1. Access Websites Without Typing In The Browser’s URL
From the Start menu in the run window, you can type for a web address instead of typing in the browser.
2. Select All
Ctrl+A lets you select all thats on a page.
3. Put Your Own Icons For Your Folders
Go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>Paint>image>Attributes. In this window, type 32 in both the Width anfd Height boxes and select Pixels under the Units section. In this way, you make an icon size document. Have a brush art, use pencil or air brush whatever you want to create one for you or open up one to edit as you like. Save the file as an icon by typing .ico after the name, for example for a file named ‘abc’ you will type ‘abc.ico’. Go to the properties of the folder that you want to change the icon of. Under the Customize tab, click Change Icon button, under the Folder icons section. Browse for the icon that you have just saved.
4. Display Two Equally Enlarged Windows Side By Side On The Desktop
In the taskbar where you have your Windows’ buttons, click on any one of them, press the Ctrl key and hold it and right click on the other Window button. You will see options of Horizontally and Vertically Tiling, click one of them which you like.
5. Reach The Desktop In A Hurry With The Keyboard
You want to reach the desktop but there are many windows in front of you to minimize them first, here are the keys that keep you ’safe’ from this minimizing job. There are two combinations of keys to press one and then other. First press Ctrl+Esc, realease them, then press Alt+M.
Note: Tested on Windows XP Professional Edition.
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