Sharing PC speaker

I am working in a LAN environment. I have sound cards installed in my PC but I have no speaker. I want to share the speaker of another PC present in the same network. Is this possible? -- A.K. Ghosh

No, there is no direct way to do this, but you can install VNC on your machines. (This is a Remote Desktop Application. Please visit http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ to know more about this.) After you have installed VNC on both the machines, you can operate the remote machine from your desktop. You can then share your local computer file and access it from the remote computer. This will operate the files on the remote machine and will thus use its resources only - printer, speakers, processor etc.

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Changing system settings

I am unable to change the system settings from the Control Panel in a cybercafe system. I think it is protected and does not allow any change in hardware configuration. I would like to know how this is done. -- Mohammed Anwar

There are many third-party utilities available, such as power administrator that allows users to do only what you want them to. For more information on power administrator, please refer the site: http://www.internet-monitoring-spy-software.com/power.htm

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Shutdown or restart?

The problem with my PC is that whenever I restart or shutdown, it gets only restarted each time. The configuration includes Pentium Celeron of 400 MHz. My PC works normally, except for this problem. Please suggest a solution. -- Rajdeep Chakradhari Miraskar

This problem can happen due to some hardware switch, so please take help from your vendor. This problem can also happen due to malfunctioning of the CPU fan. This leads to CPU warming up, forcing a restart.

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PowerPoint use

Is it possible to use PowerPoint animations in a Web page? If so, how do I go about it? -- R. Srinivasa Varadharajan

It is possible to use PowerPoint slides on the Internet. For detailed information on this, please refer the following sites: http://plato.acadiau.ca/sandbox/ppt/inet.htm and http://www.columbia.edu/itc/itc/webdev/design/powerpoint-to-web.html

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The following tips are associated with the Internet Explorer.

Using other mail packages

To use an e-mail package other than Exchange when sending mail, open a Folder and select View/Options and then File Types.

Go to URL:MailTo Protocol and click on the Edit button. Highlight Open and click on the Edit button again. Under Application used to perform action: enter the path and program for your e-mail application.

You may need additional switches depending on your e-mail program. If you are concerned about going back to Exchange again, copy the existing setting to a file. You can then paste this back again if needed.

Changing Favourites location

You might want to change the location where Internet Explorer looks for your store favourite sites. This can come in useful if you have multiple operating systems (Windows 95 and NT 4.0) and want to share the same set of favourites or you simply want to have greater control over where such sites are stored.

Start Regedit and go to HKEY--CURRENT--USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders. Double-click on Favourites in the right-hand panel and enter the new location. Click on the OK button. Do the same for the User Shell Folders section a few lines down. Close Regedit.

Create the directory you just pointed to and copy any existing favourites to that location, including all folders. Now start Internet Explorer.

Keyboard shortcuts

Here are a few IE keyboard shortcuts:

Alt+Left Arrow - Goes 'Back' to the previous page

Alt+Right Arrow - Goes 'Forward' to the next page

Ctrl+D - Does immediate 'Add to Favourites' on the current Web page

Ctrl+H - Opens the History folder

Ctrl+B - Opens the Organise Favourites window

Ctrl+L - Lets you open a new Web page

Ctrl+N - Opens a new browser window

Ctrl+R - Reloads the current page

Ctrl+W - Closes the active Internet Explorer window

Adding IE3.0 Bookmarks to Start Menu

Open the taskbar settings menu and click on the Advanced tab. Create a new folder named Bookmarks.

Start Explorer and go to the folder c:\windows\Favorites. This is the IE3.0 bookmark file. Select the Bookmarks and Folders you want in the start menu.

Select copy and switch back to the Taskbar properties menu and paste to the bookmarks file. If you have a dial-up account and have autodial setup, clicking on a bookmark from the Start Menu will start IE, connect to your provider and load the page.

Compiled by C. Ramesh