Thursday, February 25, 2010

LAN connection troubleshooting:

Some of you must be having a broadband connection with an ADSL modem. It is possible that you might have come across a situation where the LAN connection icon on the task bar shows limited connectivity. When there is a limited connectivity you may not be able to access the internet or share files between the networked computers. How do you solve this problem?
First and foremost thing that you need to do when your system is networked is that you need to write down the IP address allocated to the computer, subnet mask and the default gateway. Please also jot down the main DNS server IP and alternate DNS IP and keep them handy. If you have not done that earlier, never bother. Right click on the LAN icon and select the repair option. The windows diagnostics tools repair the problem by changing the limited connectivity to full connectivity. Sometimes, it doesn’t work that way. Then, right click on the LAN icon and select the status.
In the popup window click the properties button and a next window opens with the list of properties. Here select the TCP/IP option and click on the properties button. In the next window there are two options- assigning IP automatically and the other assign IP manually. Select the first option i.e., assign IP automatically and then save the settings. This should solve the problem. Wait for two minutes by which time the system assigns an IP address and you can get back the full connectivity.
Even, if this does not solve the problem check the documentation guide provided with the ADSL modem where they provide you the IP address which you need to enter under the “assign IP address manually” and save the settings. Immediately after you enter the IP address and hit the tab button the subnet mask address is automatically entered. You need to enter the default gateway address which can be done by doing some guesswork. I will just show you with an example:
Go to the select IP address manually and enter the IP address: 192.168.1.1 (or whatever is given in the ADSL modem documentation). The subnet mask IP is 255.255.255.0 (this comes automatically). Now you need to enter the default gateway IP. Keep the first three numbers constant i.e., 192,168,1 and enter the fourth digit. It can be anything from 2 to 116 and then save changes. And this will solve the problem. Happy surfing.
Note: You need not assign the DNS IP manually, select the automatic DNS option.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

OS for PC: Linux or Windows

We need computer more than any other gadget. To run a computer it needs an operating system. Linux and Windows are two operating systems that are highly popular. Every computer needs one or the other of these two operating systems for its functionality. The latest to join the race is Google OS. In the following article you can find a thorough comparison of the two most popular operating systems Linux and Windows. Enjoy reading the post and gain valuable insight to the operating system. Click here to read.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Some keyboard shortcuts for MS-Word 2007

ctrl+F1 - hides the tool bar
- once gain the same command brings back the toolbar

ctrl+F2 - Displays print preview of the document
- once agin the same command shows the document in its normal view

ctrl+F4 - Closes the current document but leaves the word template intact

ctrl+F9 - Inserts a pair of flower brackets in the document

ctrl+F10 - reduces the size of the window but leaves it sufficiently open to carryout the work.
Once again the same command maximizes the window

ctrl+F12- use this command to open another existing doument

Press Alt in an open document - shows the letters to click to execute a command

Few examples are:

Alt+f - opens the file command and further letters are listed adjacent to the available options. Scroll down using a mouse and execute the option by pressing Alt & the letter eg:Alt+o - to open another existing document. IF you want to back to the previous level press "esc".

Alt+h - opens the home options with further command letters displayed near each option

Alt+n -Insert command and further options as above

Alt+p - page layout command and further options as above

Alt+s - references command and further options as above

Alt+m - mailings command and further options as above

Alt+ r - review command and further options as above

Alt+w - view command and further options as above

Alt+l - developer command and further options as above

How to speed up your computer?

Everyone's got a computer these days. There are hardly any computers that are not connected to the Internet. These days we get computers exclusively for browsing the web. You may have the best configuration available in the market but after a week of heavy browsing you find that your computer has slowed down over the previous week. There are some simple steps to follow to get back the original speed.

If you are using an internet explorer do this:
1. Right click on the internet explorer icon and select properties.
2. Under the general options you find a header called "browsing history" that says delete temporary files, history, cookies, saved passwords and web information.
3. Under this option click on the Delete button.
4. Next pops out a window "delete browsing history" and by default the check boxes for preserve favorites website data, temporary internet files, cookies and history are checked.
5. You should also check the remaining boxes of form data, passwords and inprivate filtering data and then click delete. Close the properties dialog box now and see the speeds improve.

If you are using a chrome explorer
1. Double click on the chrome explorer icon.
2. Use Ctrl+h and the history tab opens as a separate page. 3. Delete the history and enjoy faster browsing.

If you are using a firefox browser of mozilla.
1. Double clikc on the mozilla firefox explorer.
2. Go to tools and select history.
3. Select clear private data now.
4. A dialog box opens where you select all the check boxes and say clear now. That's it.

Now you can enjoy faster browsing and you find that the speed of your system has improved enormusly.