WINDOWS TRICKS & SHORTCUTS

January 10th, 2005, 8:43 am

vicky911 wrote:

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS


Here are a few useful keyboard shortcuts ("hot combos") valid for all MS Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 32/64-bit OSes, MS Internet Explorer 3/4/5/6/7 (and newer) releases + MS Windows 16/32/64-bit applications/programs.
Note that most are available system wide, but some may work ONLY with specific MS OSes and/or particular applications/programs.

uhm.. there is no Internet Explorer 7.....or newer. lol theres netscape 7.. IE 6..?

January 20th, 2005, 12:07 pm

Ctrl+Alt+Delete is a very good one

January 20th, 2005, 9:30 pm

eh.. its not bad.
but if you REALLY want to have one, then you can modify the controls accessible by the user in alt+ctrl+del. so like, disable the shut down and processes options.. stuff like that
then disable registry editing so that they either A. have to get an ISO such as Austrumi or B. hack ur box another way? lol yea.. i have too much fun by myself..

January 22nd, 2005, 12:05 am

Huge thread this, so apologies if this has been posted

Shortcuts used with Start -> Run
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%ALLUSERSPROFILE% -Open the All User's Profile
%HomeDrive% -Opens your home drive e.g. C:\
%UserProfile% -Opens you User's Profile
%temp% Opens -temporary file Folder
%systemroot% -Opens Windows folder

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Management Consoles

certmgr.msc --Certificate Manager
ciadv.msc --Indexing Service
compmgmt.msc --Computer management
devmgmt.msc --Device Manager
dfrg.msc --Defragment
diskmgmt.msc --Disk Management
fsmgmt.msc --Folder Sharing Management
eventvwr.msc --Event Viewer
gpedit.msc --Group Policy -XP Pro only
iis.msc --Internet Information Services
lusrmgr.msc --Local Users and Groups
mscorcfg.msc --Net configurations
ntmsmgr.msc --Removable Storage
perfmon.msc --Performance Manager
secpol.msc --Local Security Policy
services.msc --System Services
wmimgmt.msc --Windows Management

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Shortcuts

access.cpl --Accessibility Options
hdwwiz.cpl --Add New Hardware Wizard
appwiz.cpl --Add/Remove Programs
timedate.cpl --Date and Time Properties
desk.cpl --Display Properties
inetcpl.cpl --Internet Properties
joy.cpl --Joystick Properties
main.cpl keboard --Keyboard Properties
main.cpl --Mouse Properties
ncpa.cpl --Network Connections
ncpl.cpl --Network Properties
telephon.cpl --Phone and Modem options
powercfg.cpl --Power Management
intl.cpl --Regional settings
mmsys.cpl sounds --Sound Properties
mmsys.cpl --Sounds and Audio Device Properties
sysdm.cpl --System Properties
nusrmgr.cpl --User settings
firewall.cpl --Firewall Settings (sp2)
wscui.cpl --Security Center (sp2)

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Run Commands

Calc --Calculator
Cfgwiz32 --ISDN Configuration Wizard
Charmap --Character Map
Chkdisk --Repair damaged files
Cleanmgr --Cleans up hard drives
Clipbrd --Windows Clipboard viewer
Cmd --Opens a new Command Window (cmd.exe)
Control --Displays Control Panel
Dcomcnfg --DCOM user security
Debug --Assembly language programming tool
Defrag --Defragmentation tool
Drwatson --Records programs crash & snapshots
Dxdiag --DirectX Diagnostic Utility
Explorer --Windows Explorer
Fontview --Graphical font viewer
Ftp -ftp.exe program
Hostname --Returns Computer's name
Ipconfig --Displays IP configuration for all network adapters
Jview --Microsoft Command-line Loader for Java classes
MMC --Microsoft Management Console
Msconfig --Configuration to edit startup files
Msinfo32 --Microsoft System Information Utility
Nbtstat --Displays stats and current connections using NetBios over TCP/IP
Netstat --Displays all active network connections
Nslookup--Returns your local DNS server
Ping --Sends data to a specified host/IP
Regedit --Registry Editor
Regsvr32 --Register/de-register DLL/OCX/ActiveX
Regwiz -Registration wizard
Sfc /scannow --System File Checker
Sndrec32 --Sound Recorder
Sndvol32 --Volume control for soundcard
Sysedit --Edit system startup files (config.sys, autoexec.bat, win.ini, etc.)
Taskmgr --Task manager
Telnet --Telnet program
Tracert --Traces and displays all paths required to reach an internet host
Winipcfg --Displays IP configuration
Wupdmgr --Takes you to Microsoft Windows Update

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Example

Start -> Run and type services.msc
hit enter or click OK and this will take you direct to the services

As long as you don't clear the typed Run commands history, you can find the most commonly used ones very easily.

