WINDOWS TRICKS & SHORTCUTS

[ATNO/TW]

December 1st, 2003, 7:21 pm

Actually, I'll have to think about it, but I don't think it would be a macro as much as a VB script change to do it. But it would be cool. I find almost all my answers on Google, but the help stuff is important for newbies to read and if they did, there would probably be a few less questions. (Most people I know don't even know where their owner's manual's are). Perhaps that's not a good thing for OZZU? Maybe I should just keep my mouth shut.

December 1st, 2003, 7:36 pm

I meant teach me how to make an OS

[ATNO/TW]

December 1st, 2003, 7:54 pm

b_heyer wrote:

I meant teach me how to make an OS

As if I wouldn't like to know that! Mr. Gates and Mr. Jobs and others were ahead of our times. I'd like to be rich, too.

December 1st, 2003, 7:55 pm

ATNO/TW wrote:

Lot's of good ones like that at Winguides, UNFLUX. That one's been around awhile:

http://www.winguides.com/registry/

But it would probably be best to stick to simple tricks and shortcuts here and maybe start a new thread for registery hacks and tweaks with a clear warning that they better have a copy of their restore disk/OS handy if they start playing with them! (or more simply since winguides is dedicated to registery tweaks maybe just bookmark that one.)

Another site I've found that seems to have a lot more reg. hacks than winguide is http://www.jsifaq.com/ The search isn't the friendliest in the world but it seems to cover just about every hack/tweak imaginable.

Fair comment about the registry warning - Not something I usually forget but it was very late here in the uk - sorry!

December 9th, 2003, 4:50 am

Heres How to find Netmeeting on windows xp

1. Click on the Start menu.

2. Select Run.

3. Type "conf" (without quotes) in the Open field and hit OK.

You'll have to go through the setup Wizard the first time you launch it

December 9th, 2003, 4:51 am

If you're having trouble running older programs originally developed for previous versions of Windows, it's alright Microsoft built Compatibility Mode into XP. Compatibility Mode allows you to run a program using the shell of the original program it was developed for. here we will show you how to access a program's Compatibility Mode in XP.


1. Find the executable or program shortcut icon you'd like to run

2. Right-click the icon and select Properties.

3. Click the Compatibility tab and place a checkmark next to the text labeled "Run this program in compatibility mode".

4. Select the operating system that the program was originally intended to run on.

5. You may need to fine-tune the three fields under "Display Settings" if an older program requires 640x480 resolution or 256 colors.

6. Click Apply.





Try starting the program after making these changes. If it still gives you trouble, try a different operating system. If the program was written for Win95 and worked fine in Win98, there's nothing that says it still won't work fine with Win98.

[ATNO/TW]

December 9th, 2003, 12:20 pm

CTRL + W closes full screen popup windows that have no other controls.

December 11th, 2003, 11:29 am

Trying to bold, italicize, or underline?

ctrl+b= Bold
ctrl+i= italic
ctrl+u= Underline

Highlight your selection and boom done no mouse needed!

December 11th, 2003, 1:26 pm

also in you Outlook you can "backspace" through to go back and forth through the calender, inbox, deleted items....etc..

December 21st, 2003, 6:21 am

In IE:

If you just type the name of a website into the address bar then press Ctrl and Enter windows automaticall puts http://www. before it and .com afterwards.....it saves a lot of time.

e.g.

Type "ozzu" into the address bar

Press Ctrl and Enter

http://www.ozzu.com appears!

December 22nd, 2003, 1:42 am

CTRL+F5 - Force refresh in IE, good if you have cached pages, 99% of us do, especially immediately after updating a page on a site via FTP, or after updating the hosts file (C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) if you've got those stupid browser hijackers

CTRL+E - Built-in IE Search feature; it's horrible compared to google, but hey, it has my site!

Winkey + U - If you're deaf, this is a great tool!

Winkey + B - see the status of your network connection

some others too lazy to write down

[ATNO/TW]

December 22nd, 2003, 11:09 am

Umm - I'll ask the stupid question. What key is "Winkey" ?

December 22nd, 2003, 1:23 pm

look at your PC keyboard, on the bottom left between your Ctrl and
Alt keys is a key with a Windows logo on it. Hold it down like Shift to
accomplish various shortcuts.

Such as --
Winkey + D = Show Desktop

enjoy.

December 22nd, 2003, 1:57 pm

that reminds me....

winkey + L = locked pc!

December 22nd, 2003, 2:58 pm

that doesn't work too well -

I locked it, left the password field blank and it let me right back in. Also,
none of my passwords were valid when locking it with that method.