How to connect two computers in Windows XP

Here are the steps to connect two computers in Windows XP. This will let you share files and folders, printers, play network games, etc...Steps Connect the two computers together either with a Crossover cable or a Hub/Switch to the ethernet card in your computer. Set the IP address on both computers. Goto Start > Control Panel > Network Connections (choose switch to classic view if you cannot see network connections) Look for your Local Area Connection ethernet adapter, right-click and choose properties. Select Internet Protocol TCP/IP and choose properties. Setup the IP as 192.168.1.1 and the subnet mask of 255.255.255....

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Change System Properties Logo and Information

Below are some useful links if you are interested in changing the PC manufacturer logo and information in the System Properties dialog box which is opened when you right click on the My Computer icon on desktop. If you have purchased a machine from one of the big manufacturers, you will have seen that they have customised the "System Properties" window with their own logo. In addition, there will usually be a button next to it, which gives you...

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Science Related

Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire. The computer mouse was invented 30 years ago. Almost 20 years ago first test-tube baby born in England. The longest cells in the human body are the motor neurons. They can be up to 4.5 feet (1.37 meters) long and run from the lower spinal cord to the big toe. The sun is 330330 times larger than the earth. The first American space stations name was Skylab, In 1979 skylab fell on the earth in thousands of pieces fortunately all in the oceans. The Stegosaurus dinosaur measured up to 30 feet (9.1 meters). An inch (2.5 centimeters)...

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World General Knowledge

The London University was the first British University to admit women for degree courses. New York is popularly known as the city of Skyscrapers Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of Cloves Thailand is the country known as the Land of White Elephant. Korea is known as the Land of Morning Calm. Bhutan is known as the Land of Thunderbolts Salto Angel Falls in Venezuela is the highest waterfalls in the world. United States Library of Congress in Washington DC is the largest library in the world is the ...

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Computer Related

Abacus is cnsidered as the first known counting device and it was orginated from Asia. Abacus worked on a place-value notion meaning that the place of a bead or rock on the apparatus determined how much it was worth.In 1642 a French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal invented the first mechanical digital calculator using gears known as the Pascaline.In 1812 Charles P. Babbage later known as the "father of the computer",designed a machine, the difference engine which was steam-powered, fully automatic and commanded by a fixed instruction program.In 1947 the giant calculating device ENIAC (Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator)...

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Life Cycle of Frog

The Egg Frogs lay their eggs in water or wet places. A floating clump of eggs is called frog spawn. The large and slippery mass of eggs are too big to be eaten. This is nature's way of protecting them. But, the smaller clumps of eggs will be eaten by the creatures living near or in the pond. The egg begins as a single cell. Several thousand are sometimes laid at once. It becomes surrounded by a jellylike covering, which protects the egg....

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Life cycle of a Butterfly

Egg Stage The female butterfly lays an egg on a plant. Larva Stage The egg hatches and the larva (caterpillar) comes out. Pupa Stage The caterpillar feeds on the plant and grows. When its skin becomes too small, the old skin splits open and the caterpillar pops out with a new skin on. This happens four or five times. When the caterpillar is fully grown it makes a little silk pad on a leaf or twig and attaches itself to it. The caterpillar's...

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Mobile phone battery care

Looking after the battery in a mobile phone This article tells you how to look after your battery.Initial charge When your new mobile phone is delivered, the battery will not be fully charged. The instructions will almost certainly tell you to charge the battery for at least 14 hours continuously, or for even longer. You are well advised to do this for the second charge as well.Yes, this is very frustrating, and will stop you trying your new...

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Tips for Better Living Life

1. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant. 2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to. 3. Buy a DVD Recorder and tape your late night shows and get more sleep. 4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, 'My purpose is to_______ today.' 5. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy. 6. Play more...

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Tips and Tricks in the Kitchen

Prevent Onions From Burning, Frying: Prevent Onions From Burning, Frying Add a little milk to onions while frying, this will help retain a rich color and prevent them from burning.Cook pulses like chana etc. even if you have forgotten to soak them overnight: Cook pulses like chana etc. even if you have forgotten to soak them overnight Just put the chana in a flask full of boiling water for an hour. They are ready for cooking. Okra will not stick to the vessel: Okra will not stick to the vessel Adding a spoonful of curd to the Okra while cooking while ensure that they do not stick to the vessel or turn black. To remove excess oil in any fried...

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Computer tip - Caps Lock Alarm

Caps Lock Alarm Don't you hate it when you accidentally hit the Caps Lock key? Sometimes I have a whole sentence typed in before I realize my mistake!What if you could set your computer up so it alerts you when your pinky finger wanders off and taps the Caps Lock key? With this tip, I'll show you how to make your computer beep & flash the next time it happens.The first thing you'll need to do is get the computer to beep when you hit the...

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Mouse Pads

History of the mousepad During a 1968 presentation by Douglas Engelbart marking the public debut of a mouse, Engelbart used a control console designed by Jack Kelley of Herman Miller that included a keyboard and an inset portion used as a support area for the mouse. According to Kelley and also stated by Alex Pang, Kelley designed the first mousepad a year later, in 1969. Details of a mousepad designed by Armando M. Fernandez were...