January 22nd, 2005, 10:48 am

you dont need the percent signs when accessing the temp folder. you can just go start > run > temp and it'll open it up.

January 22nd, 2005, 3:16 pm

AnarchY SI wrote:

you dont need the percent signs when accessing the temp folder. you can just go start > run > temp and it'll open it up.

There's always one, eh!!

January 22nd, 2005, 7:23 pm

lol exactly...

January 27th, 2005, 9:03 am

AnarchY SI wrote:

eh.. its not bad.
but if you REALLY want to have one, then you can modify the controls accessible by the user in alt+ctrl+del. so like, disable the shut down and processes options.. stuff like that
then disable registry editing so that they either A. have to get an ISO such as Austrumi or B. hack ur box another way? lol yea.. i have too much fun by myself..

hey, out of curiousity, how do you do that? also do you know how to disable the mouse too?

i havent seen this mentioned yet, but ive heard of the right Alt Arrow key down or something turns the screen up side down. i havent been able to acomplish that one yet, all it does is shut my computer down when i press it , so it might be the wrong keys . but i have seen it done before, same with the mouse. if its wrong someone please correct it, im not exactly sure what the keys are for that process

January 27th, 2005, 9:23 am

how do you do what, with alt+ctrl+del? i've compiled a list of reg keys that i find to be useful / fun / w.e and i put them on my website.. heres the url: http://www.freewebs.com/shibbyinc/AdminRegKeys.html

as for austrumi, i believe you can download that here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/austrumi/

i've never heard anything of this "flipping" your monitor and if it shuts your pc down, then someone prly told you that as a joke so that you would shut your pc down and they may have had some program to do it for them and they changed the keys from shutting down their pc to doing whatever you saw them do.

[ATNO/TW]

January 27th, 2005, 9:38 am

CTRL+ALT+ (any arrow key) will rotate your screen display in the direction of the arrow if your graphic card supports it.

January 27th, 2005, 9:41 am

ATNO/TW wrote:

CTRL+ALT+ (any arrow key) will rotate your screen display in the direction of the arrow if your graphic card supports it.

Woah, just tried that on my work computer. Now to find some co-workers who forget to lock their terminals...

[ATNO/TW]

January 27th, 2005, 9:54 am

*lol -- I knew that was going to cross somebody's mind!

Yeah, some contemporary flat panel monitors and laptops screens can be physically rotated, so this feature is now being included on newer graphics cards to adjust for that.

January 27th, 2005, 12:27 pm

ahh.. yea my vid card is a radeon 9600 and i got it like.. 2 1/2 years ago, lol. so when i try it.. all it does is scroll up and down the post, or nothing but *shrug* maybe i'll get a new card someday.. ..maybe.. *dammit* lol

February 10th, 2005, 1:01 pm

I've not seen this one posted yet. Hold Control-Shift and then hit Esc. This is a quick (left-handed) shortcut to the windows task manager.

This is especially useful when explorer crashes and you cannot see your start menu or any program icons. Just hit Control-Shift-Esc, click File, Run, and then type Explorer. Wha-lah, you now have your desktop and start menu back (note, you do lose most of your tray icons though until you reboot).

February 11th, 2005, 10:18 pm

Sheepdip wrote:

I've not seen this one posted yet. Hold Control-Shift and then hit Esc. This is a quick (left-handed) shortcut to the windows task manager.

This is especially useful when explorer crashes and you cannot see your start menu or any program icons. Just hit Control-Shift-Esc, click File, Run, and then type Explorer. Wha-lah, you now have your desktop and start menu back (note, you do lose most of your tray icons though until you reboot).

I knew about the shortcut but it didnt know you could get explorer running again by doing that, I will definately need that in the future, thanks =)