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If the copying process window is active then the copying will be faster. The strategy behind this tip is that windows by default gives more cpu time to the active application. I observed it when...

Cacheman is good ... I havnt tested it but it looks like fine. Use it....

Tired of clicking "No" when you're copying something and the folder has already got the same items ?? The dialog box that opens telling us about the duplication of files or folders has four options :...

Hi mastercheif ! Can you please start a new thread in windows 2000, xp troubleshooting ... this way you'll get more help ...

You can also access the system information by typing msinfo32 in Run dialog box.

I think running msconfig is a better choice where you can uncheck the startup items to stop them from loading ... and if you need them back .. you can simply check them again .... and if you want to...

ctrl D will delete an item in explorer.

F6 will tab through items on desktop or active window.

Is there any shortcut about closing all windows ??

Thanks for confirming JANINE :)

seconds I think

And if you want to specify the time before the system could be restarted you can add -t xx (where xx is time) ....
example : if you want your system to immediately restart then :
shutdown -r -t 00...

Pressing shutdown and then when the menu appears (not classic) pressing shift enables hibernate (if hibernate is enabled) instead of stand by.

Hello ingeborgdot@yah ! I dont know about your problem but I think you should post this problem in an appropriate area ..... which windows are you using ?? if you're using 2000 or xp then you should...

Another interesting way of opening the properties is by pressing alt key and double clicking my computer (or any other file or folder).

pressing F11 in windows explorer and internet explorer will make the window full screen.

ctrl + w will close the current window (I've only tested it for explorer.)

That help and support is real big ... that why I started this thread so that we could learn constantly and steadly :).

windows key + pause/break key opens up system properties.

These work only in WMP.

ctrl + shift + click a file and then draging it creates a shortcut of that file.

ctrl + click a file and then draging it creates a copy of that file.

Post windows shortcuts you know here ...

I start with task manager shortcut --> ctrl + shift + Esc.

The shortcut key for locking workstation is windows key + L.

and converting to mp4 format can dramatically reduce the size of audios.... my friend used it for converting songs for his mobile.

I've used Perfect Disk 7 and its also a great defragmenter .... after I defragmented from Perfect disk, I got a great boost to my computer ... and things havnt fragmented again over a period of...

I didnt find any file system tabs in my computer properties ?? Can you help me find that...

You can select any other program as default ... by right clicking the file and going to open with --> choose program and checking the checkbox at the end.

You can right click your desktop ---> on the right click menu select New --> Shortcut ...

Try it and share your experience with us .... I shared mine :).

It's been a long time when I used linux but what I remember is that I used to shutdown linux with halt command ... is it still used or shutdown is the new command .... I've used Red Hat Linux 4 I...

Hey Catweazle I had that in mind too .. but when I tried that .. I clicked on the shortcut ... and bang .... it restarted my pc ... all my work went in vain .. hehe. So I thought I'd better not post...

Yes ... if you make about:blank your home page ... it'll load the default page .. you can see it in the registry .. somewhere like hkey_local_machine -- software -- microsoft -- internet explorer....

I've noticed that when the exit windows and start windows sound is enabled ... the system takes a lot of time to boot or shutdown. You can disable these annoying sounds from your control panel...

This is a handy little trick you can use with Internet Explorer 6 to make it boot up extremely fast
Make a shortcut of iexplore on your desktop ... right-click on the shortcut to Internet Explorer...

you can shut down your pc from dos prompt like this :
type .... shutdown -s ( it'll give you 30 secs to save your work and then it'll shutdown)

for restart type shutdown -r
and for logoff type...

No! dismounting means that it'll disallow all io activity to that particular drive ... and if the drive cannot be dismounted then it'll ask to run disk cleanup on next boot or not.

Hehe ! I'd been finding the tweeks and testing them on different pc's ... but I didnt find any time to post them ... now that its sunday ... I want to post them all :)

Yes .. the programs use dll libraries but they are not automatically unloaded ... taking a pretty much amount of ram .. only for users who dont restart programs frequently( frequently means a lot of...