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FAQ AND OTHER TRICKS FOR WINDOWS
XP Hidden Music Easter Egg:
Windows Welcome Music
Over 5 minutes of
synthesized and cheesy little electronic percussion. Impress your
friends with this little windows easter egg. Play the Windows
Welcome Music:
Download any song on MySpace
MySpace allows you to listen to a lot of music, but they only allow
you to download a select few of the songs. Here is the work around.
1. Go to the MySpace site that you want to download the music from
2. That page must have at least one song available for download
3. Open notepad
4. Right-click the download link and select copy Link
5. Paste this link into your notepad
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Prevent your PC from connecting to a
wireless network
When I walk around my
office, my notebook must connect to a half-a-dozen different wifi
systems. This is nice if I want to be connected to the net; however,
frequently I just want to code without any connections to the
outside world. Plus, being connected to an unknown open wifi is a
big security risk. Here's how to prevent your laptop from connecting
to random wifi spots:
1. Click Start
2. Click Control Panel
3. Select Network Connections
4. Right-click your wireless connection
5. Click Properties
6. Click Wireless Networks
tab
7. Deselect checkbox: Use Windows
to configure my wireless network settings
8. Click OK
When you want to reconnect, just reselect the check box and allow
windows to control your network again.
Prevent modifications of your desktop
Modify the permissions of your users to keep them from putting
folders and other files on the desktop
1. navigate your computer to C:\Documents and Settings\
2. then select the user you wish to modify.
3. now right click the desktop folder and select
properties
4. switch to the security tab:
under
users select the user to change permissions for.
at the
bottom a list of permissions will be displayed, to stop changes to
folders and the desktop, select the deny box beside the following:
full control
Modify
Write
Special Permissions
The others are needed to
allow this user to launch and view the files of the specific folder.
If you wish to remove these properties as well then choose deny for
all the options.
What else
can I do in Google?
Google offers
a variety of services and tools besides its basic web search. This is a partial
list of Google's services and tools. Read the extensive list
here.
(Note you must have Pop-ups turned off or hold down the left control
key to allow the window to open.)
Maximizing The Life Of Your Hard
Drive
If I asked you the question: which part of your computer is the most
fragile, what would you say? What if I asked: which part is most
important to you? Often, the answer to both of these questions is
your Hard Drive.
Your hard drive is likely one the most important things you own. It
contains work data
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