TECH STAND -Technical Hodgepodge

Windows Shortcuts

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Alt + E — Opens the Edit menu

Alt + Enter — Opens the Properties window

Alt + F — Opens the File menu

Alt + F4 — Closes the current program

Alt + Print — Screen Takes a screen shot of the current window or program

Alt + Tab — Switches between the programs currently in use

CTRL+TAB — SWITCHES BETWEEN TAB IN DIALOG BOX,I.E 7

Ctrl + A — Selects all text

Ctrl + C — Copies the selected object

Ctrl + End — Jumps to the end of the current document

Ctrl + Esc — Opens the Start menu

Ctrl + F4 — Closes the current program

Ctrl + Home — Jumps to the beginning of the current document

Ctrl + Insert — Copies the selected object

Ctrl + left arrow — Moves to the left one word

Ctrl + right arrow — Moves to the right one word

Ctrl + V — Pastes the selected object

Ctrl + X — Cuts the selected object

Ctrl + the “+”key — Perfectly resizes the width of Explorer columns

End — Jumps to the end of the current line

F1 — Opens the Help menu

F2 — Renames the selected icon

F3 — Launches the Search Companion in a folder or on the

desktop

F4 — Accesses the Address Bar in a folder or window

F5 — Refreshes the contents of a folder or window

Home — Jumps to the beginning of the current line

Shift + Delete — Permanently deletes files (bypasses the Recycle Bin)

Shift + End — Highlights text from the current position to the end of

the line

Shift + F10 — Substitutes for a right-click

Shift + Home — Highlights text from the current position to the

beginning of the line

Shift + Insert — Pastes the selected object

Shift while inserting — Prevents the CD player from playing an audio CD

Shortcuts for Keyboards with a “Windows”Key (Resembling a Flag)

Windows Key + E — Opens Windows Explorer

Windows Key + F — Launches the Windows Search Companion

Windows Key + F1 — Opens the Help and Support Center

Windows Key + L — Locks down Windows

Windows Key + M — Minimizes all windows and shows the desktop

Windows Key + M + Shift — Undoes the minimize

Windows Key + Opens — the System Properties window

Pause/Break key

Windows Key + R — Opens the Run window

Windows Key + U — Launches the Utility Manager

Windows KEY+U — minimizes all windows

Some shorcuts for IE

Alt + left — arrow Returns to the previous Web page

Alt + right arrow — Moves forward one Web page

Ctrl + N — Opens a new browser window

Ctrl + P — Prints the current Web page

Ctrl + Enter — Fills in a Web address.For example,if you type

THINKDIGIT in the address bar then press Ctrl +

Enter , you will get http://www.THINKDIGIT.com

Esc — Halts the current Web page from loading

F5 — Refreshes the current Web page

F11 — Displays a Web page in full-screen mode.To exit this

mode,press F11 again.

Spacebar — Moves down one Web page at a time

Spacebar + Shift — Moves up one Web page at a time

Removing the Orkut Virus

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Its been commonly found these days..Otherwise called as the Muaaahaa Virus.Following is the easy technoque for its removal

Press CTRL+ALT+DEL and go to the processes tab

Look for svchost.exe under the image name. There will be many but look for the ones which have your username

Press DEL to kill these files. It will give you a warning, Press Yes

Repeat for more svchost.exe files with your username and repeat. Do not kill svchost.exe with system, local service or network service!

Now open My Computer

In the address bar, type “C:\heap41a” and press enter

Delete all the files here

Now go to start -> Run and type “Regedit”

Go to the menu EDIT –> FIND

Type “heap41a” here and press enter

You will get something like this “[winlogon] C:\heap41a\svchost.exe C:\heap(some number)\std.txt

“

Press DEL. It will ask “Are you sure you wanna delete this value”, click “Yes”

Now close the registry editor

Your Done...Killed the Virus.Congrats..

For more info .Email us at mytonse@desitwist.com

Useful firefox Shorcuts

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Shortcuts are essential tools towards faster results...

CTRL+TAB = helps toggle through different tabs

CTRL+T -new tab

CRTL+N -New Window

F5 -refresh

CTRL+ L- Cursor to addressbar

CTRL+K -Cursor to searchbox

CTRL+W - close tab

CTRL+SHIFT+T- Undo close last close tab

CTRL+ +/- -Increase or decrease font size

CTRL+F -Find on page

CTRL+ENTER - Adds www. com

CTRL + Shift + Enter - adds www.org

SHIFT+ENTER - www.net

CTRL+TAB - Shifts from tab to tab

CTRL+D -To bookmark a page

Ctrl+W= To close the Firefox Explorer

Putting Phones to better use

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Mobile Phones have immense potential. Most of these potential are underwatched. Following tricks may help you find new exciting uses for your mobile.
1. Unlocking a wehicle
Have you ever locked your keys in the car?Does your car have a remote keyless entry? The following may come in handy someday - and it’s reason enough to own a mobile phone: If you lock your keys in the car and your spare remote is at home or for whatever the reason you dnt have it then, call the place where you can have those keys. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person on the other end (the one with the spare remote) press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Believe it or not, your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you, and distance is no object . But if you are hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other “remote” for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).

2)Extra Battery Life
Now imagine your cell phone cell battery is very low. To activate your phone and tap into the phone’s hidden battery power, press the keys * 3 3 7 0 #. Your cell phone miraculously will restart with this reserve power and the mobilewill register a 50% increase in battery charge. This reserve power will get charged when you charge your cell phone next time.

3) Emergency Numbers
Use 112 as an emergency number. But you can also use this number to bypass security code of low end phones like Nokia 1100. Type 112 and make a call ( 112 is the only number which can be dialled from a locked phone). As soon as the call is going, switch off the phone. Now switch on. Security code is bypassed. But this method doesn’t work if the user has put the pincode request also on!

4)Dual Sim Usage
How about using 2 simcards in one phone? One for home and other for business. I have tried it works good. I use Spice and Hutch simultaneously. You can get one from your local mobile store . It changes connexion automatically once you switch the phone off and switch it on again.

5) Google Reader on the run
The only thing worse than being away from your e-mail is being away from your news feeds. If you’re a Google Reader user, your feeds can go where you go. Just point your browser to the mobile version of the Google Reader site: www.google.com/reader/m. This small-screen version of the site lets you view your feeds, your subscriptions and even your tags. .

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2006-10-31T01:59:00.000-08:00

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