Saturday, April 3, 2010

No more Enter key

If you are using Internet Explorer 5.0, you can simply paste or type a URL in the address bar and then click on "Go" button. You don't need to press the Enter key anymore.

More Internet Hidden Settings and Tips & Tricks

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Extra Settings to Optimize Your Modem

Use these following settings to optimize your modem performance:

1. Double-click the Modems icon in the Control Panel, click the Properties button, click the Connection tab, and then click the Port Settings button. Check the Use FIFO buffers option, and drag the button to the right corner (High (14)).

2. Double-click the Modems icon in the Control Panel, click on the Properties button, and from the Maximum speed drop down list choose 115200. Click on the Connection tab, click the Advanced button, and then uncheck the Use error control and Required to connect options. Finally, click OK to save the new setting.

3. If you place your modem too close to a fluorescent lamp, it might cause interference when you transmit or receive data from the Internet. That is why, if you have a fluorescent desk lamp it is necessary to place it far from your modem.

Extra Parameter for Your Modem

By adding an extra parameter into the Dial-Up Networking, you can speed up your modem dial speed to the Internet. To do so, click the Start-Settings-Control Panel menus, and then double-click Modems icon to open Modem Properties box. Click the Properties button, click Connection tab, and then click the Advanced button. In the Extra Settings box, type S11=40, and then click OK. The 40 number shows the times between two dial tone in milliseconds.

Easter Egg on Internet Explorer 5.0

Open Notepad, and then type "" (without the quotes). Save the file as "test.htm". Open up "test.htm" in Internet Explorer 5.0 and enjoy the first Easter Egg.

Now for the second Easter Egg. You must go online, and the open up Internet Explorer 5.0 browser. From the menu, select Tools > Internet Options > General (tab) > Languages (button). Press Add, type "ie-ee" (without the quotes) and click OK. Move "User Defined [ie-ee]" to the top of the list. Exit back to the browser, and then click on the Search icon (to pull up the side search menu). Click on Customize and enjoy the Easter Egg.

Easter Egg on the Internet Explorer 4.0

Load up a browser window and go into Help. Click on - About Internet Explorer. Once the animation has stopped, hold down CTRL and drag the 'E' in the top-right corner of the dialog to the left of the 'Microsoft Internet explorer 4.0' text. Keeping CTRL held down, "push" this text to the right and you will reveal an 'Unlock' button. Release CTRL and click on this button... After this, pick up (with CTRL down) the 'E' again and let it drop on the globe! What you see will be a credit video will start playing at the top left of the screen.

Easter Egg in Outlook Express 4.0

Click the Compose Message toolbar button. Select Format-Rich Text (HTML) from the menu. Click on the body of the message. Select the font box, and type "athena" (without quotation mark). Press Enter. Close the Compose Message window. When asked "Do you want to save changes to this message?" select No. Go back to the main Outlook Express window. Select the Outlook Express icon, above Inbox, on the left-hand side. Click on an empty space between, for example, Read Mail and Read News. Type about. This will launch the Easter egg.