tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295531242011-12-23T08:38:56.942-08:00General computer tips & tricks, MS office, windows, hardware, software tips and lots of useful tricks, tutorials, ... ____________________________ Just in case, do backup before mess with Windows registryaccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12434666749875701640noreply@blogger.comBlogger841100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29553124.post-28976720631310234642011-05-08T04:25:00.000-07:002011-05-08T04:25:27.632-07:00

Google explained how you can import your Firefox bookmarks into Chrome: In Chrome, click on wrench icon on top right corner. Then, go to Options - in new window Personal Stuff. Under Browsing Data click on "Import data from another browser" button. On new window, sellect the Firefox and click Import. But that way, you will only get Firefox bookmarks folder in  the "Other bookmarks" folder at

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On computer keyboard (or keypad as someone calls it) there is Menu key that lots of people didn't ever use. The key is placed on the right side of keyboard between the Window Key and the Control Key. Or between AltGr and Ctrl. Or some other place, anyway it look like this: When you press it, it opens up a drop-down menu for whatever program you're in. Like right click on mouse. So the name of

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So, how to hyperlink in Word? Actual it's pritty easy to link to some webpage from some word or few words. Just select the word you want (or few words or even whole sentence) and right-click your mouse. There pick "Hyperlink". On new window, in field Address type full url where link should go. Do that including http:// prefix, like here on this image:Then, just click OK and the word will be

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How to add background in Microsoft Word document just for one, single word? Here is little tutorial (or tip) how you can do that.Select particular word you want make background for. Go to Format - Borders and Shading. On new window, open card for Shading. On color picker palette, pick color you like. Or, you can chose some color from "More colors" button. On right side, where it's "Apply to" pick

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Sometimes you need to move away from computer quick without shutting it down. But there are people near you don't trust. How to keep them not to touch your computer? Lock it. OK, but how to do that quick? Well, you'll do that if you have a shortcut on desktop for looking your computer desktop and keyboard. Just double-click on shortcut. And here's how you'll make that shortcut.Right-click on

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Is Windows 7 the answer to all the questions that Windows Vista poses? Windows 7 is fast, stable and far more reliable than you'd expect.Windows 7 is full of great new features and enhancements and was built around users feedback, so you'll see a lot of things you've asked for.Microsoft has made its intentions clear: Windows 7 is intended to right the wrongs Vista wrought, but retain that

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When you make bulletin list in MS Word, you don't need to use plain dashes, dotes or some other plain bullets. You can nicely customize it and use some of plenty available images.When you made a list, select it and right-click on it. Then, chose "Bullets and Numbering". You can chose some of that you see there but better go to Customize. Then, click on "Picture" button. MS Word will go on

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By default, you can sort columns easy in Excel 2007 (and other Excel versions). But what to do when you need to sort rows? Of course, you can do that manually but Excel 2007 can do that for you, too.Sellect rows you want to sort.In Ribbon, sellect Data card.In "Sort & Filter" chose "Sort".In Sort window, click Options button.In "Orientation" chose "Sort left to right" radio button.Click OK.In

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You would like to know what is your IP address when you are connected on the Internet? You can get your answer on several different ways. You can go to whatismyipaddress.com and you'll see your IP and where are you on Google map. But if you need more information you can go to Start - Run, than type CMD and press ENTER. There, just type"ipconfig/all" (without quotes) and press ENTER. You will get

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If you are not the only user on your computer, you can make some forlders private and only when you log in with your username you can see them. This option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to

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While typing the website URL address in Internet Explorer of Mozilla Firefox url bar, there is no need to bother with typing the http://. All you need to do is start typing the WWW. Both Firefox and Explorer will add http:// in automatically when you start typing. For some websites you don't even type WWW, just what's after www. That other trick depends on website, although, so on some sites it

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Another interesting and useful Gmail option is possibility to email a group of contacts . And that you can do on this way. Go to "Contacts". Than click on Group you would like to e-mail. On "Select" click "All". Or select just contacts you want to email. When contacts are selected, on right side just click "Email". Gmail will automatically redirect you to new message with field "To" filled.

