Did you know that your Windows XP CD-ROM contains many handy utilities you can install? It does - but they're not installed by default. Why? We don't know. But, you can install them anytime you wish - A couple of them like the Duplicate File Finder and Windiff, which lets you compare directories and files are very useful. All you have to do is install them. Here's a list of some of the utilities available on the Windows XP CD (both Home and Professional) and how to install any of them
A few of the more useful utilities are:
dupfinder - Finds duplicate files
windiff - Compare files and directories
netdiag - Diagnoses many network problems and components
diruse - Shows disk usage
hostname - Displays the host name of the computer
getmac - Gets the MAC address of the network card - useful for networking
pviewer - Shows a list of processes - Get memory detail or kill any process
How To Install any or all of these utilities:
Insert your Windows XP CD-ROM in your CD drive. In the \Support\Tools directory, there are a lot of additional support and troubleshooting utilities, including the ones above. Run SETUP from that directory to install any of them - one at a time of course.
Bonus Tip!
Create A Shortcut to "Suspend" Your Computer
Windows XP
Did you know you can create an icon on your desktop you can use to suspend your computer? You can and here's how:
- Right click on the Desktop
- New / Shortcut
- Enter in rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState
