Increasing your Virtual Ram So your softwares will run with considerable acceleration (For Windows)
Steps:
* Right click on My Computer
* Select Properties
* Go to Advanced tab
* Under performance click settings
* Go to Advanced tab
* Click on Change
* Now increase the Initial size and Maximum size
(If you have 30 GB hard disk you could easily type '5000' there so that there would still be 25GB left for all the data)
Maximum the initial size the faster the programs will run.
To change drive letters
* Go to Start
* Control Panel
* Administrative Tools
* Computer Management, Disk Management, then right-click the partition whose name you want to change (click in the white area just below the word "Volume") and select "change drive letter and paths."
From here you can add, remove or change drive letters and paths to the partition.
Make Use Of Your Windows Key
The Windows logo key, located in the bottom row of most computer keyboards is a little-used treasure. Don't' ignore it. It is the shortcut anchor for the following commands:
Windows: Display the Start menu
Windows + D: Minimize or restore all windows
Windows + E: Display Windows Explorer
Windows + F: Display Search for files
Windows + Ctrl + F: Display Search for computer
Windows + F1: Display Help and Support Center
Windows + R: Display Run dialog box
Windows + break: Display System Properties dialog box
Windows + shift + M: Undo minimize all windows
Windows + L: Lock the workstation
Windows + U: Open Utility Manager
Windows + Q: Quick switching of users (Powertoys only)
Windows + Q: Hold Windows Key, then tap Q to scroll thru the different users on your PC
To write a CD without any CD-burning program in XP.
* Insert a blank, writable CD into the CD recorder.
* Open My Computer.
* Click the files or folders you want to copy to the CD. To select more than one file, hold down the CTRL key while you click the files you want. Then, under File and Folder Tasks, click Copy this file, Copy this folder, or Copy the selected items.
* If the files are located in My Pictures, under Picture Tasks, click Copy to CD or Copy all items to CD, and then skip to step 5.
* In the Copy Items dialog box, click the CD recording drive, and then click Copy.
* In My Computer, double–click the CD recording drive. Windows displays a temporary area where the files are held before they are copied to the CD. Verify that the files and folders that you intend to copy to the CD appear under Files Ready to be Written to the CD.
* Under CD Writing Tasks, click Write these files to CD. Windows displays the CD Writing Wizard. Follow the instructions in the wizard.
Notes:
* Do not copy more files to the CD than it will hold. Standard CDs hold up to 650 megabytes (MB). High–capacity CDs hold up to 850 MB.
* Be sure that you have enough disk space on your hard disk to store the temporary files that are created during the CD writing process. For a standard CD, Windows reserves up to 700 MB of the available free space. For a high–capacity CD, Windows reserves up to 1 gigabyte (GB) of the available free space.
* After you copy files or folders to the CD, it is useful to view the CD to confirm that the files are copied. For more information, click Related Topics.
To stop the CD recorder from automatically ejecting the CD
* Open My Computer.
* Right–click the CD recording drive, and then click Properties.
* On the Recording tab, clear the Automatically eject the CD after writing check box.
So be ready to uninstall Nero.
Isn't the error reporting dialog box disgusting. So what's about chase it out of you working environment
Disable Error Reporting:
1. Open Control Panel
2. Click on Performance and Maintenance.
3. Click on System.
4. Then click on the Advanced tab
5. Click on the error-reporting button on the bottom of the windows.
6. Select Disable error reporting.
7. Click OK
8. Click OK
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