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| Tip | Details |
| ADSL MTU geoff |
For best ADSL performance and to let MS Outlook work correctly, you should ensure that the Maximum Transmission Unit is set to around 1420 using the following MS Windows 2k registry setting: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{GUID}\ DWORD registry entry MTU = 1418 |
| Driving Geoff |
Beware - "the green light anticipator met the red light procrastinator." |
| Icon editor Geoff |
http://www.iprogramdev.com/soft.php/Icon-Catcher-31.htm |
| Iterative and optimised solutions Geoff |
See http://www.solver.com/tutorial.htm for a good walk through of optimisation. |
| PC Supplier Acacia |
Try http://www.cougar.com.au for simple PC pricing. |
| Registry patches to override policies GC |
Allow access to create file shares: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network] "NoNetSetup"=dword:00000000 "NoFileSharingControl"=dword:00000000 "NoPrintSharingControl"=dword:00000000 "NoEntireNetwork"=dword:00000000 Display network neighbourhood: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000095 "NoNetHood"=dword:00000000 "NoFind"=dword:00000000 "NoRun"=dword:00000000 Allow regedit to work: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] "DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools] @="0x1" Allow DOS shell: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] "NoDispCPL"=dword:00000000 "NoDispBackgroundPage"=dword:00000000 "NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000000 "NoDispAppearancePage"=dword:00000000 "NoAdminPage"=dword:00000000 "NoProfilePage"=dword:00000000 "NoDevMgrPage"=dword:00000000 "NoConfigPage"=dword:00000000 "NoFileSysPage"=dword:00000000 "NoVirtMemPage"=dword:00000000 "DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools] @="0x1" Stop MS Word from saving UNCs: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Options] "DontUseUNC"=dword:00000001 |
| Setting PC times Acacia |
In order to set the time automatically from a PDC or Unix system running network time service, enter the following at the DOS prompt in Win NT4/2000. Note that excalibur should be replaced with your server name or IP address. at 01:00 /EVERY:M,T,W,TH,F,S,SU "cmd net time \\excalibur /SET /yes" |
| Shared start button menus Geoff |
In order to have all PCs on your network use the same set of start button menus, you can adjust the following registry keys to point to LAN drives. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders Set "Start Menu" = "X:\shared" set "Startup" = "H:\fred" |
| Units of measure Geoff |
exa=10e18 Age of the universe=43 exaseconds peta=10e15 tera=10e12 giga=10e9 Human life span (80yrs)=2.5 gigaseconds mega=10e6 kilo=10e3 1 milli=10e-3 micro=10e-6 nano=10e-9 pico=10e-12 Hydrogen atom diameter=400 picometres femto=10e-15 atto=10e-18 Force of a single electron=2 attonewtons zepto=10e-21 yocto=10e-24 Proton mass =1.7 yoctograms |
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