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\
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. “<>: \ 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)
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
***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 to do 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 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*cros*ft 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`.
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