WINDOWS TRICKS & SHORTCUTS

February 11th, 2009, 2:01 pm

I use alt + tab which allows you to change windows.

February 19th, 2009, 9:41 pm

here i found this usefull Keyboard Shortcuts like

[Alt] and [Esc] Switch between running applications

[Alt] and letter Select menu item by underlined letter

[Ctrl] and [Esc] Open Program Menu

[Ctrl] and [F4] Close active document or group windows (does not work with some applications)

[Alt] and [F4] Quit active application or close current window

[Alt] and [-] Open Control menu for active document

[Ctrl] Lft., Rt. arrow Move cursor forward or back one word

[Ctrl] Up, Down arrow Move cursor forward or back one paragraph

Windows key + R = Run menu

This is usually followed by:
cmd = Command Prompt
iexplore + "web address" = Internet Explorer
compmgmt.msc = Computer Management
dhcpmgmt.msc = DHCP Management
dnsmgmt.msc = DNS Management
services.msc = Services
eventvwr = Event Viewer
dsa.msc = Active Directory Users and Computers
dssite.msc = Active Directory Sites and Services


get the full list here

February 19th, 2009, 10:38 pm

ATNO/TW wrote:

F6 automatically highlights the URL in the address bar of IE - copy and paste at will.

It also works well with Firefox. I tried it.

February 20th, 2009, 9:35 pm

Hi,
Thanks for sharing your ideas and views with us. I'm a new one in this forum. Please keep updating me.

March 9th, 2009, 11:53 pm

to delete an invalid bootpath:

run command
- press keyboard buttons: winkey + r button
- paste this: msconfig
- press: enter
- click tab: boot.ini
- click button: check all boot paths
(computer checks the boot paths and removes invalid ones)
- restart the computer

March 10th, 2009, 5:36 am

Windowskey+tab for vista or windows7

March 23rd, 2009, 1:51 pm

thank you guys for all the post keep up i find some of those usefull

April 16th, 2009, 3:15 am

[ctrl]+[alt]+[del]= task manager

April 16th, 2009, 5:35 am

alice321 wrote:

[ctrl]+[alt]+[del]= task manager

In vista, that opens that weird blue screen of... life, with the options to log off/open task manager etc.

ctrl+shift+escape is a better way to open the task manager in Vista, however if a program has crashed and is preventing that from working - you press ctrl+alt+delete to get the other screen and then choose task manager.

April 17th, 2009, 4:36 am

thanks many useful tips out here..

May 11th, 2009, 4:49 am

Following are some shortcut keys:


Winkey + Pause = display the Systems Properties page (very useful!! )
Winkey + R = display the Run dialog box
Winkey + M = minimize all windows
Winkey + D = minimize all windows. Press again and desktop apps reappear.
Winkey + Shift + M = undo minimize all windows
Winkey + F1 = starts Windows Help
(F1 by itself brings up Help in the current application)
Winkey + E = start Explorer
Winkey + F = start Find
Winkey + F + CNTL = start Find Computer
Winkey + B = Sets focus on the task bar
Winkey + TAB = cycle through taskbar buttons
Winkey + BREAK = display Systems Properties panel
Winkey + L = lock Desktop

May 15th, 2009, 10:12 am

This one, old one but I didn't see it

alt+PstScn= copy all windows on screen

and

ctrl+v past on any images software (word, photoshop, etc)