Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Add Windows XP Computer to Network

You must be logged on to this computer as an administrator to complete this procedure.

  1. Set up your new computer and physically connect it to your home or small office network.
  2. Start the Network Setup Wizard.

If your network uses Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) and the ICS host computer is running Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional, run the Network Setup Wizard on that computer first.

  1. Follow the instructions on your screen.

Notes

  • To start the Network Setup Wizard, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network Setup Wizard.
  • The Network Setup Wizard is only supported on computers running Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows XP.

Dissable Automatic Wireless Network Configuration

Automatic wireless network configuration is enabled by default in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). With this setting, you can connect to an existing wireless network, change wireless network connection settings, set up a new wireless network connection, and specify the wireless network that you prefer to use.

If you are using non-Microsoft wireless configuration software, you should disable automatic wireless network configuration. To configure settings on the Wireless Networks tab, you must be logged on to this computer as an administrator.

  1. Open Network Connections.
  2. Right-click Wireless Network Connection, and then click Properties.
  3. On the Wireless Networks tab, clear the Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings check box.
  • To open Network Connections, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network Connections.
  • The Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings check box is selected by default. If the Wireless Networks tab does not appear, then automatic wireless network configuration is not available.
  • You must use a wireless network adapter that supports the automatic wireless configuration service. If you are unsure whether your wireless network adapter supports this service, contact your network administrator or the wireless network adapter manufacturer. For more information about automatic wireless network configuration, click Related Topics.

Network Setup

If you are running the Network Setup Wizard on Windows XP, you must be logged on as an administrator to complete this procedure.

  1. Start the Network Setup Wizard.
  2. Follow the steps on your screen to configure your home or small office network.
  3. On the page You're almost done, insert a blank, formatted floppy disk into the drive, and then click Create a Network Setup Disk.

Important

  • If you have already run the Network Setup Wizard, and did not create the floppy disk, you must run it again to create the floppy disk, and enter the same information for your network that you entered when you ran the wizard the first time.

Notes

  • To start the Network Setup Wizard, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network Setup Wizard.
  • The Network Setup Wizard can only be run on computers using Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows XP.
  • If you are using Internet Connection Sharing, run the wizard on the Windows XP host computer first. The host computer is the one sharing its Internet connection.
  • Before running the Network Setup Wizard on computers running Windows 98 Second Edition or Windows Millennium Edition, make sure Internet Connection Sharing is disabled on those computers.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

File Management

You create a document and write something inside that document then save in certain place in your computer, after write anything on that document finished then you print the document. Tomorrow or some day you need to rewrite or repair something on that document, then you find out in the computer or looking for what is the file name that you have saved inside the computer.
Sometimes you forget either the name of those file or the document location of your file save to. Even you have the printed document you still hard to find the document name or file location. If you remember the file name exactly, may be you can find that file using search tools that is available at My computer or at My Documents, but if you forget the name sometimes wasting time to find out, especially if the file name is resemble each others. For resemble file name sometimes need more time to find out the file name, because must open and close of certain file name or using try and error method, that sometimes is wasting time.

To make more efficient on find the file name, you can use insert footer in the document and write down the file name and the file location you save, such as C:\Document and Setting\Barbara\My Documents\File Management.doc. If you write this name every time you created documents, may be you will boring and also can make a mistake, even when you have write the file name and sometimes you move the file location or change the file name so that way will not accurate again, and this way sometimes don’t match between footer name and the real location and real document name.

To manage file avoid the problem you can use the simple way by insert in on your footer using this way:

If you use Words, on insert menu, click field then choose FileName in field names, then choose what the format you want in the field properties and then check the box path to merge the complete path on your file name such like this: C:\Documents and Settings\Barbara\My Documents\File Management.doc.