Computer Hardware and Networking

Archive for April, 2009

Remote Desktop is feature using this; you can connect your home computer (host) from any other remote computer (client) and access all computer resources (installed programs, data and any network resources). You can run any application on the remote computer as you were running actually sitting in front of home computer.

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights. To perform this task, first make sure your both computers are connected to the internet.

First you have to configure the host computer that allows the users to connect it remotely. On the host computer, right click on “My computer” and click on Properties option.

Under the Remote tab, select the option “Allow users to connect remotely to this computer” and click Ok button.
Now get the IP address of host computer (type the “ipconfig /all” on the command prompt of host computer to find IP address).

Now make a connection on remote or client computer, click on Start button, go to All Programs> Accessories, and Communications, then click on Remote Desktop Connection, option. A Remote Desktop Connection, dialog box will appear.

Click on Options button for detail configuration, under the General tab, type the IP address of host computer in the Computer box and also type username and password of host computer then click on Connect button to make a connection to remote computer.

If your username and password is correct then a remote desktop windows will appear

If you are facing problem that your windows XP start up & shutdown is too slow as compare to its first installation, then try the following option which can really help to improve Windows XP start up & shutdown.

Prefetch

There are quite a lot of ways to enhance the boot time. First Windows XP has a Prefetch directory to be found in the Windows directory. The use of the Prefetch directory is to clutch cached information concerning in recent times accessed files. Application and boot files cached information are stored here. Delete all the files from the Prefetch directory that will allow faster boot times due to less file cache reading.

An additional tweak you can execute regarding Prefetch is a registry entry. If you are not well-known with editing the registry, don’t try this:

Inside the registry, you can set Prefetch to function in several special ways. Prefetch can cache applications, boot up files, both, or you can disable it completely. To improve boot speed set the following value in the registry to a value of 2.

HKLM\System\Current Control Set\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\Prefetch Parameters\Enable Prefetcher

This ought to help out you on your way to a fast startup and shutdown in Windows XP.

In order to get yourself a good value for money mobile phone contract, you really need to ask yourself how much you are intending to use your mobile phone. Working out the number of minutes and texts that you use on your mobile phone is a great starting point to try and determine which tariff you should go on. Once you have figured this out, you should look at what the different networks and retailers are offering. Some retailers are now offering mobile phones with free gifts, these can range from Nintendo Wii’s to LCD TV’s and can make for an excellent sweetener for you taking out a new mobile phone deal. Another service that is increasing in popularity is mobile broadband. You can also get a mobile broadband and dongle with a 1GB allowance for as little as £15 per month and the even greater thing is that you don’t necessarily
need to be tied into a contract for this. Now you can have broadband on the move, anywhere you choose. Now that can’t be bad!

Finding great Nokia deals can be harder than it sounds. There are plenty of different retailers out there pushing different handsets at different prices. We have highlighted 2 Nokia handsets that we feel will be a sure fire winner for your next contract. Firstly we have the Nokia N86, this is a step on from the Nokia N85, it comes with an improved camera, but still retains the gaming features that we all know from the Nokia N85. It seems that mobile gaming is on its way back in and Nokia are not ready to drop the N-Gage platform just yet. If gaming isn’t your thing, then why not consider something like the Nokia 6720. The Nokia 6720 is packed full of features, essentially it is part of the Navigator family, but it has much improved looks an
d it feels sturdy and well built. Overall if you are considering purchasing a new Nokia phone then one of these 2 handsets are well worth considering in our opinion. Why not check them out today?