Windows XP Keyboard Shortcuts
Here are some Windows XP Keyboard Shortcuts whitch can save some time in your work on computer.
Set focus on a notification. Windows Key+B
View properties for the selected item. ALT+ENTER
Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu. LEFT ARROW
Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select parent folder. LEFT ARROW
Display the items in the active list in a dialog box. F4
Refresh the active window. F5
Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop. F6
Display the top of the active window. HOME
Switch MouseKeys on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK
Switch High Contrast on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN
Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu. LEFT ARROW
Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select parent folder. LEFT ARROW
Display the items in the active list in a dialog box. F4
Refresh the active window. F5
Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop. F6
Display the top of the active window. HOME
Switch MouseKeys on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK
Switch High Contrast on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN
Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu. LEFT ARROW
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DLL files and slow computer
Imagine this. You are working in MSWord, close it, that work some in Dreamveawer and Photoshop, close both and than you turn on Winamp to listen some music and start surfing the Internet. All named programs have some DLL files loaded in your RAM until you turn of the computer. And working on computer will be slower and slower. To change that, and to make that DLL files unload after closing particular software, do next:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/ Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer
Make new STRING Value, name it AlwaysUnloadDll and give value 1 to it.
Than just restart your Windows.
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Windows start menu - adding new item
Here are some tips how you can change your Window start menu. Do right click on Start and than Open. You will see Programs folder. That is C:\Windows\StartMenu and there are shortcuts to programs you have in Windows Start menu. Right click there and New-Shortcut. Now you can browse and add some new document, shortcut to program, song, or whatever you want in Start menu. By New-folder, you can add new group, just like Programs group already exist. If you want to delete some shortcut you added, just delete it from that folder.
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Moving icons from ControlPanel
If you like to delete some icons from Control Panel, but don't want to use TweakUI, do that this way.
Search for control.ini file. In section [don't load] write what you don't want for Windows to load. For instance, If you don't want QuickTime in Control Panel, in named section, just write
quicktime.cpl=no
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blank last page in MS Word
You wrote some document in MS Word, and printed it. But printer printed one blank page at the and of the document.
Open that Word document and click Ctrl+End . That way, cursor will go to the end of document. Than, just press Backspace until cursor is just after last caracter in document. Then save it.
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Bored of autoplay CDs?
That autoplay CDs can be really annoying sometimes. If you thing so, than turn of that option.
If you are on Windows XP:
Start
Run
Qpedit.msc
Computer config
Administrative template
System
Double click on - "Turn off autoplay"
Enable
If you change your mind sometimes, just do Disable on end of this instead Enable.
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Easier double click on your computer
For mouse double click you have to click 2 times in imaginary 4x4 pixel field. If that's problem for you, you can make that field bigger.
Go to Registry.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Desktop
In right window, you will find
DoubleClickWidth and
DoubleClickHeigh. Both have values. Just change that values to some bigger.
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Who wants to delete "RUN"
I really don't know why someone could wish to remove RUN from START MENU, but if you're one of them, you can do that, too.
REGEDIT
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Double click on "NoRun" and change "ValueData" from 0 to 1.
Close Regedit, and restart computer.
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Wav files on Windows 9x
Your computer runs Windows 9x, and you have problems with running wav files. They starting slow. That's because on old sound player versions, wav files loads in memory first. So, installing player newer version can be solution, because they haven't got that bug.
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Chose window size and position
You don't want full size of window after every window opening? Than, do the following:
While closing the window, just hold CTRL, and Windows will remember size and position of window. Next time when window opens, it will be on same position and same size like last time.
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Hide Desktop icons
If you want scare your friend and have access to his computer, you can hide icons from his computer desktop this way.
Open Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Than, do follow:
Edit- New- DWORD value
and name new value - "NoDesktop"
Default value change to 1, close regedit, restart Windows.
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Print just text, not whole webpage
If you want to print some text from webpage and when you're on that page click PRINT, than you will print whole page with pics navigation and other unwanted stuff. To avoid that, select text, than do right click and than print.
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Where is my printer?
If some software don't recognize your printer, check name you gave to printer. If name contains ( ) [ ] or some other symbol, that can be problem. Just rename your printer, and let name contain only letters this time.
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Desktop properties won't work
If Desktop-properties won't work that can be caused by change in Registry base.
1. Make backup of your registry base.
2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVerison \ControlsFolder\Display\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers
There can be lots of keys , but standard and important are only:
- DeskHtmlExt, and
- PlusPack CPL extension
Keep just those two, and delete other keys.
Close Registry, and restart computer.
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WinXP slow shut down - NVidia graphic card
If you have Windows XP and it shuts down slow, and you have NVidia graphic card, this can be problem. When computer starts, automatically starts "NVidia driver helper service", and it don't shut down properly.
1. Go to Control panel- Administrative tools- Services.
2. Right click on NVidia driver helper service, and chose "STOP".
3. On Startup type, chose - "MANUAL".
4. Apply- OK.
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