For Tips on Internet Explorer , Firefox , MS Word , Windows , Linux
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WINDOWS
DMA Mode on IDE Devices
Changing the CD – ROM setting to DMA will reduce the number of CPU
cycles the CD – ROM consumes. Go to Device Manager > IDE ATA / ATAPI
Controllers > Primary IDE Channel. Set the Device I setting to “DMA if
available”. Repeat for Secondary Channel if you have device attached.
Turn Off System Restore
XP keeps a backup of system files in the System Volume Information
folder. This eats up valuable space on your hard, drive. If you don’t
want Windows to back them up; Go to Control Panel > System > System
Restore. Check " Turn of System Restore". Delete the System Volume
Information Folder.
Control Your Mouse Using Your Keyboard
You can control your mouse pointer using the numeric keypad. Press Alt
- left Shift + Num Lock. Click the Setting button in the Dialog Box
the appears. Check “Use MouseKeys”. Click Settings again and change
them as desired. With Mousekeys on, pressing 5 simulates a left click.
Windows Explorer shortcuts
Alt+ Enter View and objects properties.
Shift + Delete Deletes and object immediately (Bypasses
the Recycle Bin)
F6 Switches between left and right
panes on a window.
Ctrl + Esc Displays the Start Menu
Windows Key Shortcuts
Ctrl + WIN + F Display Find: Computer
WIN + Break Display the System Properties dialog box
WIN + Tab Cycle through buttons on the taskbar
WIN + F Display Find: All Files
Speed Up the Start Menu
Go to Start > Run > Regedit. Navigate to the following key.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop. Scroll down in the right
panel and double-click on ‘mensuhowdelay’. In the Value Data box,
change the defoult value for the menu speed from 400 to a lesser
number.
Add or Romove Destinations in the Send to menu
The Send To menu appears when you right-click on an object. You modify
this menu by modifying the Send To folder. Generally this folder is
found in "C:\Documents and Settings<User Name>'. (It may be hidden).
Add / remove shortcuts here to add / remove destinations in the menu.
Disable list of startup programs
To disable the list of startup programs,go to User configuration >
Administrative Templates > System > Logon and enable “Do not process
the run once list”. This prevents programs from starting up
automatically, thus giving you a faster boot up time.
Clean Your Prefetch to Improve Performance
Prefetch is a new technique in XP. However, after using XP for some
time, the prefetch directory can get full of junk and obsolete links
in the Prefetch catalog, which can slow down your computer noticeably.
Open (system drive): / windows / prefetch, delete those junk and
obsolete files, reboot.
Disable MSN Messenger form starting automatically
Go to Start > Run > gpedit.msc. Navigate to User configuration >
Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Messenger.
Click on ‘Do not automatically start windows messenger initially’ and
enable this rule. This will shorten your boot up time, and also save
memory.
Remove the shortcut arrow from desktop icons
Go to Start > Run > Regedit. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Inkfile.
Delete the Is Shortcut registry value. You may have to restart Windows
XP
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer Shortcuts
Shift + CLICK Open link in new window
Ctrl + TAB Move forward between frames
F6 Change Address bar and page focus
Alt + Home Go to your Home page
More Internet Explorer Shortcuts
CTRL + F Find on this page
CTRL + D Add the current page to your Favorites
CTRL + W Close current browser window
CTRL + N Open a new window
Customise Internet Explorer Interface
Go the Start > Run > gpedit.msc. Navigate to User configuration >
Internet Explorer Maintenance > Browser User Interface. Add the name
you want to see on the browser. You can add a customized animated logo
and change the background of the toolbar by going to 'Browser toolbar
costomisation.
Load Internet Explorer Fast
Edit your link to Start IE to have –nohome after it. “< System
Drive>: \ Program Files\Internet Explore\IEXPLORE.EXE” –nohome. This
will load IE very fast because it dosent’t a web page while it is
loading. To go to your homepage after it has loaded, just click on the
home button. (Or hit Alt + Home)
Firefox
Fire Fox Shortcuts
New Tab Ctrl + T
Next Tab Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + Page
Down
Previous Tab Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl +
Page Up
Open Address in New Tab Alt + Enter
Suffixing extensions in Firefox
IE automatically suffixes. Com to an address if you press Ctrl + Enter.
Firefox expands this feature to include. Net and. Org extensions as
well.
For complete. net address Shift + Enter
For complete. org address Ctrl + Shift + Enter
Linux
Cut and Paste
You can highlight any text anywhere using the mouse and instantly
pastely paste it by pressing mouse button 3 ( or both buttons on two
button nice).
Applications also support selecting text and pressing Ctrl + C to copy
it or Ctrl + X to cut it to the clipboard. Press Ctrl + V or Shift –
Insert to Paste.
Some more Cut and Paste
When using the full screen window manager screen you can enter “scroll
back mode” with Ctrl + A + Exc. You can move the cursor with the arrow
and mark text by pressing the Space Bar at the beginning and end of
the text you want. The text you selected can now be paseted with Ctrl
- A
M*cro$oft Office
Cut and Paste
To quickly select and entire sentence in Word, hold down Ctrl and
left-click anywhere in the sentence, or just triple-click anywhere to
do the same. Double-clicking just selects a single word.
Adding Footnotes
If you use Footnotes a lot in M*cro$oft Word, you don’t need to reach
to your mouse and click Insert / Footnote each time you want to add
one. Just hold down the Alt and the Ctrl keys and press F.
Selecting Cells in Word Tables
To select a column, hold down the Alt key and click in
the column you want to select
To select a row, click in the fist cell of the row you
want to select and them press Alt. + Shift + End.
Add Accents to Character
Go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Character Map.
Select thecharacter and click Select. Copy it into your document. In
M*cro$oft Word, dry holding down Ctrl key and hit '(single quote) key.
Type the letter to be accented. E.g. a for a, d for o, e for e, I for I, u for u, y for y.
