Windows Configuration

One of the biggest complaints that I have with Vista, is that compared to Windows XP, browsing File Shares is often painfully slow. Here's how to speed it up.

Open up a command prompt in administrator mode. To do this, click Start, type "cmd" and hold down Control and Shift on your keyboard and hit Enter. If you have User Account Control running you'll need to click continue. Now you should see a command window open with the word "Administrator" in the title bar.

Now enter in this command.

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled

You'll need to reboot your system, but you should now find that browsing remote file shares is much, much quicker.

The next version of Windows Server, fomally named as Codename: Windows Longhorn has now been announced as Windows Server 2008.

You can download beta 3 of this Operating System here.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/default.mspx

To use the Windows Task Switcher, press ALT + TAB.

If you have Aero enabled, this will also show the live thumbnail preview of applications that are open and is updated in real time.

To use Flip 3D press the Windows Key+TAB.

This requires Aero to be enabled and running. This will also show the live thumbnail preview of applications that are open and is updated in real time, however Flip 3D gives you the cascading 3 Dimensional preview of your open windows.

You can scroll through these windows with the Up and Down arrow keys, the Tab key, or the Scroll wheel on your mouse. To bring a window to the front, hit enter on the current window or click it with your mouse.

Its official, the Windows PowerShell is going to be included in Windows Server 2008.

Find out more here:

Windows PowerShell

To install the FTP Service on Windows Vista

1. Click Start, the Control Panel.

2. Click Programs, then "Turn on or off Windows features".

3. In the Windows features dialog box, expand the Internet Information Services node.

4. Expand the FTP Publishing Service node and select the FTP Publishing Service check box.

5. Click the FTP Management Console check box and the FTP Server check box, then click OK.


To install the FTP service on Windows Server 2008

1. On the Start menu, click Administrative Tools, then click Server Manager.

2. In the Server Manager Pane, in the Roles Summary section, click Web Server (IIS).

3. In the Web Server (IIS) section, click Add role services.

4. Under Role services, select FTP Publishing Service. This will install the FTP service and the FTP management console.

5. Click Next, and then click Install.