Monday, March 30, 2009

Sunday, March 15, 2009

How to Stop other Websites from Changing Your Default Homepage

Some websites illegally modify your registry editor and set their website as default home page, To stop this,

1. Right-click on the Internet Explorer icon and select "Properties".

2. In the "Target" box you will see "C:\Program Files\Internet

Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE".

3. Now by adding the URL of the site to the end of this it overrides any
Homepage setting in internet options:

Eg: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" about:blank will set your homepage to blank

Monday, March 9, 2009

Shortcut Keys for operating Windows XP

Ctrl+X to cut a file
Ctrl+C to copy a file
Ctrl+A to select all files
Ctrl+V to paste the files

Alt+F to open File menu
Alt+E to open Edit Menu
Alt+V to open View Menu


Ctrl+F to find some text on page
Crtl+I to Open Favorites
Ctrl+P to Print
Crtl+R or f5 to Refresh
Ctrl+Z to Undo

Ctrl+Alt+Del opens Task Manager Window

Alt+Sapcebar+N - Minimize Window
Alt+Spacebar+X - Maximize Wndow
Alt+Spacebar+R - Restore Window
Alt+F4 - Close Window
Ctrl+Esc immediately followed by Alt+M Minimize all open Windows
Windowskey+D for quickly Minimizing and Restoring Windows
Windowskey+E opens Windows Explorer
Windowskey+L Switch Off User
Windowskey+R opens Run Dialog Box
Windowskey+U Quickly getting to the Utility Manager
Windowskey+f1 Quickly getting to Help and Support
Crtl+Esc or Windowskey opens Start Menu

Ctrl+Tab to Navigate through Tabs of an open Window
Alt+Tab to Navigate through different Windows

Shift+Tab= Goes back a field
Shift+Delete=Deletes an item Permanently without sending it to the Recycle Bin

To set the Shortcut key for any application, open its properties and then in the Shortcut Tab change the Shortcut Key entry from none to your desired set of shortcut keys

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