Improve Internet and Network Performance

Basic tips and tricks windows this time of increased Internet and network performance. For those who like surfing fun by using personal connections and the PC must consider several things, the risk that different from using a connection and a PC in a cafe or internet cafe, in this case is the existence of a private key data used in PCs.

* For to share a folder on your computer to the network, right-click the folder and select Properties. Click the Sharing tab and enable the option Share this folder on the network. Give your name and click OK.

* Create a My Network Places icon on the desktop by right-clicking an empty area on the desktop and click Properties. Select the Desktop tab | Customize Desktop. General tab and then open the My Network Places option enabled.

* There is an easy way to send messages to other computers on the network, ie using the Console Message. Open the Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Computer Management | Action | All Tasks | Send Console Message. Type the text you want to send, add the name of the computer who want to target and click Send.

* To set the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF), open Network Connections in Control Panel, right-click an existing connection and click Properties. Open the Advanced tab and enable the option Protect my computer and network by limitting or preventing access to this computer from the Internet.

* Set the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) for each existing connection. Both dial-up or broadband. If the computer is part of the networks connected to the Internet, plug ICF only on the server computer.

* To find out your IP address, enter in DOS by typing the command in the Run. Then type ipconfig / all.

* If you receive messages from the Internet via Messenger, immediately turn off. The trick, go to Contol Panel | Administrative Tools | Services, and double-click Messenger and then Stop. To prevent that do not recur, the Messenger set to Disabled in the Startup.

* Turn off the Windows Messenger with through regedit. _LOCAL_MACHINESoftwarePoliciesMicrosoft Hkey Open, then select the menu Edit | New | Key, and name the Messenger. Then create another key in this manner in the Messenger directory with the name of his key client. After that, click the Edit menu | New | DWORD Value, and name PreventRun. Right-click PreventRun value, select Modify, fill in the number one in the Value data, and click OK.

* To find out information about the connections on your computer, click Start | All Prqgrams | Accessories | System Tools | System Information. Select the Tools menu | Net Diagnotics. In the window that opens and then select the option Scan your system. Wait until the process is completed to see results.

* Protect your privacy by preventing Windows Media Player application to send data about the computer and the habit of using a computer over the Internet to certain addresses. It is easy, in Windows Media Player, select the menu Tools | Options. Open the Player tab, and disable the option Aloww Uniquely internet sites to your player.

* To lock a computer that is in a domain network, press Ctrl Alt Del keys simultaneously and click Lock Computer option. To open again, press the Ctrl Alt Del and enter the password.