Tracking down uptime in Windows XP

Have you ever wondered how long your Windows XP system has been running since the last reboot? If so, this handy Windows XP tip will show you how to find out your system's uptime.

Here's how:

1. Open a Command Prompt window.
2. Type the following command:
Systeminfo | Find "Up Time"

Note: In this command, Up Time must be enclosed in quotes and must be initial uppercase.

Three Tweaks to Make Firefox More Faster and Powerful

The Firefox Web browser is quickly becoming one of the most prominent Web browsers available.

To increase the speed of opening Web pages, there are two options you can tweak. The first is to enable HTTP pipelining, which allows Firefox to request multiple files simultaneously rather than one at a time.

To enable this, type about:config in the address bar. Scroll down the list until you find network.http.pipelining and set it to true. You can also enable network.http.proxy.pipelining as well.

To speed up rendering speeds, you can tell Firefox not to wait the default quarter second before drawing Web content. The option to look for here is the nglayout.initialpaint.delay, but it may not be displayed in the preference list by default. If not, right-click on the screen and select New | Integer. Type nglayout.initialpaint.delay as the preference name and the number 0 as the value. By default, Firefox uses a value of 250 (milliseconds).

Those are the settings that can be modified. Try it on your own and enjoy :-)