Wacana Pembangunan Gedung Baru Supermewah DPR RI

Kabar rencana pembangunan gedung baru DPR supermewah kian hot, semua memperbincangkannya. Semua itu dikarenaka budget yang harus dikeluarkan pemerintah lewat dana APBN yang meyedot dana 1 T lebih. Publik tentu akan merasa tersakiti dengan adanya rencana pembangunan gedung baru tersebut, yang pada awalnya hanya akan direnovasi. ( Tapi mau gimana lagi, yang pada berkuasa udah pada mutusin, kita yang rakyat kecil cuma bisa manut...nut..nut...) Ketika Indonesia tengah dilanda berbagai bencana, justru kabar-kabar seputar pemerintahan juga makin heboh, seperti para anggota DPRD di suatu daerah yang menganggarkan Laptop 12 juta rupiah per unit. ???? ( Yang perlu ditanyakan, tu anggota DPRD mau buat kerja,  ato maen game... Jangan-jangan mau pindah profesi jadi gamer...) Padahal kita tahu, pengungsi-pengungsi korban Gunung Sinabung yang meletus juga masih membutuhkan uluran tangan ? Namun sepertinya pemerintah santai-santai aja dengan kondisi tersebut ???

Yah, itulah carut marut negeri Indonesia yang semakin memun cak, rakyat kecil ditindas, kemiskinan merajalela, bencana silih berganti menimpa... Ditambah dengan hubungan dengan negara tetangga yang kian tak membaik. Koruptor-koruptor diampuni, 

( padahal maling kelas teri aja dihukum berat, eh yang ngambil uang rakyat malah dilepasin dan dibiarin foya-foya di luar negeri...) Sekarang yang menjadi pertanyaan adalah kapan semua ini berakhir ??? Apakah ini memang bencana bagi Indonesia yang tak berujung ???

Hubungan Indonesia dengan Malaysia Memanas

JAKARTA - Hubungan Indonesia dengan Malaysia yang kembali memanas turut menjalar ke dunia maya. Sejumlah blog yang menjelek-jelekkan Indonesia kembali menjadi pembicaraan berbagai pihak.

Pada dasarnya, blog-blog tersebut merupakan blog lawas yang sudah lama tidak di-update oleh penulisnya. Akan tetapi, saat ditelusuri oleh okezone, Senin (30/8/2010), blog yang membuat kuping panas tersebut masih belum diblokir atau dihapus oleh penyedia layanan blog.

Salah satu contohnya adalah blog yang beralamat di indonbodoh.blogspot.com. Saat dikunjungi, tulisan terakhir di blog ini tercatat diupdate pada tanggal 29 Desember 2009. Kendati sudah tidak ada tulisan baru tapi nampaknya blog ini masih sering dikunjungi oleh pengunjung Indonesia yang sebal dengan tulisan tersebut.

Terlihat sampai hari ini di tulisan terakhir tersebut sudah ada 1.497 komentar. Dan hampir semua komentar yang masuk adalah tulisan debat kusir atau caci maki terhadap blog ini.

Blog lain yang belum ditutup yaitu blog kamiantiindon.blogspot.com. Tulisan di blog ini jauh lebih lama lagi tidak diperbaharui oleh pemiliknya, ini terlihat dari tanggal tulisan terakhir yaitu 22 Februari 2008.

Dan masih banyak lagi blog yang mengejek Indonesia tetapi belum ditutup oleh pihak berwajib. Memang hal yang sepele jika blog ini tidak ditutup. Tapi yang mesti diingat adalah di masa depan jika hubungan kedua negara kembali memanas, tentu saja blog ini sangat meresahkan.

Apalagi jika kita memasukkan kata 'Indon' di mesin pencari Google maka yang keluar dari hasil pencarian adalah blog-blog yang menghina Indonesia. Kata Indon sendiri, menurut Wikipedia adalah, Indon adalah sebuah istilah yang populer di Malaysia dan Singapura yang mengacu kepada Indonesia, sama seperti halnya istilah Brit untuk Britania Raya. Di Indonesia sendiri, istilah ini berkonotasi negatif. Pada tahun 2006, pemerintah dan rakyat Indonesia menentang penggunaan kata Indon yang dianggap menghina.