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Photo organiser - Google's Picasa

The Picasa photo organiser is the first hard disk-installed software ever. It is a photo software & that Google has acquired on july last year and it has now released the second version of Picasa as picasa 2.0. Different from previous versions, Picasa 2.0 has significantly enhanced its editing tools and searching ability. Just click to see instantaneous edits of your digital photos,use white balance, lighten gloomy shots, crop, flatten curved...

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speed of light ?

The speed of light in a vacuum is an important physical constant denoted by the letter c for constant or the Latin word celeritas meaning "swiftness". It is the speed of all electromagnetic radiation in a vacuum, including visible light, and more generally it is the speed of anything with zero rest mass. In metric units, c is exactly 299,792,458 metres per second (1,079,252,848.8 km/h) but 3×108 m/s is commonly used in rough estimates. Note that...

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Reasons We Plant Trees

Ten Reasons We Plant Trees 1. Trees save energy and money. Just three trees strategically planted around your home can cut your air conditioning bill in half. 2. Trees save tax dollars. Trees in a city slow stormwater runoff and reduce the need for storm sewers. Tree shade also help cool municipal buildings, lowering electricity bills.3. Trees cool our cities. Urban "heat islands" are directly related to massive tree-cutting for development....

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Great and Magical Thoughts

Some people complain that there are thorns on roses, while others praise thorns for having roses among them. A person's true character is revealed by what he does when no one is watching. Although the tongue weighs very little, very few people are able to hold it. Falling down doesn't make you a failure, but staying down does. Don't be afraid of pressure. Remember that pressure is what turns a lump of coal into a diamond. Even a woodpecker...

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Balance Sheet of Life

The Balance Sheet of Life Our Birth is our Opening Balance! Our Death is our Closing Balance! Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities Our Creative Ideas are our Assets Heart is our Current Asset Soul is our Fixed Asset Brain is our Fixed Deposit Thinking is our Current Account Achievements are our Capital Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade Friends are our General Reserves Values &...

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intersting facts

LONGEST BRIDGE: Donghai Bridge, China 32.5 Kilometers BIGGEST PASSENGER-SHIP MS Freedom of the Seas:4300 Pessengers BIGGEST BUS Neoplan Jumbo cruiser double deck bus 170 Passengers WORLD'S BIGGEST PLANE Airbus A380 555 Passengers 3 MOST VALUABLE BRAND NAMES ON EARTH: Marlboro Coca-Cola Budweiser Male sea lion may have more than 100 wives and sometimes go three months without eating. Acupuncture was first used as a medical treatment in 2700 BC by Chinese emperor Shen-Nung. Christmas became a national holiday in the US in 1890. About one-tenth of the earth's surface is permanently covered with ice. Australia is the only country...

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Wise Words of Life

Sometimes you get Wise Words of Life not to read only... If You die early it means that God loves You a lot....As You are still on earth that means there is someone who loves You even more than God.. Speak less to people whom you love most,Because if they cant understand your silence,They can never understand your words When GOD takes awaysomething from your hand,dont think He punishing you ¦he is merely emptying your hand,for you to receive...

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Regular Health Mistakes

Regular Health MistakesAll of us make little health mistakes that cause damage to our bodies in the long run - simply because we are unaware we are doing something wrong. Here are some of the most common mistakes made by many of us.Crossing our legsDo you cross your legs at your knees when sitting? Although we may believe that this is the lady-like elegant way to sit, sitting this way cuts down circulation to your legs. If you don"t want varicose veins to mar the beauty of your legs and compromise your health, uncross your legs every time you realise you have one knee on top of the other. The best way to sit is to simply place both legs together...

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Amazing facts on nature

.fullpost{display:inline;} - Rats can't vomit. That's why rat poison works so well.- A hippo can run faster than a man can.- A jellyfish is 95% water.- A blue whales heart only beats nine times per minute.- Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food.- Flies jump backwards when they take offSome Frogs smell of onion, and the Firebellied-Toad smells of Garlic.-You cannot get warts from toads!-Toads have no teeth.-Frogs have teeth on their upper jaws but none on their lower.-The Bull Frog is the largest True Frog in North America.it can weigh up to 1.2 lbs and grow up to 18 inches long.-The African Giant is the largest...

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Top 10

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C programming mind blowing Questions and answers

1.What will be the output of the following code?void main (){ int i = 0 , a[3] ;a[i] = i++;printf ("%d",a[i]) ;}Ans: The output for the above code would be a garbage value. In the statement a[i] = i++; the value of the variable i would get assigned first to a[i] i.e. a[0] and then the value of i would get incremented by 1. Since a[i] i.e. a[1] has not been initialized, a[i] will have a garbage value.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2.Why doesn't the following code give the desired result?int x = 3000, y = 2000 ;long int z = x * y ;Ans: Here the multiplication is carried out between...

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