Some More Windows Tricks
Here are some more Windows tricks that I wrote it down for you.
Also Read: Windows XP Tips, Tricks, Hacks and Tweaks (Part 1)
If you receive a lot of email chances are half of it is unwanted. Here’s an easy way in Outlook/Express and Thunderbird to scan through mail quickly and delete the garbage: hold down the Shift key and use the down arrow key to zip through each message. This will highlight each one. When you get to a message you want to keep, arrow up one and hit “Delete”. Bad email all gone. Arrow down to the next email and start the process all over.
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If you go to a site that should have updated content but it seems like it didn’t change, that could be due to a cached version coming up. To make sure that you are getting the most recent version of a page, hold down the Ctrl key and click the Refresh button in your browser.
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Are you left handed and find it difficult to get into XP Task Manager using Ctrl+Alt+Del? Or maybe Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn’t work on your computer. Then try Ctrl+Shift+Esc and see if Task Manager comes up.
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If you don’t have a pop-up stopper, or if a pop-up sneaks by, there are still a few ways to stop them with one or two key strokes.
You can try the Escape Key which stops the page from loading. Another option is Alt+F4 which closes the current window. And finally, Ctrl+W closes down the current window as well.
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Hold SHIFT while inserting a CD to keep it from “autorunning”. This comes in handy when you want to explore the contents of the disk.
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Are you having trouble when you try to highlight text? Put your cursor at the point where you want to start highlighting (selecting) the text.
Next hold down your SHIFT key and use your up / down arrows. You’ll find when you hold down an arrow that the text scrolls (and highlights) by at a much more manageable rate.
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Have you ever tried to shut your computer down, only to have it hang on the shut down screen? Or maybe it’s locked up beyond any CTRL-ALT-DEL help. You may find that hitting the power button doesn’t seem to do anything.
If you really need to force a shutdown via the power switch, press it in and hold for 6 seconds. That should turn the computer off.
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Need to get to your system properties? Well, you *could* click the Start button, Settings, Control Panel, then open the System icon.
Want a faster way?
Hold down the ALT key and double click the My Computer icon on your desktop.
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Here’s a cool trick for the scroll wheel mouse users out there… if you are in a web browser (Explorer, Firefox, Netscape) or reading an email in Outlook Express, hold down your Ctrl key and spin the wheel. It makes the text larger or smaller depending on which way you spin. For users of the Opera browser, it magnifies both the images and the text.
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Do you ever need to make your Favorites side bar disappear or appear? With Internet Explorer and FireFox just type Ctrl+B. With Netscape Ctrl+B opens the Bookmark Manager.
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To get a new browser window in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Netscape just type Ctrl+N.
For a new tab in FireFox or Netscape type Ctrl+T.
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When you print digital photos do the colors look different than what you saw on the monitor? Not way off, but just a little (and you have enough ink)? If you print a lot of pictures then what you can do is print out a picture, let the ink dry over night, then adjust your screen to match. By synchronizing your settings you should get what you see on the screen.
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Every time you visit a web site, your browser stores the site address (and all the pages visited on that site) in a history file. This comes in real handy when you’re trying to remember the cool site you were visiting the other day, or if you wanna check up on what sites were visited by your kids.
In both Netscape and Internet Explorer you can hit CTRL+H to view history.
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Speedup Windows XP and Vista Tips
Windows XP may not be the fastest Operating System, but you can always tweak it internally to get the best and the fastest results out of it.
You can see some tips that I’m sharing with you all. These tips will help you speed up your Windows XP and Vista.
Keyboard Shortcuts For Windows
Huge Keyboard Shortcut List
What is the allure of keyboard shortcuts? Do they really save time? Why bother since my mouse is permanently attached to my hand?
I like to use keyboard shortcuts, especially if someone is watching me, because they make me look like a pro. With just a few key strokes I can leave a mouser spinning his wheel! Whatever your motivation, here’s a big list of keyboard shortcuts:
GENERAL SHORTCUTS
ALT- F4 – Quit a program / Shut down
ALT-TAB – Hold down the ALT key and hit tab to cycle through open windows.
CTL-ESCAPE – Display the Start menu
SHIFT – TAB – tab backwards through a form
CTRL – X – Cut
CTRL – C – Copy
CTRL – V – Paste
F1 – Help menu
CTRL – Z – Undo
SHIFT & Restart – To restart just windows and not your whole computer, hold down the shift key when you click the OK button on the shutdown screen. Saves lots of time. (not for XP)
CRTL-TAB – Navigate tabs on a tabbed screen
FILE & DESKTOP SHORTCUTS
Hold SHIFT while inserting a CD – Prevents the CD from “autorunning”
If an item is selected:
CTRL while dragging a file – Copies the file
CTRL – SHIFT while dragging a file – Creates a shortcut to the file
SHIFT – DELETE – Deletes an item without sending it to the recycle bin.