XP Hibernate Option

Whenever you want to logoff, shut down or reboot your Windows XP machine you have only 3 choices
(1) Standby ONLY IF the ACPI/APM function is properly enabled BOTH in your motherboard's BIOS AND in WinXP!
(2) Restart
(3) Shutdown.

To properly enable Hibernation in WinXP:

Start button -> Control Panel -> Power Options -> Hibernate tab -> check Enable hibernate support box -> Apply/OK -> reboot.


NOTE: If the Hibernate tab is unavailable your computer does NOT support it!
For some reason Microsoft did NOT enable the 4th option:
(4) Hibernate, which should be available on power saving (ACPI) enabled PCs and laptops.
But you CAN bring it back: just hold the Shift key while the Shut down menu is displayed on your screen, and notice the Standby button being replaced by a new, fully functional Hibernate button, which can be clicked with the left button of your mouse.


If you release the Shift key, the Hibernate option will disappear once again, to be replaced by Standby.

Mengapa Puasa Itu Perlu ?

Bulan Ramadhan adalah bulan suci yang dinantikan oleh umat muslim sedunia. Sebenarnya mengapa sih puasa itu perlu, ada nggak sekiranya penjelasan ilmiahnya? check this out:

1. Puasa adalah terapi pengobatan alami paling tua yang tak pernah lenyap ditelan zaman

2. Mengurangi jumlah dan frekwensi makan menyebabkan liver lebih aktif dan leluasa melakukan pembersihan atau pembuangan racun (detoksifikasi) dari dalam tubuh

3. Dengan berkurangnya racun dalam tubuh akan meningkatkan sirkulasi oksigen dan nutrisi ke seluruh sel dan jaringan tubuh sehingga sel bisa memperbaiki diri dan meningkatkan fungsinya secara optimal

Source: http://www.facebook.com/pages/-ISLAM-TERBUKTI-BENAR-/298400792751


Bagaimana terjadinya proses detoksifikasi selama puasa ?¿?¿?


1. Secara fisik, puasa mengistirahatkan organ-organ yang berkaitan dengan pencernaan termasuk lambung, usus, pankreas, empedu & liver

2. Liver adalah organ pencernaan yang aktifitas metaboliknya paling tinggi. Selain berfungsi sebagai gudang penyimpanan dan distributor zat-zat makanan yang diperlukan sel-sel tubuh kita, liver juga mengendalikan keluar masuknya racun pada tubuh kita

3. Secara bertahap dengan berkurangnya kalori saat berpuasa, liver akan mengubah glikogen (cadangan energi dari karbohidrat yang disimpan oleh hati) menjadi glukosa dan energi

4. Dengan berkurangnya jumlah glikogen karena puasa, maka tubuh akan menggunakan protein dalam otot sebagai penghasil glukosa dan energi dengan cara mengubah protein menjadi asam-asam amino lebih dulu. Asam lemak digunakan paling akhir setelah energi dari protein mulai menipis. Seperti protein, lemak juga diubah dulu menjadi keton sebelum menjadi energi yang dapat digunakan otak. Proses ini disebut ketosi

5. Pada puasa, ketosis merupakan adaptasi tubuh untuk mencegah kekurangan protein akibat pembakaran. Pembentukan keton baru dimulai pada hari ketiga, sehingga sebagian orang merasakan pusing.

6. Untuk melakukan penghematan energi, tubuh secara reflek mempertahankan diri dengan melakukan pengurangan beban, yaitu mulai melakukan pengurasan zat-zat bersifat racun bahkan yang sudah jauh merasuk ke dalam sel-sel tubuh yang paling dalam, dan juga ampasampas metabolisme seperti timbunan lemak, sel-sel aus, jaringan yang rusak, tumor dan berbagai bentuk jaringan abnormal lainnya dengan mengaktifkan organ-organ pembuangan. Proses ini disebut otolisasi, dan biasanya mulai terjadi pada hari ketiga juga. Dalam proses ini tubuh juga akan men-stimulasi dan mempercepat pertumbuhan sel-sel baru, pada saat protein yang diperlukan disintesa ulang (recycle) dari sel-sel yang sudah aus. Dengan demikian kadar protein dalam darah tetap konstan dan normal selama puasa.

