Shared Folders

Using Shared Folders, you can view the connections and resource use for local and remote computers. With Shared Folders, you can perform the following tasks:

Ø       Create, view, and set permissions for shares. A share is a shared folder on a computer that allows users on the network to access the information stored in the folder. The computer that needs to access the information on the share must have appropriate permissions to do so.

Ø       View a list of all users who are connected to a computer network and disconnect one or all of them.

Ø       View a list of files opened by remote users and close one or all of the open files.

To access Shared Folders

• From Control Panel, open Administrative Tools, Computer Management, System Tools, and then Shared Folders.

Shared Folders provides information, arranged in columns, about all the shares, sessions, and open files on the local computer.

Ø       The Shares subfolder provides information about the shared resources available on the computer.

Ø       The Sessions subfolder provides information about all network users connected to the computer.

Ø       The Open Files subfolder provides information about all the open files on the compute

Disk Management

Disk Management is a system utility for managing hard disks and the volumes, or partitions, they contain. With Disk Management, you can create volumes, format volumes with file systems, initialize disks, and create fault-tolerant disk systems.

When you right-click an object, the shortcut menu shows you which tasks you can perform on that object. Also, Disk Management has wizards, such as the Create Partition wizard, that guide you through the steps for creating volumes and initializing or upgrading disks.

To access Disk Management

• From Control Panel, open Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Storage, and then Disk Management.

Disk Defragmenter

Over a period of time, the files on the hard disk become fragmented. When fragmentation happens, pieces of a single file become located on different spots of the hard drive, much like a shredded document. Before the system can read the file, it must reassemble it, making the process much longer than when the file is intact. Disk Defragmenter reorganizes the files on your hard drive so that they are all contiguous pieces. As a result, the system can gain access to files and folders more rapidly and save new ones more efficiently.

To access Disk Defragmenter

• From Control Panel, open Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Storage, and then Disk Defragmenter.

Disk Cleanup

After a period of time, the hard disk may contain unnecessary files, which use up all the space on the hard disk. To free space occupied by unwanted files on the hard disk, you use the Disk Cleanup utility. Disk Cleanup searches your hard disk and then displays a list of temporary files, Internet cache files, and optional Windows components and applications that you do not use often that can be safely removed or deleted. You can direct Disk Cleanup to delete some or all of these files.

To access Disk Cleanup

• From Start, point to Programs, Accessories, and System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup.