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Introduction To get started printing to a shared printer, you need to make a few adjustments to the settings in Windows, or whatever operating system you’re using. Set up to share printers To share the printer on a PC running Microsoft Windows XP: 1. Select Start > Control Panel > Printers and Faxes. 2. Right-click the printer and select Sharing. 3. Click Share This Printer. 4. Enter a name for the shared printer (the name that the other PCs see). You might choose a name that relates to the printer's location, or to its name, for example "FamilyPrinter" or "DownstairsPrint 5. Click OK. Tip: You can typically only share the printing functionality on an all-in-one printer. You cannot share the scanning, faxing, or copying functions. However, if your all-in-one is network ready, all home network users can use all the functions. Access a shared printer from other PCs Once you’ve configured the primary PC to which the shared printer is attache...

The following are the BSNL GPRS activation settings in South India at the time of writing this blog post. To activate GPRS Post Paid Customers should send the following SMS to 53733 1. GPRS199 – Rs 199/month; unlimited usage 2. GPRS49 – Rs 49/month; After 5 MB usage, each 10 KB costs 3 paise 3. GPRSF – No monthly fee; each 10 KB costs 5 paise Pre Paid customers should send the following SMS to 53733 GPRSPRE – each KB costs 2 paise To deactivate GPRS facility: Send the following SMS to 53733 GPRSD Activate the automatic GPRS settings: Visit http://218.248.72.246/msp/html OR SMS the following to 58355 MODEL MAKE e.g. NOKIA 6070 BSNL INTERNET Settings: (This is what enabled internet access for my mobile applications) 1. Select Settings from Menu > Settings >Configuration>Personal configuration settings>Options>Add new>Access point 2. Connection name: BSNL GPRS 3. Data bearer: GPRS 4. Access point name: gprssouth.cellone.in 5. User name: 6. Prompt password: No 7. Pass...

The "NoControlPanel" Policy if set, prevents Control.exe, the Control Panel executable file, from starting. As a result, users cannot start Control Panel or run any Control Panel programs. A value of 1 also removes Control Panel from the Start menu, and it removes the Control Panel folder from Windows Explorer. If a user tries to start a Control Panel program by another method, a message appears explaining that a policy prevents the action. If yours is a standalone system (not a part of a corporate network), then try this: Click Start, Run and type "regedit.exe" Press {ENTER} Navigate to the following branch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\ExplorÂ*er Backup the key by exporting it (from the File menu, choose Export) as a REG file. In the right pane of the above key, delete the value named "NoControlPanel" (if found) Repeat the same in this branch: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersi...

If you've created an account in addition to the Administrator account in Windows XP, the administrator account will not be shown in the Logon Scree, this tutorial explains you how to add the Administrator account to the logon screen. If you are using Windows XP Pro follow these steps, In the Start Menu, select Run. In the Run dialog, type 'regedit' without quotes, to start the registry editor. Navigate to the key,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \Winlogon \SpecialAccounts \UserList In the right pane, right click and select, New > Dword. A new item will be created, right click on it and rename it to 'Administrator'. Then double click on the Administrator item and enter a value, '1' in the dialog box. Close registry editor and restart your computer, you can see the Administrator account listed in the Login Screen. To perform the above steps you've to login with a admin user account. If the new accoun...