edit
ALT+V will open View
WindowsKey + d = Show Desktop
CTRL+P for printing

5 ways to speed up your PC

Following a few simple guidelines, you can maintain your computer and keep it running smoothly. This article discusses how to use the tools available in Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) andWindows Vista to more efficiently maintain your computer and safeguard your privacy when you’re online.

Free Up Disk Space

By freeing disk space, you can improve the performance of your computer. The Disk Cleanup tool helps you free up space on your hard disk. The utility identifies files that you can safely delete, and then enables you to choose whether you want to delete some or all of the identified files.
Use Disk Cleanup to:

* Remove temporary Internet files.
* Remove downloaded program files (such as Microsoft ActiveX controls and Java applets).
* Empty the Recycle Bin.
* Remove Windows temporary files.
* Remove optional Windows components that you don’t use.
* Remove installed programs that you no longer use.

Changing the MAC address in W2K and XP

Method 1:

This is depending on the type of Network Interface Card (NIC) you have.  If you have a card that doesn’t support Clone MAC address, then you have to go to second method.
1. Go to Start->Settings->Control Panel and double click on Network and Dial-up Connections.
2. Right click on the NIC you want to change the MAC address and click onproperties.
3. Under “General” tab, click on the “Configure” button
4. Click on “Advanced” tab
5. Under “Property section”, you should see an item called “Network Address” or “Locally Administered Address“, click on it.

Password Protect Folders in XP

There are two ways to password protect a folder built into Windows XP (for other Windows flavors, there are some freeware/shareware programs out there). Method 1:- If you have a log in password for your account, this can be used to protect folders from other users. Your hard drive must be formatted using NTFS (which it probably is unless you’re dual booting with another operating system). Here’s what to do…