We all know that you really shouldn't try to run Windows XP on anything less that about a Pentium 3 of some sort if you are out for speedy operations and amazing reaction times, but for those of us with the good old Pentium 2's who want to see just how well we can run XP, we have to tweak as much as we can where-ever we can. A real killer to the system's performance is Windows Media Player
The following tutorial describes various common methods for reading and writing files and directories on a Unix system. Part of the information is common C knowledge, and is repeated here for completeness. Other information is Unix-specific, although DOS programmers will find some of it similar to what they saw in various DOS compilers. If you are a proficient C programmer, and know everything...
If you would like to change your boot up screen follow the directions below. These instructions assume that you have a place to download the boot screen from the net. If you would like to download a boot screen, visit http://www.themexp.org
This tweak was based on the Easy IP Check tweak posted by Hugo Tremblay.Use this if you just want to display your IP address and not the extra information (default gateway / subnet mask)
Right click on your desktop, click the screen saver tab, once there you should see a power button at the bottom of the display properties dialog, click that, ones dialog appears click the hibernate tab, and uncheck enable hibernation.
The readme says that "...this file has not been known to work correctly on Windows XP.", but it worked completely well on my system (Windows Xp Professional Corporate Edition). Enjoy downloading with no spyware from Kazaa!
Linux shows all the directories in one directory tree, irrespectively of what drives/hardware they are found on. Generally, this is a much better solution than the traditional DOS/Windows model--it completely abstracts the file system from the underlying hardware. You will appreciate this if you ever have to re-arrange or expand your hardware or add network resources. But for the users who are...
This page contains commands (tools) which are not essential for newbies but can be fun and/or productive if you take the time to learn them. Above all, they can be very educational--linux is a great learning platform. There are thousands of free programs available on Linux, but some of them may be missing on your system, depending on your distribution. You can always find the hompage with google,...
Automatic file name completion is one of the most useful features of the Linux command line. You don't have to type or even remember long file names at the Linux CLI - just press the Tab key and the shell does the typing for you!
This is actually no tutorial in a real sense. It is a simple tip which many newcomers would appreciate. Most of the Linux commands that you type create a lot of text at the output, and generally this text scrolls off the screen. Pressing the <Up Arrow> key simply gets the last command executed and doesn't let you see the text that scrolled up the screen.
There are several keyboard shortcuts in Linux. Learning them can make your life a lot easier! This tuXfile discusses mainly command line shortcuts, but some X Window System shortcuts are also included
Like all the shells available in Linux, the Bourne Again SHell is not only an excellent command line shell, but a scripting language in itself. Shell scripting, allows you to fully utilize the shell's abilities and to automate a lot of tasks that would otherwise require a lot of commands to perform.
Like in MS Windows, the files on a Linux system are arranged in a hierarchial directory structure. This means that the files are organized the same way as in Windows: in a tree-like pattern of directories (or folders in windowspeak), and those directories may contain files or other directories, which in turn may contain more files or directories, and so on...However, there are many directory trees...
I shall list the Linux equivalent of the Windows COM ports. This information is generally found in the HowTo section, but if you haven't found it there, here it is for quick reference.
Buried deep inside Windows XP lurks a little-known program called shutdown that shuts down your system in a very fast — but orderly — way. Here's how to put an icon on your desktop that'll shut down your machine quickly: