Getting used to using your keyboard exclusively and leaving your mouse behind wi

ll make you much more efficient at performing any task on any Windows system. I
use the following keyboard shortcuts every day:
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
Windows key + E = Explorer
ALT + Tab = Switch between windows
ALT, Space, X = Maximize window
CTRL + Shift + Esc = Task Manager
Windows key + Break = System properties
Windows key + F = Search
Windows key + D = Hide/Display all windows
CTRL + C = copy
CTRL + X = cut
CTRL + V = paste
Also don t forget about the Right-click key next to the right Windows key on your ke
yboard. Using the arrows and that key can get just about anything done once you ve
opened up any program.
Keyboard Shortcuts
[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
[F1] Open Help for active application
Windows+M Minimize all open windows
Shift+Windows+M Undo minimize all open windows
Windows+F1 Open Windows Help
Windows+Tab Cycle through the Taskbar buttons
Windows+Break Open the System Properties dialog box
acessability shortcuts
Right SHIFT for eight seconds .. Switch FilterKeys on and off.
Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN . Switch High Contrast on and off.
Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK . Switch MouseKeys on and off.
SHIFT . five times Switch StickyKeys on and off.
NUM LOCK for five seconds Switch ToggleKeys on and off.
explorer shortcuts
END . Display the bottom of the active window.
HOME . Display the top of the active window.
NUM LOCK+ASTERISK . on numeric keypad (*) Display all subfolders under the selected
folder.
NUM LOCK+PLUS SIGN . on numeric keypad (+) Display the contents of the selected fol
der.
NUM LOCK+MINUS SIGN . on numeric keypad (-) Collapse the selected folder.
LEFT ARROW Collapse current selection if it s expanded, or select parent folder.
RIGHT ARROW . Display current selection if it s collapsed, or select first subfolder.

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1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were
coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamin
a. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start
button option, and then type systeminfo . The computer will produce a lot of useful
info, including the uptime. If you want to keep these, type systeminfo > info.tx
t . This creates a file called info.txt you can look at later with Notepad. (Profe
ssional Edition only).
2. You can delete files immediately, without having them move to the Recycle Bin
first. Go to the Start menu, select Run ¦ and type gpedit.msc ; then select User Con
figuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Explorer and f
ind the Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin setting. Set it. Poking aro
und in gpedit will reveal a great many interface and system options, but take ca
re some may stop your computer behaving as you wish. (Professional Edition only)
.