ALT-ENTER – Display a file’s properties.
F2 – To rename the file
In Windows Explorer:
LEFT ARROW – Collapse the current selection if it is expanded
NUM LOCK-MINUS SIGN (-) – Collapse the selected folder
RIGHT ARROW – Expand the current selection if it is collapsed -Or- Select the first subfolder
NUM LOCK- * Expand all folders below the current selection
NUM LOCK- PLUS SIGN (+) – Expand the selected folder
F6 – Switch between left and right panes
In My Computer:
BACKSPACE – View the folder one level up
ALT- RIGHT ARROW – Move forward to a previous view
ALT- LEFT ARROW -Move backward to a previous view
INTERNET BROWSER SHORTCUTS
For Internet Explorer 6 and Netscape 7 (may work in older versions)
Open History Window Ctrl+H
Reload Ctrl+R
Back (Previous Page) Alt+Left Arrow or Alt+Backspace
Forward (Next Page) Alt+Right Arrow
Stop Esc
Home Alt+Home
Go to Bottom of Page End
Go to Top of Page Home
New Window Ctrl+N
Close WIndow Ctrl+W
Go Up one Line Up Arrow
Go Down One Line Down Arrow
Full Screen (toggle) F11
Find on Page Ctrl+F
Add Current Page to Favorites Ctrl+D
Print Current Page
or Active Frame Ctrl+P
Organize Favorites (IE)/
Manage Bookmarks (NS)
Ctrl+B
Maximize a Window Alt+Space+x
Minimize a window Alt+Space+N
Scroll page up Alt+Up Arrow
Scroll page down Alt+Down Arrow
Internet Explorer ONLY
Open Favorites Bar Ctrl+I
Select text in address bar Alt+D
Force Reload (not from cache) Ctrl+F5
A faster way to type in addresses with IE is to just type in the name of the site:
worldstart
and hit CTRL + Enter. The “http://www. ” and “.com” will be added for you! (Read Full…)
Hilary Duff Photoshoot Pictures
I have collected some pictures of Hilary Duff from Picsopedia
Click the album below to see them:
Club Penguin Cheats
Club Penguin is a very popular multiplayer game from Miniclip.com. THis is mainly for young kids, but it’s such an addicting game that even adults like playing it.
Thanks to Sanity Penguin for compiling all the hints, cheats and tricks from Club Penguin.
PlayStation 3 Movie Downloads
As part of Sony’s long-range plans for its newest gaming console, the PlayStation 3 will be getting a movie-download service as well as additional music and HDTV capabilities.
The PlayStation platform continues to evolve both in software and firmware revisions, noted Phil Harrison, president of Sony’s worldwide studios, in an interview with gaming publication 1UP. Even during the heyday of the earlier console, the PS2, Sony noted that the platform would be destined for more than gaming.
Google Acquiring Adscape for $29 Million
GOOGLE has agreed to acquire in-game advertising company Adscape Media for $US23 million ($29 million), according to technology site Red Herring, which cited sources familiar with the matter.
A Google spokesman declined to comment, saying the company’s policy is not to respond to “rumour or speculation”. Video game industry analysts said the acquisition could give a boost to the nascent in-game advertising market.Adscape competes with advertising start-ups Double Fusion and IGA Worldwide, which have already signed deals with major publishers.
It also has a rival in Microsoft, which last year paid $US200 million for in-game ad company Massive Inc – lured by Massive’s agreements to place ads in online games from UbiSoft Entertainment, THQ and Take-Two Interactive Software.
“My take on this probable deal is that it doesn’t make a lot of difference to Google but it does provide significant credibility to the game marketing space,” Forrester Research analyst Shar Van Boskirk said.
An Adscape spokeswoman previously said that the company struck deals with video game publishers, but that for strategic reasons it was not revealing names or commenting on the Google acquisition speculation. A company representative was not immediately available for comment.
While Adscape is seeking deals with virtually all major publishers, its value is expected to be based largely on its team and its technology that places dynamic ads on billboards, or vending machines that appear in video games. Adscape, which has received funding from HIG Ventures in Atlanta, is poised to be the big winner if a deal is struck because Google built its multi-billion-dollar web search advertising business with a huge roster of large and small marketers and now has a large, experienced ad sales staff.