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You need to add some email adress (contact) in your Gmail group (eg friends). And that contact is only in suggested contacts and you don't see Group menu on right side in Gmail. You need first add that suggested contact to My contacts or into Most contacted. Go to Suggested contacts, check particular check-box infront that e-mail adress and click Move to my contacts on right. Now, go to My

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How to merge rar files with Winrar?You have several rar files (file1.rar, file2.rar, file3.rar) you downloaded from internet and now you have to merge them into one file. First all that files must be in one folder. Do right click on file1.rar and go to Extract here. Chose folder what you like and extract. If you get pop up while extracting, like this:that means you need password to merge files.

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To make a copy of a CD, you'll need a master to copy,a blank disk, a CD-RW drive, and the proper software.Most computers now include either a CD-RW or DVD-RWdrive. If not, you can purchase the appropriate drive reasonably cheaply.Check out online prices or nip in to your local computer store for advice.If you have a DVD-RW drive, you'll be able to copyboth CDs and DVDs. The rate of copying will

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Word has simplified the way you work with custom dictionaries.You don't need to use Notepad to make changesIn previous versions of Word, you opened a separate text editor, such as Notepad, to work with custom dictionary content.In Word, you don't have to leave your document environment to make changes to your custom dictionaries. Instead, you use a simple, streamlined dialog box that's easily

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You can quickly create attractive and professional business cards in two ways using Word: * Use ready-made business card templates from the Microsoft Office Online Templates Web site. * Create your own business cards from scratch with the Envelopes and Labels dialog box.Choose the right paperYou can either have a professional printer print your business cards or you can purchase paper and

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To start, let's define a couple of terms: * A wildcard character is a keyboard character that you can use to represent one or many characters. For example, the asterisk (*) typically represents one or more characters, and the question mark (?) typically represents a single character. * In our case, a regular expression is a combination of literal and wildcard characters that you use to find

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Groove 2007 is a collaboration software program that brings teams together to work on project activities and share information — anywhere, anytime, with anyone. Teams use Microsoft Office Groove 2007 for a broad range of projects, from simple document collaboration to custom solutions integrated with business processes. Working in Groove 2007 workspaces saves time, increases productivity, and

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New suites, servers, and services in the 2007 Microsoft Office release will deliver additional functionality and new solutions. With updated packaging options, you will have more flexibility than ever before to adopt the specific technologies and solutions that best meet your business and personal needs.1 Volume License customers who purchase Office Professional Plus 2007 or Office Enterprise

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You can create keyboard shortcuts to open programs, which can often be simpler than opening programs using your mouse or other pointing device. Before completing these steps, verify that a shortcut was created for the program to which you want to assign a keyboard shortcut. If no shortcut was created, browse to the folder that contains the program, right-click the program file, and then click

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Whether you're writing a letter or entering numerical data, your keyboard is the main way to enter information into your computer. But did you know you can also use your keyboard to control your computer? Learning just a few simple keyboard commands (instructions to your computer) can help you work more efficiently. This article covers the basics of keyboard operation and gets you started with

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Explore the new Windows Vista start menu.Looking for specific applications, Web sites, and e-mailsis faster than ever with the streamlined Windows Vistastart menu. To find a specific application or file, click theWindows key on the keyboard (or open the start menu)and enter the file name in the Instant Search field. Asyou type, Windows Vista dynamically searches filenames,metadata, and the full

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If you have an Gmail account you have almost 3 gigabytes space on their servers and some people use that space as storage for their messages. But you can also have access to Gmail through Outlook Express, too if you like. In that case you can write mails and answers using Outlook Express advantages. You can use Stationery and other possibilities. To start with that, you have to do following:-

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How many times you typed long text in MSWord and after you noticed "Caps Lock" were turned on? All you typed were case letters and you have to type again. You can change case with Shift + F3, too, but you have to make further effort and you will get nervous, that's almost shore. Here's a tip how you can avoid that. You can attach sound to Caps Lock key and you'll here it when you turn it on by an

