HOWTO: Windows XP Super Tweaks

I found a great site to help tweak a fresh copy of windows xp / home. Same old speech, defrag, remove unnecessary apps, etc., but a few that I wouldn't have thought of.

take a look, http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

cheers,

HOWTO: My Asus EEE 900 Wireless Setup

So I finally got my eee pc. I was trying to connect to my dlink wireless router, but with no luck. I found a post that helped! So far, my eee pc works with WEP and WPA connections.

Check it out:

Ok had some conversations with tech support and I have got my eee working on my WEP enabled network!

Now we made only ONE change to the usual procedure of setting up the eee for wireless.
In the box WIRELES SETTINGS there are TWO boxes which are pre set to AUTO.

Change the MODE box to INFRASTRUCTURE from AUTO. REPEAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

Seems the eee does NOT like the standard Auto setting.

My goodness you would think tjhat such a small change would be all over the Internet.

Please someone else with the same issue make that change and let us know if it works for them:)

Here is the site: http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=10042

cheers,

HOWTO: Free Image Editing tool

I've found a free image editing tool comparable to Adobe Photoshop. Not as user-friendly, but hey, it's free.

Check it out:
http://www.gimp.org/
The GNU Image Manipulation Program

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Karnaugh Map (K-map)

Here is another tool used to solve k-maps. Again, very useful for checking your work. This isn't an online tool, so you gotta download it and install it. Works great. Supports upto 8 variables. Come on, will you use more than that? Haven't you heard of a state machine...lol

Anyways, here is the link: http://k-map.sourceforge.net/

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Quine-McCluskey Tool

I've come across a great Quine-McCluskey tool that solves any given function to produces a minimal sum for the boolean function. I've tried it upto 5 variables and it works great. Check it out, it is written in PHP and the source is available.

http://www.omnistream.co.uk/qm/

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Fun and Recommended Firefox Extensions

So, I've decided to share with you some Firefox add-ons that I've come across to save me time and help my surfing needs. These can be found at https://addons.mozilla.org/

• Download StatusBar
• ForecastFox
• Gmail Notifier
• Adblock Plus 0.7.5.3

I will soon post more as I come across them

cheers,

Increase Performance for your LAN

I've found a great way to increase your bandwidth of your LAN if you are using Windows XP Pro. Unfortunately, this does not work for Windows XP Home.

Make sure your have admin access.
The steps are:

• Start-> Run-> type gpedit.msc
• Expand the [Administrative Templates] branch under [Local Computer Policy]
  
• Expand the [Network] branch
• Highlight [QoS Packet Scheduler]
• Double-click [Limit Reservable Bandwidth]
• Check [Enabled]
• Change [Bandwidth limit %] to 0 %
• Click [Apply] [OK]
• Restart (Reboot)

The effect of this should be immediate, but to be sure, reboot and you will enjoy the full bandwidth of your LAN.

For further info and testimonals, check out this site.

cheers,