7. Racun-racun dan ampas metabolisme yang tidak bisa direcycle dibuang oleh organ-organ pembuangan. Dalam proses ini, beberapa gejala pengeluaran racun dapat terlihat seperti warna urine yang lebih keruh, pengeluaran mukus atau lendir melalui hidung (ingus), tenggorokan (riak) dan berlanjut melalui usus besar.

8. Dengan berkurangnya racun dalam tubuh akan meningkatkan sirkulasi oksigen dan nutrisi ke seluruh sel dan jaringan tubuh sehingga sel bisa memperbaiki diri dan meningkatkan fungsinya secara optimal

Multibooting with Windows XP

Multibooting with Windows XP - Installing Windows 2000 and Windows XP

You can install two or more operating systems on your computer, and then choose the one that you want to use each time you restart. This is known as multibooting. You can configure your computer to start Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and either Windows 95 or Windows 98.
Consider Disk Space, Type, and File System

Before using the multibooting feature, consider the tradeoffs: each operating system uses valuable disk space, and file system compatibility can be complex if you want to run Windows XP on one partition and an earlier OS on another partition. In addition, dynamic disk format introduced in Windows 2000 does not work with earlier operating systems. However, multibooting capabilities are a valuable feature providing the single-machine flexibility to run multiple operating systems.

In the past, some users installed multiple operating systems as a safeguard against problems with starting the computer. With Windows XP, you have more and better options for system recovery. For example, if you have a problem with a newly-installed device driver, you can use safe mode, in which the operating system restarts with default settings and the minimum number of drivers. Windows XP also includes compatibility mode, so you no longer need to keep an older operating system to run most of your older programs.

However, multibooting continues to be a useful feature if you are using Windows XP but occasionally need to replicate older computing environments. This article provides an overview of multibooting, beginning with a summary of disk requirements followed by guidelines for multibooting with Windows XP. It also addresses multibooting issues for running Windows XP with earlier operating systems including Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 9x, and MS-DOS®. Each section includes a checklist summary for easy reference.
Does Your Disk Support Multibooting?

The following table shows the disk configurations on which you can install more than one operating system.Disk configuration Requirements for multiple operating systems
Basic disk This is the common name for the hard disk in your computer. You have a basic disk unless you have converted it to dynamic disk. MS-DOS and all Windows-based operating systems can access basic disks. A basic disk can contain up to four primary partitions. A partition is a section of the disk that functions as a separate unit. Each partition can have a different file format and different drive letter, for example, C: and D:. Each operating system must be on a separate partition.
Single dynamic disk If you have one hard disk and you have converted it to dynamic disk, you can install only one operating system. You cannot multiboot.
To determine if you have a dynamic hard disk, click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools.
Double-click Computer Management, and then click Disk Management. In the right pane, your disk will be labeled as a basic or dynamic type.
Multiple dynamic disks If you have two or more hard disks installed in your computer, each dynamic disk can contain one installation of Windows XP Professional, or Windows 2000. No other operating systems can start from a dynamic disk. Windows XP Home Edition does not support dynamic disks.


One OS Per Partition

Before installing and Windows XP and an earlier version on the same machine, you must prepare your hard disk with different partitions.

When you install Windows on a new or reformatted hard disk, the Setup program typically does not partition your hard disk automatically. To create multiple partitions, choose Advanced Options during Setup and follow the instructions to create and name multiple partitions. You can also create partitions using Fdisk.

If you have already installed Windows, and you have only one partition, you must reformat and partition your hard drive before you can multiboot.

You can divide your hard disk into multiple partitions, and each partition can function as a separate logical drive. For example, logical drives C: and D: can both exist on the same hard disk, but function as separate disks. You should install each operating system on a different partition. Then install applications on the same partition as the operating system with which you run them. If an application is used with two different operating systems, install copies on both partitions. Placing each operating system in a separate partition ensures that it will not overwrite crucial files used by the other OS.

