WINDOWS TRICKS & SHORTCUTS

[ATNO/TW]

October 14th, 2003, 2:51 pm

Win2k and XP - hitting the left shift button 5 times quickly brings up the keyboard accessability option.

October 14th, 2003, 3:11 pm

ATNO/TW wrote:

Win2k and XP - hitting the left shift button 5 times quickly brings up the keyboard accessability option.

That is a cool on! Thanks~!

[ATNO/TW]

October 14th, 2003, 4:14 pm

I found that by accident. I was frustrated at one point today and was tapping the shift button, and all of a sudden this accessability option API is staring at me! *lol

[ATNO/TW]

October 17th, 2003, 5:42 pm

To add what I added in the Suggestion forum:

Shift + Home takes you to the top of the page in a browser
Shift + End takes you to the bottom of the page in a browser.

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My mouse feels lonely.

[ATNO/TW]

October 17th, 2003, 5:47 pm

Your arrow buttons will do some amazing things in Windows Explorer. Try it out. Left, Right, Up, Down... there's a few other Explorer shortcuts I'll post when I have time, but here's a cool one. Ctrl +A to select all in the right pane (Windows Explorer), then Left-click and Hold and drag to wherever you want. It immediately moves all selected to the new destination.

October 18th, 2003, 4:13 pm

ATNO/TW wrote:

To add what I added in the Suggestion forum:

Shift + Home takes you to the top of the page in a browser
Shift + End takes you to the bottom of the page in a browser.

---------------
My mouse feels lonely.

I used just Home and End without shift! works the same for me!

[ATNO/TW]

October 18th, 2003, 7:20 pm

Yah, but it depends on what program you happen to be in. IE does what you discovered, but other browsers/programs seem inconsistant. I just got into the habit of holding shift and it seems to be the most consistant.

[ATNO/TW]

October 18th, 2003, 7:23 pm

You know the really sad part is I bet there's a ton of folks out there who have never touched there "home" and "end" keys.

October 18th, 2003, 7:25 pm

I have been using a laptop for ages now and i never had the button. But now that i do have it i use it all the time!

[ATNO/TW]

October 18th, 2003, 7:41 pm

What I have always wondered and have never discovered is what the SysRq is supposed to do. Anybody know? Since it is also Print Scrn, every time I hit it it copies the screen to clipboard, but I have no clue as to what SysRq does.

October 25th, 2003, 4:17 pm

Reminds me of another good shortcut:

ALT + Print Screen

Copies the selected window into the clipboard (as opposed to the entire desktop when not holding ALT).

I use that one at least once a week...

[ATNO/TW]

October 25th, 2003, 5:10 pm

Yep dr nick -- that's great for writing tutorials.

[UNFLUX]

October 25th, 2003, 7:34 pm

and proving yourself to clients or whoever disbelieves you

November 1st, 2003, 12:11 pm

F5 to refresh a page in IE.

[UNFLUX]

November 1st, 2003, 10:19 pm

F5 refreshes most apps in windows