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Most computer users who have long been utilizing the Windows XP Home and Professional operating system suite versions are so sick and tired of that green conventional button on the bottom left-most portion of their desktop. The perpetual "Start" has been on this button since time immemorial or since Microsoft released the first of the Windows operating system suite version.This is why most

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In Windows, the default location for the taskbar is at the bottom of the screen, and from left to right it contains by default the Start menu, Quick Launch bar, Taskbar buttons and Notification area[1]). With the release of Windows XP, Microsoft changed the behavior of the taskbar to take advantage of Fitts' law. - The Start menu contains commands that can access programs, documents, and

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It has been confirmed that Microsoft's next generation operating system "Windows Vista" will be available in stores from January 2007. Microsoft has been working hard past few years for this release and I believe this version of Windows is worth buying.Windows Vista EditionsUnlike Windows XP, Vista comes in 6 different versions and each of them is different in its features and price. Obviously

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Completely Removing Old SoftwareWe all install programs, use them for a while, and then wish we were never introduced to them. Some programs that you install you will forget you even have. Some software that you remove will leave little bits and pieces behind that you may not even know about.Add Or Remove Programs.....Not EnoughThe easiest way to remove programs is from the Add Or Remove Programs

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Home Basic Windows Vista * 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor * 512 MB of system memory * 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space * Support for DirectX 9 graphics and 32 MB of graphics memory * DVD-ROM drive * Audio Output * Internet access (fees may apply)Additional RequirementsActual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your

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A guide of Windows XP optimizationBy: DragosMost likely, the main reason your system is dragging the ground is because of all the junk that runs in the background that you don't see. These are applications you may have installed over time.To optimize the startup process you should follow the following steps.You can free up hard drive space by deleting files and applications you don't use often.

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1. Click the section in your notebook where you want to add a To Do list of items that you can check off. 2. On the Format menu, click Stationery. 3. In the Stationery task pane, expand the Planners category. 4. Do one of the following: * Click Simple To Do List to create a page with a single column of items that you can check off. * Click Prioritized To Do List to create

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CTRL + A Select all text on a webpageCTRL + B Open the Bookmarks sidebarCTRL + C Copy the selected text to the Windows clipboardCTRL + D Bookmark the current webpageCTRL + F Find text within the current webpageCTRL + G Find more text within the same webpageCTRL + H Opens the webpage History sidebarCTRL + I Open the Bookmarks sidebarCTRL + J Opens the Download Dialogue BoxCTRL + K Places

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Let's say you are making an Excel table where you shall input how many hours did you work for everyday. And you would like to make designation with colors. Red number for less than 8, blue for 8 and green color for more than 8. Did you know you can make that process automatic in MS Excel? Here's how.Open MSExcel. Make two column table (one for dates and second for hours). Select right column , go

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DMA modeWindows XP sets DMA mode on IDE channels wrong. Most of CD-ROM devices support this, but Windows XP puts them in PIO ( slower ). DMA wont speed device, but it will use less RAM memory, and that way data transfer from CD-ROM to computer will be faster. Go to My Computer-Hardware-Device Manager.Find "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and click «+» (plus) near it. Double click on «Primary IDE

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In this tutorial you can learn how to make callout colored like this, in MS Word. Open MSWord and open new document. Go to Insert in menu, and than Picture – AutoShapes. AutoShapes window will pop-up. There you'll see callouts. Click on them and chose callout type (rectangular, rounded rectangular, oval, cloud, line callout, line accent bar, line no border, line border and accent bar). Chose

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Some of you have following problem with MS Word. Everytime you open some document in Word, on left side there are pages mini pics (pictograms). You manage to close that on View – Thumbnails, but next time when you open another document, thumbnails are there again. Default document in Microsoft Word is Normal.dot, so problem is probably there. So, try this:- Open Word. You should see empty