3. You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks of the mouse. Create a new s
hortcut on your desktop using a right mouse click, and enter rundll32.exe user32.
dll,LockWorkStation in the location field. Give the shortcut a name you like. Tha
t s it â just double click on it and your computer will be locked. And if that s not eas
y enough, Windows key + L will do the same.
4. XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messe
nger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Ed
it, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word hide and remove
it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select
Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerabl
e.
5. For those skilled in the art of DOS batch files, XP has a number of interesti
ng new commands. These include eventcreate and eventtriggers for creating and watchi
ng system events, typeperf for monitoring performance of various subsystems, and sc
htasks for handling scheduled tasks. As usual, typing the command name followed b
y /? will give a list of options â they re all far too baroque to go into here.
6. XP has IP version 6 support â the next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is mo
re than your ISP has, so you can only experiment with this on your LAN. Type ipv6
install into Runâ ¦ (it s OK, it won t ruin your existing network setup) and then ipv6 /
the command line to find out more. If you don t know what IPv6 is, don t worry and
don t bother.
7. You can at last get rid of tasks on the computer from the command line by usi
ng taskkill /pid and the task number, or just tskill and the process number. Find th
at out by typing tasklist , which will also tell you a lot about what s going on in y
our system.
8. XP will treat Zip files like folders, which is nice if you ve got a fast machin
e. On slower machines, you can make XP leave zip files well alone by typing regsv
r32 /u zipfldr.dll at the command line. If you change your mind later, you can pu
t things back as they were by typing regsvr32 zipfldr.dll .
9. XP has ClearType â Microsoft s anti-aliasing font display technology â but doesn t h
t enabled by default. It s well worth trying, especially if you were there for DOS
and all those years of staring at a screen have given you the eyes of an astigm
atic bat. To enable ClearType, right click on the desktop, select Properties, Ap
pearance, Effects, select ClearType from the second drop-down menu and enable th
e selection. Expect best results on laptop displays. If you want to use ClearTyp
e on the Welcome login screen as well, set the registry entry HKEY_USERS/.DEFAUL
T/Control Panel/Desktop/FontSmoothingType to 2.
10. You can use Remote Assistance to help a friend who s using network address tra
nslation (NAT) on a home network, but not automatically. Get your pal to email y
ou a Remote Assistance invitation and edit the file. Under the RCTICKET attribut
e will be a NAT IP address, like 192.168.1.10. Replace this with your chum s real
IP address â they can find this out by going to www.whatismyip.com â and get them to ma
e sure that they ve got port 3389 open on their firewall and forwarded to the erra
nt computer.
11. You can run a program as a different user without logging out and back in ag
ain. Right click the icon, select Run Asâ ¦ and enter the user name and password you w
ant to use. This only applies for that run. The trick is particularly useful if
you need to have administrative permissions to install a program, which many req
uire. Note that you can have some fun by running programs multiple times on the
same system as different users, but this can have unforeseen effects.
12. Windows XP can be very insistent about you checking for auto updates, regist
ering a Passport, using Windows Messenger and so on. After a while, the nagging
goes away, but if you feel you might slip the bonds of sanity before that point,
run Regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version
/Explorer/Advanced and create a DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips with a valu
e of 0.
13. You can start up without needing to enter a user name or password. Select Ru
nâ ¦ from the start menu and type control userpasswords2?, which will open the user acc
ounts application. On the Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User N
ame And Password To Use This Computer, and click on OK. An Automatically Log On
dialog box will appear; enter the user name and password for the account you wan
t to use.
14. Internet Explorer 6 will automatically delete temporary files, but only if y
ou tell it to. Start the browser, select Tools / Internet Optionsâ ¦ and Advanced, go
down to the Security area and check the box to Empty Temporary Internet Files fo
lder when browser is closed.
15. XP comes with a free Network Activity Light, just in case you can t see the LE
Ds twinkle on your network card. Right click on My Network Places on the desktop
, then select Properties. Right click on the description for your LAN or dial-up
connection, select Properties, then check the Show icon in notification area wh
en connected box. You ll now see a tiny network icon on the right of your task bar
that glimmers nicely during network traffic.
16. The Start Menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed
things along by changing the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Des
ktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something a little snappier. Like 0.
17. You can rename loads of files at once in Windows Explorer. Highlight a set o
f files in a window, then right click on one and rename it. All the other files
will be renamed to that name, with individual numbers in brackets to distinguish
them. Also, in a folder you can arrange icons in alphabetised groups by View, A
rrange Icon Byâ ¦ Show In Groups.
18. Windows Media Player will display the cover art for albums as it plays the t
racks â if it found the picture on the Internet when you copied the tracks from the
CD. If it didn t, or if you have lots of pre-WMP music files, you can put your own
copy of the cover art in the same directory as the tracks. Just call it folder.
jpg and Windows Media Player will pick it up and display it.
19. Windows key + Break brings up the System Properties dialogue box; Windows ke
y + D brings up the desktop; Windows key + Tab moves through the taskbar buttons
.
20. The next release of Windows XP, codenamed Longhorn, is due out late next yea
r or early 2003 and won t be much to write home about. The next big release is cod
enamed Blackcomb and will be out in 2003/2004.

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125 USEFUL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