A basic disk can contain up to four partitions. Each partition can be formatted for use by a file system, such as FAT32 or NTFS.

In general, you should always install the most recent OS last. In this case, you should install Windows 2000 and then install Windows XP.

Unique Computer Name

You can set up a computer so that it has multiple installations of Windows XP and Windows 2000 Professional. However, you must use a different computer name for each installation if the computer participates in a Windows 2000 Server domain. Because a unique security identifier (SID) is used for each installation of Windows XP on a domain, the computer name for each installation must be unique—even for multiple installations on the same computer.

Checklist Summary

To configure a computer containing Windows 2000 and Windows XP, review the following guidelines:

Install each operating system on a separate drive or disk partition.

Install Windows XP after you have installed Windows 2000.

When you perform a new installation of Windows XP (as opposed to an upgrade), by default, the installation is placed on a partition on which no other operating system is located. You can specify a partition during Setup.

Don’t install Windows XP on a compressed drive unless the drive was compressed with the NTFS file system compression feature.

On any partition where you perform a new installation of Windows XP (as opposed to an upgrade), you will need to re-install any programs, such as word processing or e-mail software, after Setup is complete.

Install the programs used by each operating system on the partition with that system. If you want your programs to run with multiple operating systems, you need to install separate copies of the programs in each of the operating system partitions.

If the computer is on a Windows 2000 Server domain, each installation of Windows XP on that computer must have a different computer name.

Prepare your Hardware

Windows XP is a cat's cradle of all the Windows versions that precede it. Some of its features and functions mimic Windows 95/98 and Millennium Edition; some act like Windows 2000; others are all new. As a rule, however, this OS does everything on a big scale. It demands higher system requirements than we've seen before for a consumer or business desktop OS. Any newer PC--one less than two years old--should certainly meet or exceed the minimums. In fact, if you're currently running Windows Me, you can probably squeak by with a slower-than-recommended CPU, but Windows XP setup will not proceed without the required minimum processor, memory, disk space, or video capability (640x480 is not an option). Not sure if you have what it takes? Read on.

Meet XP's minimum requirements
Windows XP:
233MHz CPU (300MHz or higher recommended)
64MB of RAM
1.5GB of free disk space
Super-VGA (800x600 resolution) video adapter and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device



Obviously, more is better; exceeding these recommendations will only improve your system's performance. Your CPU's speed and the amount of RAM you have is usually shown on the screen when you turn on your PC. Based on our experience, your disk drive should support Ultra-ATA66 or ATA100 IDE and have a fast average seek time of 10 milliseconds or less with 256-512KB of on-drive cache buffering.


Your video card should be a PCI version with 4MB or more of video RAM; AGP is even better. Your CD-ROM drive should be a late-model ATAPI device providing 8X, 12X or 16X performance. Your sound card should also be a late-model, name-brand PCI version.

The specifications for your CD-ROM or hard drive are usually printed on the label on the drive itself. The drives included with most systems built since 1999 should meet these specs just fine. You can look up the specs for your devices by their model numbers on the equipment manufacturer's Web site. Don't know the make or model of the hard drive, CD-ROM drive, or video or sound card you have? You can look these up through Start > Settings > Control Panel > System; select the Device Manager tab, then double-click the devices in the list.

Older I/O cards that use the ISA I/O slots (usually the longer black connectors on your system board) will perform slower than cards that use PCI (typically white connectors) or AGP (typically green connectors) I/O slots on your system board, and could make it harder for Plug and Play and Windows to configure your system. System boards with built-in video and sound features already use the PCI bus, so they're as fast as they are going to get.

Like Windows Millennium Edition, NT, and 2000, XP does not load DOS or real-mode drivers and programs before Windows start-up. If XP recognizes your hardware, it will try to use its own new drivers, but if you have a very old (say pre-1995 or 1996) CD-ROM drive or an ISA-bus sound card that required drivers to be loaded in your C:\config.sys and C:\autoexec.bat files, XP may not support those devices. For performance reasons, you probably want newer hardware anyway.

