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Video – How to create a shutdown, restart, or logoff shortcut on your desktop

June 6, 2010

You will be amazed at how much faster you can shutdown your computer by using this trick. Instead of going to the start menu, choosing shutdown, then waiting for the computer to shut all the programs down, you can create a shortcut on the desktop to do it quickly. You can create a shutdown, restart, [...]

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Video – How to change a shortcut icon on your desktop

June 6, 2010

I guess you are asking why you would want to change a shortcut icon on your desktop? Some programs have really ugly icons that you are forced to look at everyday on your desktop. i know this is going a bit overboard but some people are like that. Maybe two programs have similar icons, which [...]

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How to make shortcut to a internet webpage on your Windows desktop or taskbar

June 5, 2010

It is also handy to put a shortcut to your absolute favourite webpage in the Quick launch toolbar. You need to make a shortcut on the desktop and then drag it to the Quick launch. How to create a link on the desktop to a webpage (Internet Explorer 5,6) Instead of opening Internet Explorer, going [...]

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How to put a run command window shortcut on your vista start menu

June 4, 2010

By default, in Windows vista the run command window shortcut does not appear in the start menu. To get it to come up you need to type the word run into the Search bar at the bottom of the Windows Vista start menu. This is annoying, considering that it was available the Windows XP start [...]

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Windows Vista Shortcut Keys

June 4, 2010

Windows Vista Tips There are some new <Windows> key shortcuts available in Windows Vista for your clicking pleasure. <Windows Key> + G (cycles through the Gadgets) <Windows Key> + L (locks the computer) <Windows Key> + U (activates the Ease Of Use Center) <Windows Key> + X (cycles through the Mobility Center) <Windows Key> + [...]

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What useful Commands can you type into your computer run window?

June 1, 2010

Applies to Windows Vista and Windows XP The Windows Run command dialog box is an extremely useful tool as it can open just about anything you want. You just have to know the special commands to type in. If you are “in to” computers you will become attached to these commands as they access files [...]

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How to create a desktop shortcut

June 1, 2010

You can create a desktop shortcut to anything you like if you know how. You just need to know what file opens what program and luckily most programs that you have installed on your computer have an executable file to open them. They would look something like this: “NameOfProgram.exe”. You can find a programs .exe [...]

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Create a desktop shortcut to open Windows registry editor (regedit)

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If you are like me and always accessing the window registry to edit it , then you really need this shortcut on the desktop. You can even create a desktop shortcut to the registry editor and then add it into your quick launch toolbar or drag it to your Windows seven task bar. If you [...]

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Add shortcut icons to your Quick Access toolbar in Microsoft Word 2007

May 31, 2010

 In Microsoft word 2007 there is a quick access toolbar at the top of the screen next to this symbol. See in the screenshot below. I have circled the quick access toolbar. By default the quick access toolbar has a save shortcut icon, an undo, and a redo icon. However you can add or remove [...]

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A Shortcut to your printer for quick printing

May 31, 2010

Here is a little trick to save time when printing your files. You simply drop the files you want to print onto the printer icon on the desktop. For example, if you wanted to print a word document you would go to the folder where the files is and drag it onto the printer icon. [...]

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Shortcut to delete all html hyperlinks from a Word document

May 31, 2010

Sometimes when you copy text from a webpage, (which could be breaching copyright laws) there will be html hyperlinks included in the text. If you paste this text to a Word Document the hyperlinks will now be in your document. These links will lead to wherever the original author intended. Why would you want to [...]

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How to create a shutdown, restart, or logoff shortcut on your desktop

May 30, 2010

By Mitz Free computer Tips Video – How to create a shutdown, restart, or logoff shortcut on your desktop Instead of going to the start menu, choosing shutdown, then waiting for the computer to shut all the programs down, you can create a shortcut on the desktop to do it quickly. You can create a [...]

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