1.CTRL+L Open the Open dialog box
2. CTRL+N Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address
3. CTRL+O Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L
4. CTRL+B Open the Organize Favorites dialog box
5. CTRL+E Open the Search bar
6. CTRL+F Start the Find utility
7. CTRL+H Open the History bar
8. CTRL+I Open the Favorites bar
9. CTRL+P Open the Print dialog box
10. CTRL+R Update the current Web page
11. CTRL+W Close the current window
12. CTRL+C Copy
13. CTRL+X Cut
14. CTRL+V Paste
15. CTRL+Z Undo
16. DELETE Delete
17. SHIFT+DELETE Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item i
n the Recycle Bin
18. CTRL while dragging an item Copy the selected item
19. CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item Create a shortcut to the selected item
20. F2 key Rename the selected item
21. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word
22. CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous wo
rd
23. CTRL+DOWN ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragr
aph
24. CTRL+UP ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous para
graph
25. CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys Highlight a block of text
26. SHIFT with any of the arrow keys Select more than one item in a window or on
the desktop, or select text in a document
27. CTRL+A Select all
28. F3 key Search for a file or a folder
29. ALT+ENTER View the properties for the selected item
30. ALT+F4 Close the active item, or quit the active program
31. ALT+ENTER Display the properties of the selected object
32. ALT+SPACEBAR Open the shortcut menu for the active window
33. CTRL+F4 Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multip
le documents open simultaneously
34. ALT+TAB Switch between the open items
35. ALT+ESC Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened
36. F6 key Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop
37. F4 key Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer
38. SHIFT+F10 Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
39. ALT+SPACEBAR Display the System menu for the active window
40. CTRL+ESC Display the Start menu
41. ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name Display the corresponding menu
42. Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu Perform the correspondin
g command
43. F10 key Activate the menu bar in the active program
44. RIGHT ARROW Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu
45. LEFT ARROW Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu
46. F5 key Update the active window
47. BACKSPACE View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer
48. ESC Cancel the current task
49. CTRL+SHIFT+ESC Open Task Manager
50. Dialog box keyboard shortcuts
51. CTRL+TAB Move forward through the tabs
52. CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Move backward through the tabs
53. TAB Move forward through the options
54. SHIFT+TAB Move backward through the options
55. ENTER Perform the command for the active option or button
56. SPACEBAR Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box
57. Arrow keys Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons
58. F1 key Display Help
59. F4 key Display the items in the active list
60. Microsoft natural keyboard shortcuts
61. Windows Logo Display or hide the Start menu
62. Windows Logo+BREAK Display the System Properties dialog box
63. Windows Logo+D Display the desktop
64. Windows Logo+M Minimize all of the windows
65. Windows Logo+SHIFT+M Restore the minimized windows
66. Windows Logo+E Open My Computer
67. Windows Logo+F Search for a file or a folder
68. CTRL+Windows Logo+F Search for computers
69. Windows Logo+F1 Display Windows Help
70. Windows Logo+ L Lock the keyboard
71. Windows Logo+R Open the Run dialog box
72. Windows Logo+U Open Utility Manager
73. Accessibility keyboard shortcuts
74. Right SHIFT for eight seconds Switch FilterKeys either on or off
75. Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN Switch High Contrast either on or off
76. Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK Switch the MouseKeys either on or off
77. SHIFT five times Switch the StickyKeys either on or off
78. NUM LOCK for five seconds Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off
79. Windows Logo +U Open Utility Manager
80. Windows Explorer keyboard shortcuts
81. END Display the bottom of the active windowl
82. HOME Display the top of the active window
83. NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign * Display all of the subfolders that are under the se
lected folder
84. NUM LOCK+Plus sign + Display the contents of the selected folder
85. NUM LOCK+Minus sign - Collapse the selected folder
86. LEFT ARROW Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the p
arent folder
87. RIGHT ARROW Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the
first subfolder
88. Shortcut keys for Character Map
89. RIGHT ARROW Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line
90. LEFT ARROW Move to the left or to the end of the previous line
91. UP ARROW Move up one row
92. DOWN ARROW Move down one row
93. PAGE UP Move up one screen at a time
94. PAGE DOWN Move down one screen at a time
95. HOME Move to the beginning of the line
96. END Move to the end of the line
97. CTRL+HOME Move to the first character
98. CTRL+END Move to the last character
99. CTRL+O Open a saved console
100. CTRL+N Open a new console
101. CTRL+S Save the open console
102. CTRL+M Add or remove a console item
103. CTRL+W Open a new window
104. F5 key Update the content of all console windows
105. ALT+SPACEBAR Display the MMC window menu
106. ALT+F4 Close the console
107. ALT+A Display the Action menu
108. ALT+V Display the View menu
109. ALT+F Display the File menu
110. ALT+O Display the Favorites menu
111. CTRL+P Print the current page or active pane
112. ALT+Minus sign - Display the window menu for the active console window
113. SHIFT+F10 Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item
114. F1 key Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item
115. F5 key Update the content of all console windows
116. CTRL+F10 Maximize the active console window
117. CTRL+F5 Restore the active console window
118. ALT+ENTER Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item
119. F2 key Rename the selected item
120. CTRL+ALT+END Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box
121. ALT+PAGE UP Switch between programs from left to right
122. ALT+PAGE DOWN Switch between programs from right to left
123. ALT+INSERT Cycle through the programs in most recently used order
124. ALT+HOME Display the Start menu
125. CTRL+ALT+BREAK Switch the client computer between a window and a full

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