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Today's Tips 08/19/2006
Scroll Through Your Documents Hands-free In
Windows XP!
If you often have to use your mouse or keyboard to scroll though long
documents looking for one particular section, then you know how tedious
it can be to continuously move your document’s scroll bar up and down,
or to page up and down using the keyboard’s arrow keys. However, if you
have a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can page through documents
automatically and hands-free. Here’s how to do it.
Open your document. Click the bottom portion of your scroll wheel once
and you’ll see a double-headed arrow with a dot appear on your screen.
(Be careful not to inadvertently click one of the mouse buttons at the
same time.) Gently move the mouse in the direction you wish to scroll
(either up or down), and then remove your hand from the mouse. Your
document will then scroll in the direction you chose automatically.
Click one of the mouse buttons, or press any key on the keyboard to stop
the mouse from automatically scrolling once you’ve reached the place in
your document for which you were searching.
Gary Chambers
You Can Create A Simple VPN Server In Windows
XP Pro!
Windows XP supports many different network technologies, including
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). Normally, the Windows XP Pro machine is
used as a VPN client, but you can also set up a very simple VPN server.
Here's how:
1. Open Control Panel.
2. Select Network Connections.
3. Under Network Tasks, choose Create A New Connection, which will run
the New Connection Wizard, and click Next.
4. Select Set Up An Advanced Connection and click Next.
5. Select Accept Incoming Connections and click Next.
6. If you get a screen that lists LPT1 and your modem, click Next (don't
select any devices on this screen).
7. On the screen that inquires if you really want to enable VPN, select
Allow Virtual Private Connections and click Next.
8. Specify which users are allowed to use the VPN to connect to the
computer and click Next.
9. Click Next on the Networking Software screen.
10. Select Finish to complete the wizard.
The computer is now ready to accept VPN connections. After you've
completed these steps, you can assign IP addresses to clients or let the
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) do the job for you.
Follow these steps to manually specify the IP addresses:
1. Right click on the connection you just created in the Network
Connections folder.
2. Select Properties.
3. On the Networking tab, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click
Properties.
4. Select Specify TCP/IP Addresses and type the range of IP addresses
you want to assign to the clients. Make sure you use the same scheme as
what's on the server.
5. Click OK to close all dialogs.
Gary Chambers
Saving Desktop Settings In Windows XP!
If you desktop or folders on your desktop do not retain their settings:
Start Regedit
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Allow Remote Performance Monitoring In Windows
2000!
The Windows 2000 Performance Monitor snap-in is a handy tool for
monitoring a computer's performance for troubleshooting and identifying
potential performance problems. It's often necessary to monitor a system
locally, but you can also monitor remote systems with this snap-in.
The first step in collecting remote performance data is to configure the
Performance Logs And Alerts service on the collecting computer. This
service must run in the context of an account that has administrative
rights on the computer being monitored. Open the Services console from
the Administrative Tools folder, open the Properties for the Performance
Logs And Alerts service, and specify the necessary account on the Log On
page. Then, start (or restart) the service.
Follow these steps to begin collecting data:
1. Open the Performance Monitor snap-in from the Administrative Tools
folder, right-click Counter Logs, and click New Log Settings.
2. Enter a name of your choice and click OK.
3. On the General tab, click Add and enter the computer name in the
Select Counters From Computers combo box.
4. Select the objects and counters to capture, click Add, and click
Close when you're finished.
5. On the General tab, specify the collection interval.
6. On the Log Files tab, specify a location and filename for the log and
click OK.
7. When you're ready to start collecting, click the Counter Logs branch,
click the counter, and click Start in the toolbar.
Collecting data across the network naturally generates additional
network traffic, so be selective with how much and how often you collect
data. When you've collected enough data, click the counter in the
Counter Logs branch and click Stop in the toolbar.
Gary Chambers
PING The Loopback Address In Windows 98!
TCP/IP is Microsoft's preferred route for Windows networking. When you
install a networking card, Device Manager reports that it's working
properly. You can make sure it's functional with the installation of the
TCP/IP protocol in Control Panel.
The first test, whether you assign the IP addresses to your PCs through
Windows 98's Automatic Addressing feature using a DHCP server, or
statically, is to test the loopback address. To do this, use PING
utility command, which tests for a connection between two hosts, similar
to sonar "If you're there, send me a reply."
For example:
Ping 127.0.0.1
The numbers 127.0.0.1 are a reserved address-a loopback to your own
adapter. If you fail to receive a reply from your own adapter, without
even touching a network cable, you will never go any further.
Look for a reply like this:
Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
If this fails, backtrack over the configuration in the Network applet of
Control Panel and Device Manager again to see if the card is installed
correctly and that TCP/IP is bound to the card.
Gary Chambers
Being Prepared For The Worst Will Stand You In
Good Stead In Case Of A System Meltdown. Your preparation will save you
time and trouble during that nerve-wracking initial stage of disaster
recovery, considerably ease your tension and anxiety, and ensure a
smoother, more focused approach of the final stages.
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