Keyboard Shortcuts

Ever since the creation of the mouse, most computer users can’t do without it, including myself at one point. I have an old Dell laptop, (The Inspiron 8000). That was my very first laptop computer, we been through many emails, movies, walks in the park… but not until recently, the cursor been acting up, keep moving to the top right corner of the screen and stays there. I solved that problem though; I disable the little sucker and learn some keyboard shortcuts I got from the Microsoft website. I prefer the keyboards with the quick launch buttons for email, internet, media player, power, sleep… wireless is even better, because, I can lie back on the couch with the keyboard in my lap while using the computer (I get a little lazy sometimes).
Here are some useful keyboard shortcuts I want to share with you:

General keyboard shortcuts
• CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
• CTRL+C (Copy)
• CTRL+X (Cut)
• CTRL+V (Paste)
• CTRL+Z (Undo)
• DELETE (Delete)
• CTRL+A (Select all)
• SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
• F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
• SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
• F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
• ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
• F2 key (Rename the selected item)

Shortcuts for the Windows Key
• Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
• Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
• Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
• Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)
• Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
• Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
• CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
• Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
• Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)
• Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
• Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)

Microsoft Internet Explorer navigation
• CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)
• CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)
• CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)
• CTRL+H (Open the History bar)
• CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)
• CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)
• CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)
• CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L)
• CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)
• CTRL+R (Update the current Web page)
• CTRL+W (Close the current window)

Shortcut for Dialog Boxes
Move back through options (Shift+Tab)
Move forward through options (Tab)
Move forward through Tabs (Ctrl+Tab)
Select a botton option or a option in a drop-down list (Arrow keys)
Select or clear a check box (Spacebar)

Create a shortcut for a program in Windows XP
Right-click the desktop shortcut, and then click Properties. On the Shortcut tab, click in the Shortcut Key box. Press the keyboard combination that you want to use to start the program. The shortcut combination must consist of one character (a letter, number, or symbol) plus at least two of the following three keys: CTRL, ALT, and SHIFT. Click OK.

Virtual Desktop

I was watching a movie the other day, where I saw a guy using four monitors on a single PC. I thought that was really cool. We all can't afford four flat panel monitors, but all aren't lost, there's an easy solution. If you use Windows XP, Microsoft includes a virtual desktop tool that simulate multiple monitors. You can have different documents on each

"screen" and then switch from one to another with the click of the mouse. To get the virtual desktop manager, go to: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/default.mspx and download it. After installation completes, right-click on the taskbar and select it from the toolbars submenu. It will then appear on the taskbar.

Cracking windows Password

The other day a lady called me up, because she got locked out of her computer, she had forgotten her password.
Someone told her, I am a computer genius and could crack the password in less than five minutes. But the truth is I couldn’t crack my name if it was written backward. I wasn’t going to tell her that though, because I knew what to do.

On most windows xp computer the administor’s password aren’t set during installation, so let us assume that it it’s so with the computer you’re on.

Turn on your system and just before the windows xp logo comes up, hit the F8 key button twice. You’ll see a list of options, use the arrow key to move the highlight to your choice, press the enter key to choose.
Windows then proceed to boot into safe mode, you then see a message box stating that window is running in safe mode… to proceed to work in safe mode, click yes. Click yes.

Once log in to safe mode, go to Start, Control Panel, and User Accounts.
On the User Accounts screen, select the account you want to modify and select the remove the password option. Follow the prompt, restart your computer and login without the password.
I’ll leave cracking or hacking windows password to the real geeks and hackers. If the administor’s password is set, then that’s another story, email me for that.