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If you are MAC user you probably experienced this sometimes: CD stuck in computer and you can't remove it. So, what to do with your Macintosh in that case? Try one of the following solutions: - Close program CD is using and click EJECT on your Macintosh keyboard after. - Open FINDER, click on little EJECT icon on side palette. Or try to drag dick icon from Mac desktop into Trash. - Unlog from

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Lots of PC users don't like Windows Messenger and find it dangerous and unuseful. But, it can be uninstaled in common way. Here is a tip how you can uninstall Windows Messenger.Open Windows Explorer. Go to Windows directory (usually it's on C disk), and find folder named INF. In that directory, find sysoc.ini file. Right mouse click, open with, Notepad. Find row where msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,

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If you are changing graphic/video card, or have some problems with it, you have to uninstall old drivers in order to install new drivers.Uninstaling ATI graphic/video card drivers (Windows XP):- You have to prepare Driver Cleaner software. If you don't have it on your computer, you can download it from www.drivercleaner.net . - Open Control panel, open «add/remove programs» and delete all ATI

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In last post , I explained how to split archive into several archives, and later back them into one. Sometimes you have to split file into several files without archiving. There are many different software products you can use for that propose. Those kind of software usually creates little BAT file, and when you like to put splitted files together, you just run that BUT file. Gsplit is one of

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When you want to send some file in attachment by mail, there are some limits. It's common case you have to split some file into 2 or more files. Or, you have zip file 850MB and you don't have DVD writer. So, you have to split that Zip file into 2 files, not bigger than 700MB. If you like to split it in WinZip, you have to make that while archiving file. Select files you want in that archive, and

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If you want open Task manager, just click combination: CTRL+ALT+Delete. Sometimes while you're trying do that, you can get following message: «taskmgr.exe – Unable to locate component. This application has failed to start because VDMDBG.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.» Problem can be some spyware or trojan you have on computer and it opens many ports. To be

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Copy formats - Format painter toolWhen you worked in MS-Word, you probably formatted some text or paragraph and after a while, you wanted to format some other paragraph or part of text in the same way. Did you know that you don't need to format part by part again? You can do that easier way with this tip. On Word toolbar (Formatting toolbar)you can see Format painter tool. Icon is like a brush

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Quick Case Conversion in MSWordYou are typing some text in Microsoft Word. If you need to convert the case of text, you can select character or word, delete it and replace with right case. But you can do that easier. Select caracter or word, and click Shift/F3. That will swap the case. If you forgot Caps lock , and have all caracters in Upper-case, now you have them all lower case. With another

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MSWord Repeat Key functionDid you know about MS Word possibility to repeat last action several times with just one keyboard click. Repeat key is F4. Let's say you just prepared some formatting with lots of mouse clicks thru different dialog boxes. And now, you have to apply same formatting again. Just type F4. But watch out! F4 repeats just last action. Let's see following example:You inserted

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Are you a gamer? If so, than you need newest DirectX almost all the time. But while instaling some DirectX, you may have some trouble. For instance, while instaling Microsoft DirectX 9.0, and if you are running Microsoft Windows XP, you may see this error message:DirectX did not copy a required fileAnd D3dref8.dll file was not coppied on your system. If you alredy have Dxxpunp.inf file on your

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Hibernate for faster startIf you turn-down computer when you're not working on it, you will save the energy, but not the time. If you don't want to wait until computer turns on, log on, ... than you can use Hibernate function. However, you can't "sleep" all computer like that. Windows 9x with Fat32, for example, can't hibernate. How you can tell if your system can hibernate?In Windows 2000 or

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You have a lots of photos in some folder on your computer, all have numbers-names, and you want to name them like Holliday1.jpg, Holliday2.jpg, ... Don't need to do that one by one. You can do that automatically with this little trick. Open that folder and chose View - ThumbnailsLeft click on any picture and CTRL + A. That way you will select all files in that folder.Right click on first pic and

