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Mempercepat Proses Defrag Windows XP

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Cara sederhana untuk mempercepat defrag windows XP adalah dengan me-restart sistem sebelum menjalankan defrag. Hal ini supaya operating system membersighkan file swap/paging, dan meresetnya ke keadaan default. Dengan demikian, proses DEfrag bisa fokus ke data yang diperlukan pada hardisk, tanpa harus menghentikan dan mengelola file swap berukuran besar, yang dimuati dengan data yang tidak diperlukan (more…)

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Browsing Internet Tanpa Browser

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Sebenarnya, trik ini sudah lama saya gunakan kira-kira6-7 tahun yang lalu ketika masih kuliah. Saat itu di kampus saya, baru saja terpasang jaringan internet gratis untuk mahasiswa. Salah satu tempat favorit saya adalah lab komputer di lantai 2 Jurusan Teknik Fisika. Ada puluhan komputer di sana yang bisa digunakan untuk berinternet. Karena sering “disalahgunakan” oleh mahasiswa, akhirnya akses internet pun dibatasi dengan cara menonaktifkan software browser saat jam-jam tertentu sementara akses internet masih normal. Akses internet tidak diputus karena server utama yang menghubungkan semua akses ada di lab komputer

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Win XP: Sharing Your Own Computer’s Stuff with the Network

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

To share a file or folder with your fellow computer users, move the file into your Shared Documents folder, which lives in your My Computer window. (You must move or copy a file into the Shared Documents folder; shortcuts don’t always work.)

After you place your file or folder into your Shared Documents folder, it appears in the Shared Documents folder of everybody else using your computer.

Administrators can share folders without having to move them into the Shared Documents folder. The trick is to follow these steps: (more…)

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Windows XP: Protect your Identity

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Like many other audio players, Windows Media Player rushes out to the Internet to find information for you when you play a CD. Some of this information, such as song titles and album art, is useful, but Media Player also identifies your copy of Media Player to the site where it’s getting data. Why? According to the help file, “The server uses this unique identifier to monitor your connection. By monitoring your connection, the server can make adjustments to increase the playback quality and to alert you about events that occur when receiving streams over the Internet.”

If you’re disturbed by this exchange of information, here’s how to stop it. In Windows Media Player, click Tools > Options and go to the Player tab. Notice the option that says “Allow Internet sites to uniquely identify your player?” Turn it off.

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