10 Things to do when ur PC Hangs - Tabsheer Abdulla

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Sometimes when you are in

the middle of someting and

suddenly your computer

hangs or freezes. You are

left with no other option

than to restart your computer directly. But the

only problem is, you have

not saved your work!

Don t panic!

There is a

solution for that! And you

can surely save your file! Here's how: First keep on pressing "

Num Lock key until your

Operating system is back to

normal state. This releases

the processor from any

busy process. If this doesn t workthen follow

the below ten tips to bring

youcomputer back to

normal state when it is

struck.

1. Click on " ctrl-alt-delete keys. The windows task

manager will then open,

clickon all programs that

you don t need and end

the task. You will see that

all programson your taskbar will close one by

one. If this will resolve the

issue! then save! NOTE: Post your comments

after read this Article

tip#

1: if you re working

on an MS Office application,

it will automatically save

your file in case the programs suddenly shut

down

tip# 2: always save your

file at least every 2minutes

by just simply clicking on

the"diskette icon its just one click!)

2. If it did not resolve the

issue, are there some users

logged on that computer?

If so, go to switch user (for

XP) and log off that user,

go back to your log on screen and log on again.

The reason the computer

hang up is because if there

are many open programs

and applications, these

retains in the memory, if it is too much for the

memory to handle, it

freezes! Another reason

too the computer hang up

is because if you are

connected to the internet via dial up, and you are

running too many

applications and opening

many websites. So I

suggest, if you are

multimedia user or a heavy internet user, then you are

better off with a higher

memory, at least 512Mb of

memory. There are simple

ways to avoid computer to

freeze or hang up:

3. Clean your history at

least once a week

>tools>internet

options>clear history . I

normally set my history to

"0", meaning, when I restart my computer, it

doesn't save history pages

that I have visited

4. Delete all internet

temporary files

>tools>internet

options>delete files (do the

" offline" content too!)

5. Delete cookies (some do

not do this, but I do delete

cookies at least once a

week!) >tools>internet

options>delete cookies

6. Remove unnecessary

programs that you no

longer use they are just

occupying spaceand

memory! >control

panel>add/remove programs

7. Do defragmentation at least

once a week>point the

mouse to " start" button,

then right click "

explore">right click the mouse pointing to drive C

(which is usually the main

system logical

drive)>properties>tools>defragment

now

8. You can also check the

logical drive's volume for

errors >point the mouse

to"start" button, then right

click " explorer>right click

the mouse pointing to drive C (I repeat, is usually

the main systemlogical

drive)

>properties>tools>check

now

9. It is better to have only

one user being logged on.

Even if there are many

users, make sure the user

logs off after using the

computer, rather than keeping it logged on and

you do the switching of

users. Switching users is

good as long as you don't

keep all users logged on

10. Always shut down

properly the computer (do

NOT use the power button

when turning it off!

How To Add Windows 7 To XP Boot Screen?

I had windows xp and 7 on my pc but I re- installed windows xp because of some problems so now it only boots to XP but i'm sure there's a way to add the windows 7 to the boot menu without having to re-install the Windows 7 again I found solution:

1. Insert Windows 7 DVD and boot into it

2. Go to Repair computer > Highlight your W7 installation > Click Next > Get to the command prompt and type the following: Bootrec.exe / REBUILDBCD If the command is successful, close the Command Prompt window.

3. NOW Click “Startup Repair ” to perform Windows Startup Repair. After doing these computer will reboot automatically. If it works, and boots into W7 while seeing the XP dual boot option, then you're good to go. If it works, and boots into W7 but has no option for XP, you'll have to run some commands in Command Prompt, in W7, which I have written below. Replace the driver letter in the third line with that of the XP partition. a. Get to cmd in W7. Run as admin if you need to. b. Type the following commands and press enter, one by one. bcdedit /create {ntldr} /d “Windows XP Professional ” bcdedit /displayorder {ntldr} /addlast bcdedit /set {ntldr} device partition=X: bcdedit /set {ntldr} path \ntldr When you've run all the commands, hit F8 at boot to see if it's all fixed. 

By Tabsheer Abdulla Aka Ferocioustabsheer

Increase your RAM speed upto maximum [Tip]

1).Open a large documents.Say MS Word 

2).Open windows task manager by pressing ALT+CTRL+DELETE and then click Processes tab and sort the list in descending order on Mem Usage.You can observe that WINWORD.EXE will be somewhere at the top,using more part of memory. 

3).Now switch to Word and simply minimize it. (Don't use the Minimize All Windows option of the task bar). 

4).Now go back to the Windows Task Manager and see where WINWORD.EXE is listed.Most probably you will not find it at the top.You will typically have to scroll to the bottom of the list to find Word.Now check out the amount of RAM it is using.Surprised? The memory utilization has reduced by a huge amount. 

5). Minimize each application that you are currently not working on by clicking on the Minimize button & you can increase the amount of available RAM by a substantial margin.depending upon the number and type of applications you use together,the difference can be as much as 50 percent of extra RAM . In any multitasking system, minimizing an application means that it won't be utilized by the user right now.Therefore,the OS automatically makes the application use virtual memory &keeps bare minimum amounts of the code in physical RAM.

Increase Your Internet Speed By 20%

If you use Windows XP
Professional then it is
possible to squeeze an
extra 20% out of your
internet connection.
By default Windows XP Pro holds back 20% of your
Internet speed for various
services like windows
update and spyware
checks. If you want to tap into this
locked speed then make
the following changes:


1. Go to Start
-> Run
-> and
type gpedit.msc

2. Expand the
Administrative Templates
branch

3. Expand the Network tab

4. Highlight QoS Packet
Scheduler

5. Click on Limit Reservable
Bandwidth and check the
enabled box

6. Then Change the Bandwidth limit % to 0 % Once you have done this
click apply and restart
your PC.
After rebooting
you should see a noticeable
improvement in your net
speed.