Hint: We've found that, in many cases, if your hardware or peripherals lack XP driver support, you can download and install Windows 2000 drivers for the devices, and they will work just fine, although you may get a pop-up message from XP telling you that the drivers you are installing are unsigned (not registered with Microsoft) and therefore not proven to work. Fortunately, you can use XP's System Restore feature to keep track of things before and after you try them and back out if you need to.

Additional hardware requirements

Now that you have the baseline requirements, here are a few items you'll need to fully take advantage of Windows XP.
Windows XP:
For using the Internet in general and Microsoft's .Net Internet-based services and features (including Passport credentials, e-mail, Microsoft Messenger, voice and videoconferencing, Remote Assistance, Remote Desktop, and application sharing):     28.8Kbps modem for dial-up or cable, DSL, or wireless Internet connection through an ISP; Microsoft Passport account
For voice and videoconferencing over the Internet, both parties also need:     Videoconferencing camera; microphone and sound card with speakers or headset
For Remote Assistance:     Windows XP on the helper's PC and a connection between the two (local network or Internet)
For sound:     Sound card and speakers or headphones
For DVD video playback:     DVD drive and DVD decoder card or DVD decoder software; 8MB of video RAM
For Windows Movie Maker:     Video-capture feature requires appropriate digital or analog video-capture device and 400MHz or higher processor for digital video camera capture




Check with hardware companies

Windows XP should recognize and run on any hardware that supports Windows 98 or Me (again, excepting any device that requires a DOS-level driver). This includes your PC's motherboard, BIOS, and chipsets. Since XP is based on Windows 2000, most, if not all, Windows 2000 hardware drivers should work with XP.

If in doubt, or if a Windows 2000 driver doesn't work, check your system's and device manufacturers' Web sites or Microsoft's list for information about compatibility. Microsoft's XP Web pages also list dozens of XP-ready PCs, and the company will soon publish a downloadable copy of Upgrade Advisor, a tool that tests system and software compatibility. The Windows XP CD also contains several vendor-specific text and HTML files in the i386compdata folder that indicate precautions and exceptions for many vendors' devices that may or may not work under XP. Be prepared for some disappointment: it's up to manufacturers to decide whether they can or want to create new drivers for their older products. Some manufacturers did not update their drivers for older (1994-1999) hardware to work with Me or 2000; they may not create new drivers for XP, either. This could apply to products just a year or two old, leaving your relatively new toys to become doorstops or flea-market stock.

Boot Defragment

A very important new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment. This basically means that all boot files are placed next to each other on the disk drive to allow for faster booting. By default this option is enabled but some upgrade users have reported that it isn't on their setup.

1. Start Regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction
3. Select Enable from the list on the right.
4. Right on it and select Modify.
5. Change the value to Y to enable and N to disable.
6. Reboot your computer.

Uang Receh Seratus Ribu

Teman-teman ada kabar terbaru bahwa konon katanya BI akan meluncurkan uang receh Rp 100.000,- berikut cuplikannya:

percaya-tidak percaya, tapi memang seperti itulah bentuknya, hoax ?

20 things you didn't know about Windows XP

You've read the reviews and digested the key feature enhancements and operational changes. Now it's time to delve a bit deeper and uncover some of Windows XP's secrets.

1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start button option, and then type 'systeminfo'. The computer will produce a lot of useful info, including the uptime. If you want to keep these, type 'systeminfo > info.txt'. This creates a file called info.txt you can look at later with Notepad. (Professional Edition only).

2. You can delete files immediately, without having them move to the Recycle Bin first. Go to the Start menu, select Run... and type 'gpedit.msc'; then select User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Explorer and find the Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin setting. Set it. Poking around in gpedit will reveal a great many interface and system options, but take care -- some may stop your computer behaving as you wish. (Professional Edition only).

3. You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks of the mouse. Create a new shortcut on your desktop using a right mouse click, and enter 'rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' in the location field. Give the shortcut a name you like. That's it -- just double click on it and your computer will be locked. And if that's not easy enough, Windows key + L will do the same.

4. XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.

5. For those skilled in the art of DOS batch files, XP has a number of interesting new commands. These include 'eventcreate' and 'eventtriggers' for creating and watching system events, 'typeperf' for monitoring performance of various subsystems, and 'schtasks' for handling scheduled tasks. As usual, typing the command name followed by /? will give a list of options -- they're all far too baroque to go into here.

