Adding the Home button to Google Chrome Toolbar
For some reason known only to Google, the Google Chrome web browser does not show the Home button in the toolbar by default. It you want to put it back, here’s how:
1) Open Google Chrome browser.
2) Click on the Customize button in the upper right side of the toolbar and then select Options.
3) Now in the Basic settings tab check Show Home button on toolbar checkbox.
Clear Page File on Shutdown
To save on Random Access Memory (RAM), Windows uses your Page File as a sort of cache. This can slow down your PC’s overall performance. To remedy this situation, Windows XP has an option that allows users to clear the Page File when you shut down Windows. While this tweak tends to lengthen the shutdown time, it does have its performance benefits.
To set the computer to clear the page file without directly editing the registry is:
- Click on the Start button
- Go to the Control Panel
- Administrative Tools
- Local Security Policy
- Local Policies
7 Steps to Make Computers Accessible for the Elderly
Let me introduce this post by saying that it is primarily aimed at young people. After all it’s you guys who will be called for help. And it’s in your best interest to help your relatives and show them ways to keep in touch with you through ways other than the occasional family meeting.
Computers are definitely not just a toy for the young generation. In fact, computers are a lot more useful for people who have problems with mobility and keeping in touch with the world in the first place.
Disabling the Indexing Service
The Indexing service can create an index of all the files and the content of many of those files in order to make finding things much faster. While Windows XP’s heart is in the right place, this sounds better than it is in practice. The Indexing service is more effective in its ability to slow down your computer than its ability to speed file searches. Here’s how to disable the Indexing service:
Back up Windows Registry in Windows XP
The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that stores configuration settings and options on Microsoft Windows operating systems. It contains settings for low-level operating system components as well as the applications running on the platform: the kernel, device drivers, services, SAM, user interface and third party applications all make use of the Registry. In other terms, you can think of the registry like the nerve system in a human body in all components of the human body are linked to the brain.
There are circumstances where modifications to the registry may be required, such as installing software or modifying system settings. If the registry is modified incorrectly, it can render the operating system inaccessible.
Resolve: No e-mail through VPN
Here’s an interesting issue I dealt with last week. The company I work for has a lot of employees that frequently work through vpn connections, through which they have access to network resources and the Exchange server. Last week, we started getting complaints that people were not able to send or receive e-mail when they were logged into their vpn’s.
We checked the typical settings, the exchange proxy, network settings, so forth. Nothing worked to resolve the issue. That is, until when we figured out that if we moved the vpn connection to the top of the stack in the network bindings, any network requests would go through the internal network first, thus finding the Exchange server.
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