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You have some software installed on your computer and you don't use it anymore. So, you want to delete it. Don't ever use "right click - delete" on software. That way, Windows can pull some other file you need for some other program, and you'll get in trouble. You have two ways to do that properly. First, you can go to Start - Programs, find software you want to delete and look if "Uninstall"

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Every time you work something on your computer, it write some info on local disk. Fragmented files are spread all around the hard disk and that slows down computer. So, you need to defragment every few weeks. How to defragment?Go to Start - Programs - Accessories - System tools - Disk defragmenter. On defragmenter, just click (and select) disk drive and click on Defragment. After you finish with

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Display the Assistant balloon (if the Assistant is turned off, F1 opens the Help window) F1Select an option in a dialog box; select or clear a check box in a dialog box ALT+ the letter underlined in an optionPerform the action assigned to a default button in a dialog box ENTERCollapse the group ENTER or LEFT ARROWExpand the group ENTER or RIGHT ARROWClose an Assistant message or a tip

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Move to the beginning of a document. HOMEMove to the end of a document. ENDOpen a new window. CTRL+NOpen the Favorites bar. CTRL+IOpen the History bar. CTRL+HOpen the Organize Favorites dialog box. CTRL+BOpen the Search bar. CTRL+EPrint the current page or active frame. CTRL+P"Refresh the current Web page, even if the time stamp for the Web version and your locally stored version are the

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Like all other software, MSWord have built-in keyboard shortcuts. Beyond those pre-defined shortcuts, you can define your own in Microsoft Word. Open Tools > Customize and in new dialog click "Keyboard" . In new dialog click some category from "Categories" list. In "Commands" list chose some command. When you chose some command, in window bottom in "Description" field command description

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You've got text documents in various formats. And you want to be sure that text copied from other documents conforms to my document style. This is the way in MS Word 2002 (XP). 1. In the source document select and copy text you want to use. 2. In the destination document, create a blank paragraph and apply any formatting, such as font size, bullets, columns that you want to apply to the

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Interesting table shortcut in Microsoft WordWhile you're typing in MS Word, just type . +-++ , and you will get table in 1 row with 2 columns. If you type +-+ and ENTER, you will get just 1 cell. So, +, -, and as many plusses as cells you like to make. Text selecting in Microsoft WordWhile you're working in MSWord, click SHIFT, CTRL and ALT in same time, and that select with mouse. You will see

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You are on some website, and you have to read something there. But there are lot's of gif animations moving, blinking, and only annoying you. You can't concentrate on text. Just click Escape, and animated gifs will become frozen. You will stop them. Try now, here are links for 2 animated gifs for you to try this tip. animated sunandanimated schoolAnd this trick works in Internet Explorer and in

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Activate a selected link. ENTERAdd "www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text typed in the Address bar. CTRL+ENTERAdd the current page to your favorites. CTRL+DChange paper, headers and footers, orientation, and margins for this page. ALT+UClose Print Preview. ALT+CClose the current window. CTRL+WCopy the selected items to the Clipboard. CTRL+CDisplay a shortcut menu for a

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Set start trim point CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROWSet end trim point CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROWClear trim points CTRL+SHIFT+DELETESplit clip CTRL+SHIFT+SCombine clips CTRL+SHIFT+CFirst clip HOMELast clip ENDPlay/Pause SPACEBARStop playback PERIODPrevious frame ALT+LEFT ARROWNext frame ALT+RIGHT ARROWPrevious clip CTRL+ALT+

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Somehow you moved window too far, and now you can't get top of it. It gone way up. Don't panic. Here is solution. Activate that window, click Alt-Space-M combination, and move with arrows. That way you will back active window lower.

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Select a menu, or select or clear the check box by the letter underlined in the menu name. ALT+letter key, where the key is the underlined letter in a menu commandUndoes the last action (Undo command in Edit menu); use within a window. Note that not all actions, such as shutting down, can be undone. ALT+BACKSPACE or CTRL+ZSelect the active item; use after moving with the CTRL key to select

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How to Use Windows XP "System Restore" by: George WhitecraftWhether it's the word processor, spreadsheet, or financial package that isn't working, most people do not know that Microsoft Windows XP has a built in feature that just may come and save the day. That feature is called "System Restore."Basically, System Restore is like a little hound that runs behind the scenes taking "snapshots" of

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If white background on Windows Explorer hurt your eyes, you can change it. On Decktop go right-click, Properties-Appearance-Advanced. On Drop-down menu go to Item-Window, and chose color what you like. OK-Apply-OK.

