- Turn off Hibernation
1. Right-click on the desktop and click "Properties"
2. Hit the "Screen Saver" tab
3. Then click the "Power" button under "Monitor Power"
4. Click the "Hibernation" tab, then uncheck the box next to "Enable Hibernation"
5. Press "OK" and you have just saved a load of hard drive space!
- Allow Limited Users to Burn CDs
1. click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT.
2. Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
3. Look in the right pane for AllocateDASD and double click the entry. Set the value to 2.
On XP PRO, this is exposed in Local Security Policy under Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options "Devices: Allowed to format and eject removable media"
1. Start, Run and entering SECPOL.MSC
2. Go to Local Policies, Security Options, look in the right pane for Devices: Allowed to Format and eject removable media.
3. Set this option to Administrators and Interactive Users
- Turn Off Windows Indexing Services
The 'Indexing' feature is used to increase the speed of file searches within XP by creating and updating an index of all files on your system. Unfortunately, it also reduces the performance of your system, since it is constantly working in the background.
1. Start, Control Panel
2. Select Add/Remove Programs
3. On the left, click on Windows Components
4. Uncheck Indexing Services
- Find Your IP Address
If you are using a router and want to know what your computers IP adress is:
1. Start, Run
2. Type "CMD" and hit enter
3. Type "ipconfig /all" and hit enter
If you want to know what your IP address that the world sees and is provided by your Internet Provider
http://www.ipchicken.com/
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