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Get e-mail from ISP server using Telnet.
Someone sent you an oversized attachment (20MB), and you have not got the time or patients to download it ? Delete that mail at the server.
  Send e-mail from your ISP server using Telnet.
Ever wondered how mail servers work, and the commands they accept? You can find out all the information you need right here, right now ... =))
 
           
Notepad to view un-viewable files (or so you thought)
See what certain files are made from, such as ISP's Configuration Files (*.ins), or even executable programs (not recommended get a Hex Editor).
  Trace a route to a web-site (host name to IP address conversion or vice-versa).
Need to find out what domain an IP address belongs to, or find out what IP address a domain name is using ? Tracert is the program you need to be using, find out how to use it here.
 
         
How to find your IP address & your ISP's DNS servers IP addresses.
If you need to know your current IP address or the IP addresses of your Domain Name Servers then we will show you how.
  Find out what connections/ports are open on your computer.
Think someone has opened up a back door into your computer ? Find out if they have by checking what ports are listening for connections.
 
           
Select what gets loaded at Startup using Msconfig.
Make your computer run faster by knowing how to select what programs get loaded when windows loads.
  Windows keyboard shortcuts.
Some very useful time saving keyboard short cuts, save time and energy by using the keyboard.
 
           
Change your home page.
Click here to change the page that loads every time your browser does, Help for all Microsoft Browsers. Step by step instructions on how to get the job done.
  Resize your desktop and increase colour depth.
Get a better viewing area by increasing the size of your desktop and while your at it improve the colours you see.
 
           
How to install TweakUI for Windows XP
From the developers of Windows comes this very powerful tool for tweaking various user interface elements of Windows XP. Adds lots of new features to the core of WinXP.
 

Change the look of your Start Menu.
The new look Start menu can take up quite allot of screen space (and take along time to navigate around), so change what and how things are displayed on yours.

 
           
Get the network connection icons back.
Shows you how to get the network connections icon back in your taskbar. A useful thing to know when you are connected to the net.
Reduce the size of the window title bars.
The size of the title bars in XP is way over the top, follow these simple instructions on how to reduce them
 
           
Change the startup directory of Windows Explorer
Getting annoyed of Windows Explorer expanding the incorrect directory when it is started, then here we show you how to change the startup directory.
       

 

 
       

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