***WINDOWS
DMA Mode on IDE Devices
Changing the CD – ROM setting to DMA will reduce the number of CPUCycles the CD – ROM consumes. Go to Device Manager > IDE ATA / ATAPIControllers > Primary IDE Channel. Set the Device I setting to "DMA ifAvailable". Repeat for Secondary Channel if you have device attached.
Turn off System Restore
XP keeps a backup of system files in the System Volume InformationFolder. This eats up valuable space on your hard, drive. If you don'twant Windows to back them up; Go to Control Panel > System > SystemRestore. Check “Turn of System Restore". Delete the System VolumeInformation 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 Boxthe appears. Check "Use MouseKeys". Click Settings again and changethem 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 (Bypassesthe Recycle Bin)
F6 Switches between left and rightpanes 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 rightpanel and double-click on 'mensuhowdelay'. In the Value Data box,change the defoult value for the menu speed from 400 to a lessernumber.
Add or Romove Destinations in the Send to menu
The Send To menu appears when you right-click on an object. You modifythis menu by modifying the Send To folder. Generally this folder isfound in "C:\Documents and Settings\
Disable list of startup programs
To disable the list of startup programs,go to User configuration >Administrative Templates > System > Logon and enable "Do not processthe run once list". This prevents programs from starting upautomatically, 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 sometime, the prefetch directory can get full of junk and obsolete linksin the Prefetch catalog, which can slow down your computer noticeably.Open (system drive): / windows / prefetch, delete those junk andobsolete 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' andenable this rule. This will shorten your boot up time, and also savememory.
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 WindowsXP
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***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 nameyou want to see on the browser. You can add a customized animated logoand change the background of the toolbar by going to 'Browser toolbarcostomisation.
Load Internet Explorer Fast
Edit your link to Start IE to have –nohome after it. "<>: \ Program Files\Internet Explore\IEXPLORE.EXE" –nohome. Thiswill load IE very fast because it dosent't a web page while it isloading. To go to your homepage after it has loaded, just click on thehome button. (Or hit Alt + Home)
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***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
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***Linux
Cut and Paste
You can highlight any text anywhere using the mouse and instantlypastely paste it by pressing mouse button 3 ( or both buttons on twobutton nice).
Applications also support selecting text and pressing Ctrl + C to copyit 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 "scrollback mode" with Ctrl + A + Exc. You can move the cursor with the arrowand mark text by pressing the Space Bar at the beginning and end ofthe text you want. The text you selected can now be paseted with Ctrl+ A
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***Microsoft 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 todo the same. Double-clicking just selects a single word.
Adding Footnotes
If you use Footnotes a lot in Microsoft Word, you don't need to reachto your mouse and click Insert / Footnote each time you want to addone. 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 inthe column you want to select .
To select a row, click in the fist cell of the row youwant 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. InMicrosoft 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`, Ifor I`, u for u`, y for y`.
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