Investigate changes with the System Information tool
in Windows XP Pro!
Have you ever been in the process of troubleshooting
and needed to know what configuration changes the
system has recently experienced? Knowing this kind of
information can go a long way in helping track down
the cause of the problem you're investigating.
Windows XP's System Information tool takes a daily
snapshot of your system's configuration, and it
records all changes to key elements. In fact, System
Information compiles and stores a month's worth of
data in its history file. As such, System Information
provides a beneficial troubleshooting database.
You can easily investigate System Information's
configuration change history. Follow these steps:
1. Open the System Information tool by typing
Msinfo32.exe at the command prompt. (You can also
access it by going to Start | All Programs |
Accessories | System Tools | System Information.)
2. From the View menu, select System History.
3. Select a category from the System Summary tree on
the left.
4. Select a date from the View Changes Since drop-down
list.
When you do so, you'll see a listing that displays the
date and time of the change along with detailed
information on the exact nature of the change.
If you know what you're looking for, you can use the
System Information tool's Find feature to quickly scan
through the listing.
Speed up access to your favorite Web site in Windows
98!
If you go to a particular Web site on a regular basis,
here's a tip to get you there faster. All you need to
do is to open Internet Explorer and navigate to the
Web site. Next, choose File | Send | Shortcut To
Desktop. A new Web site icon will be added to your
desktop.
Then, head to your desktop, left-click on the new
icon, and drag the icon to the Quick Launch toolbar.
Once it's been added, access to your favorite Web site
is just one convenient click away.
Quickly import video clips in Windows ME!
If you're looking for a quicker way to import your
video clips from the video camera folder on your hard
drive into Windows Movie Maker, try this alternative
to using the Import command on Movie Maker's File
menu.
First, open Windows Movie Maker by clicking the Start
button and choosing Programs | Accessories | Windows
Movie Maker. Then, open My Computer, navigate to your
video camera folder, and select the files you want to
import. Drag the selected files from My Computer into
the My Collections folder in Windows Movie Maker. It's
that simple.
And if you want the imported videos broken into clips,
in Windows Movie Maker, choose View | Options and in
the Options dialog box, verify that the Automatically
Create Clips option is selected. If not, select this
option because if it is deselected, when you drag a
video file into Movie Maker, the file will be imported
as one clip.
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