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Select a menu, or select or clear the check box by the letter underlined in the menu name. ALT+letter key, where the key is the underlined letter in a menu commandSwitch view from current application window to next open application window, including minimized windows on the taskbar in the reverse direction; press ESC more than once to switch through successive windows. ALT+SHIFT+ENTERDisplay

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You have MSExcel sheet with 100 cells filled with 001-100. And you need to add "A" in front all of them. You don't need to work whole day on that. All you have to do is make one Macro in VB. Option ExplicitSub Add_A() Dim Last, Z As Variant, X As Variant Sheets("Sheet1").Select {here add title of your sheet} Last = ActiveCell.SpecialCells(xlLastCell).Address

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Documents you wrote in MS Word 2003 you can open in MSWord 97/2000/2002, but there can be some problems with formatting, graphics, ... If you want to avoid that problems, here is tip:Click Tools-Options-SaveCheck Disable features introduced after and chose Word 97 or Word 6.0/95, and click OK. You can't use this trick with Html word documents, because Word 97 don't support html.

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In the right top corner of Internet Explorer and Outlook Express you will see logo. When you're online logo is animated, and on offline it's static bitmap. This is the way you can change that logo to any pic you want. First, make logo (bitmap image). You will need two images, 22 and 38 pixels for IExplorer and 2nd for Outlook Express. Make first 22pixels image. Make it 22 pixels high and 5x22

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Activate a selected link. ENTERAdd "www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text typed in the Address bar. CTRL+ENTERAdd the current page to your favorites. CTRL+DChange paper, headers and footers, orientation, and margins for this page. ALT+UClose Print Preview. ALT+CClose the current window. CTRL+WCopy the selected items to the Clipboard. CTRL+CDisplay a list of addresses

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Move left, right, up, or down menus and lists ARROW KEYSPlay an item ENTER or SPACEBARDisplay the Help menu ALT+HDisplay Windows Media Player Help F1Display the anchor window menu ALT+F6 to focus on anchor, then ALT key againSwitch to full mode (on the anchor window menu) CTRL+1Open or play a file (on the anchor window menu) CTRL+OSpecify the URL or path to a file (on the anchor window

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Here are some Windows XP Keyboard Shortcuts whitch can save some time in your work on computer.Set focus on a notification. Windows Key+BView properties for the selected item. ALT+ENTEROpen the next menu to the left, or close a submenu. LEFT ARROWCollapse current selection if it's expanded, or select parent folder. LEFT ARROWDisplay the items in the active list in a dialog box. F4Refresh the

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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

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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

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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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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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That autoplay CDs can be really annoying sometimes. If you thing so, than turn of that option. If you are on Windows XP:StartRunQpedit.mscComputer configAdministrative templateSystemDouble click on - "Turn off autoplay"EnableIf you change your mind sometimes, just do Disable on end of this instead Enable.

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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\DesktopIn right window, you will find DoubleClickWidth and DoubleClickHeigh. Both have values. Just change that values to some bigger.

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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.REGEDITHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\ExplorerDouble click on "NoRun" and change "ValueData" from 0 to 1. Close Regedit, and restart computer.

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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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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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If you want scare your friend and have access to his computer, you can hide icons from his computer desktop this way.Open RegeditHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\ExplorerThan, do follow:Edit- New- DWORD valueand name new value - "NoDesktop"Default value change to 1, close regedit, restart Windows.

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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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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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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\PropertySheetHandlersThere can be lots of keys , but standard and important are only:- DeskHtmlExt, and- PlusPack CPL extensionKeep just those two, and delete other keys. Close

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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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