6. XP has IP version 6 support -- the next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is more than your ISP has, so you can only experiment with this on your LAN. Type 'ipv6 install' into Run... (it's OK, it won't ruin your existing network setup) and then 'ipv6 /?' at the command line to find out more. If you don't know what IPv6 is, don't worry and don't bother.

7. You can at last get rid of tasks on the computer from the command line by using 'taskkill /pid' and the task number, or just 'tskill' and the process number. Find that out by typing 'tasklist', which will also tell you a lot about what's going on in your system.

8. XP will treat Zip files like folders, which is nice if you've got a fast machine. On slower machines, you can make XP leave zip files well alone by typing 'regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll' at the command line. If you change your mind later, you can put things back as they were by typing 'regsvr32 zipfldr.dll'.

9. XP has ClearType -- Microsoft's anti-aliasing font display technology -- but doesn't have it enabled by default. It's well worth trying, especially if you were there for DOS and all those years of staring at a screen have given you the eyes of an astigmatic bat. To enable ClearType, right click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Effects, select ClearType from the second drop-down menu and enable the selection. Expect best results on laptop displays. If you want to use ClearType on the Welcome login screen as well, set the registry entry HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Desktop/FontSmoothingType to 2.

10. You can use Remote Assistance to help a friend who's using network address translation (NAT) on a home network, but not automatically. Get your pal to email you a Remote Assistance invitation and edit the file. Under the RCTICKET attribute will be a NAT IP address, like 192.168.1.10. Replace this with your chum's real IP address -- they can find this out by going to www.whatismyip.com -- and get them to make sure that they've got port 3389 open on their firewall and forwarded to the errant computer.

11. You can run a program as a different user without logging out and back in again. Right click the icon, select Run As... and enter the user name and password you want to use. This only applies for that run. The trick is particularly useful if you need to have administrative permissions to install a program, which many require. Note that you can have some fun by running programs multiple times on the same system as different users, but this can have unforeseen effects.

12. Windows XP can be very insistent about you checking for auto updates, registering a Passport, using Windows Messenger and so on. After a while, the nagging goes away, but if you feel you might slip the bonds of sanity before that point, run Regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/Advanced and create a DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips with a value of 0.

13. You can start up without needing to enter a user name or password. Select Run... from the start menu and type 'control userpasswords2', which will open the user accounts application. On the Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer, and click on OK. An Automatically Log On dialog box will appear; enter the user name and password for the account you want to use.

14. Internet Explorer 6 will automatically delete temporary files, but only if you tell it to. Start the browser, select Tools / Internet Options... and Advanced, go down to the Security area and check the box to Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.

15. XP comes with a free Network Activity Light, just in case you can't see the LEDs twinkle on your network card. Right click on My Network Places on the desktop, then select Properties. Right click on the description for your LAN or dial-up connection, select Properties, then check the Show icon in notification area when connected box. You'll now see a tiny network icon on the right of your task bar that glimmers nicely during network traffic.

16. The Start Menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed things along by changing the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something a little snappier. Like 0.

17. You can rename loads of files at once in Windows Explorer. Highlight a set of files in a window, then right click on one and rename it. All the other files will be renamed to that name, with individual numbers in brackets to distinguish them. Also, in a folder you can arrange icons in alphabetised groups by View, Arrange Icon By... Show In Groups.

18. Windows Media Player will display the cover art for albums as it plays the tracks -- if it found the picture on the Internet when you copied the tracks from the CD. If it didn't, or if you have lots of pre-WMP music files, you can put your own copy of the cover art in the same directory as the tracks. Just call it folder.jpg and Windows Media Player will pick it up and display it.

19. Windows key + Break brings up the System Properties dialogue box; Windows key + D brings up the desktop; Windows key + Tab moves through the taskbar buttons.

20. The next release of Windows XP, codenamed Longhorn, is due out late next year or early 2003 and won't be much to write home about. The next big release is codenamed Blackcomb and will be out in 2003/2004.