If you often work with shared folders on a networked machine, then accessing folders can be made easier . 

Goto network folders in Windows Explorer, by typing \\machine_name\share_folder . In the left pane of the window , you will find the folder name . Right clickon the folder and select Map Network Drive . Select ‘ Reconnect at Logon ‘ if you wish to automatically get connected to the network drive as soon as windows starts . From now onwards , you can access the network folder as if it were a local drive on your machine .

Understand Your Machine better : 

                  To get information about your machine , go to

 Start – > programs – > Accessories – > System tool – > System Information . This tool will provide you with information about the resources on your motherboard , the hardware components and drivers , and also about the software applications running on your machine .

Stopping MSN messenger From starting Automatically :

Navigate to User Configuration – > Administrative Templates -> Windows Components – > windows Messenger . In the right pane , you will find options to change the settings for this program . Click on ‘ Do not automatically start windows messenger initially ‘ and enable this rule to prevent starting MSN messenger when your start windows .

Disabling Windows Update :

If you wish to remove the windows Update option , Go to User configuration – > administrative Templates – > Windows Components -> windows Update . You can completely remove this option by enabling ‘ Remove access to all update features ‘ . Unfortunately , after you do this , Windows will nor prompt you to update , and you cannot manually update from website either .

Removing Unnecessary options from Task Manager ;

If you want to remove some options from task manager, navigate to
user Configuration – > administrative Templates – > Windows components – > System – > Clrl+Alt+Del option . In the right-hand pane , disable any option that says ‘ remote Logoff‘ by checking it .

Powerpoint XP has finally added the print preview facility . You can use this to preview slides before printing . This option was not present in the earlier version .

Creating Alternative layouts in Word :

You now have the power to create a alternative layout (for making handouts ) in word , which are not available in power point XP . You can do this by exporting this slide to word through the sendTo option . From the file menu , choose the SendTo option , click microsoft word and then select the layout option . For example , if you want to print three slides per page but don’t want lines for audience notes, send the handout to word , choose the blank line next to the slide option , and delete the lines in word . Choose any layout the suites your requirement and export the slides to word. You can also make the necessary addition and deletions to the handout in word .

Add Diagrams :

Powerpoint XP offers a new diagram functionality , which make it easier to add an organizational charts . Select the diagram from the insert menu from the dialogue box and choose the left top corner chart . You could right click any of those box to add a subordinates , Co-workers or assistants to the existing charts . This reduces a work when you have to build orgnisational charts with Powerpoint XP . You can also select a Venn Diagrams , Cycles , radials , pyramids , etc . From the diagram listings .

You can send a quick messages across the LAN using a standard tool within Windows 98/Me . WinPopUp is a standard and easy to use messaging utility within Windows . To use WinPopUp , go to Start-> Run and type in ‘winpopup‘ in the open Open field , and click OK – this will open the WinPopup window. To send a message through WinPopUp, click on Send- this opens up the Send Message Window . Type message in the Message text field , and name of recipient – the computer name – and click OK . Incoming messages are also displayed in WinPopUp window. Keep in mind that for the recipient to be able to receive your messages , he or she will also need to have WinPopUp running .

Send to all :

You can use the ‘ net send ‘ command line utility in windows 2000 , to send messages to another computer , or choose to send messages to everybody in the domain . Just typing in ‘net send domain_name your messages ‘ should do it ! . For more syntax and options type in ‘ net send/ ? ‘at the Command Prompt .

I was searching for the Windows 7 unique features around the internet and i found some of these five unique features . So i decided to publish some of the features that i have seen so far . These features are really amazing and im happy to publish this articles to my readers . I just read this review from windows 7 blog and all the information are provided by the organisation .

At long last, Microsoft promises to take the pain and frustration out of home networking for users of its operating system. Set up a HomeGroup, and then add PCs and other devices–and without further ado you can share files, printers, and the like. Why did it take seven versions of Windows to get this right?

Like souped-up Recent Documents menus, Jump Lists provide quick access to application-specific documents and/or tasks. For example, you can right-click the Internet Explorer taskbar icon and choose from a list of frequently visited Web sites or from a list of available tasks (such as New Tab and InPrivate). Once you get started using Jump Lists, you’ll wonder how you ever got along without them.

Most of us have documents, music, pictures, and video scattered across multiple folders on our PCs. Libraries are special folders in Windows 7 that catalog these items under a single roof, regardless of where you actually store them on your hard drive. And best of all, Libraries are easy to share within your HomeGroup.

Unlike Windows Vista, Windows 7 makes choosing a wireless network to connect to simple and convenient: Click the system-tray icon, and choose from the resulting list of available hotspots. Granted, you can find third-party connection managers for Vista, but nothing this streamlined and unobtrusive.

So guys i think most of you are eagerly waiting to try with windows 7 , just wait fro another 2 month because Windows 7 release is dated to 22nd of October this year .