tips and tricks

[[ugly_cat]]

• Start + M: Minimizes all open windows
• Start + Shift + M: Maximizes All Windows
• Start + E: Runs Windows Explorer
• Start + R: Open the RUN Dialog Box
• Start + F: Open the Search Results Dialog box
• Start + CTRL + F: Opens the Search Results-Computer dialog Box (if the computer is connected to a network)
• Start + Pause (Break): Opens the System Properties Dialog Box
Windows System Key:
• F1: Help
• CTRL + ESC: Open Start menu
• ALT + TAB: Switch between open programs
• ALT + F4: Quit program
• SHIFT + DELETE: Delete item permanently
Windows Program Key
• CTRL + C: Copy
• CTRL + X: Cut
• CTRL + V: Paste
• CTRL + Z: Undo
• CTRL + B: Bold
• CTRL + U: Underline
• CTRL + I: Italic
Mouse Click/Keyboard for Shell Objects:
• SHIFT + right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
• SHIFT + double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
• ALT + double click: Displays properties
• SHIFT + DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin
Keyboard-Only Commands:
• F1: Starts Windows Help
• F10: Activates menu bar options
• SHIFT + F10: Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
• CTRL + ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
• CTRL + ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
• ALT + DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
• ALT + TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
• SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
• ALT + SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
• ALT +- (ALT + hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI)child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
• CTRL + TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
• ALT + underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
• ALT + F4: Closes the current window
• CTRL + F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
• ALT + F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed
• ALT + F6: switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)
General Folder/Windows Explorer Shortcuts:
• F2: Rename object
• F3: Find all files
• CTRL + X: Cut
• CTRL + C: Copy
• CTRL + V: Paste
• SHIFT + DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
• ALT + ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object
• To Copy a File: Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.
• To Create a Shortcut: Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.
General Folder/Shortcut Control:
• F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)
• F5: Refreshes the current window.
• F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer
• CTRL + G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
• CTRL + Z: Undo the last command
• CTRL + A: Select all the items in the current window
• BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
• SHIFT + click + Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders
WindowsExplorer Tree Control:
• Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection
• Numeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection
Numeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.
• RIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child
• LEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent
Properties:
• CTRL + TAB/CTRL + SHIFT + TAB: Move through the property tabs
Accessibility Shortcuts:
• Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off
• Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds: Toggles FilterKeys on and off
• Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles ToggleKeys on and off
• Left ALT + left SHIFT+NUM LOCK: Toggles MouseKeys on and off
• Left ALT + left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off
Natural Keyboard Keys:
• Windows Logo: Start menu
• Windows Logo + R: Run dialog box
• Windows Logo + M: Minimize all
• SHIFT + Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all
• Windows Logo + F1: Help
• Windows Logo + E: Windows Explorer
• Windows Logo + F: Find files or folders
• Windows Logo + D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
• CTRL + Windows Logo + F: Find computer
• CTRL + Windows Logo + TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar,
to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the
Quick toolbar and system tray)
• Windows Logo + TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons
• Windows Logo + Break: System Properties dialog box
• Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item
Microsoft Natural Keyboard with Software
• Windows Logo + L: Log off Windows
• Windows Logo + P: Starts Print Manager
• Windows Logo + C: Opens Control Panel
• Windows Logo + V: Starts Clipboard
• Windows Logo + K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box
• Windows Logo + I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box
• Windows Logo + A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)
• Windows Logo + SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
• Windows Logo + S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off
Dialog box Commands:
• TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box
• SHIFT + TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box
• SPACEBAR: If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this selects the option.
• ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)
• ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
• ALT + underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item


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thanks a lot...x3mario

[[ugly_cat]]

win XP hidden applications:
1. Character Map = charmap.exe (very useful for finding unusual characters)
2. Disk Cleanup = cleanmgr.exe
3. Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd.exe (views contents of Windows clipboard)
4. Dr Watson = drwtsn32.exe (Troubleshooting tool)
5. DirectX diagnosis = dxdiag.exe (Diagnose & test DirectX, video & sound cards)
6. Private character editor = eudcedit.exe (allows creation or modification of characters)
7. IExpress Wizard = iexpress.exe (Create self-extracting / self-installing package)
8. Mcft Synchronization Manager = mobsync.exe (appears to allow synchronization of files on the network for when working offline. Apparently undocumented).
9. Windows Media Player 5.1 = mplay32.exe (Retro version of Media Player, very basic).
10. ODBC Data Source Administrator = odbcad32.exe (something to do with databases)
11. Object Packager = packager.exe (to do with packaging objects for insertion in files, appears to have comprehensive help files).
12. System Monitor = perfmon.exe (very useful, highly configurable tool, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about any aspect of PC performance, for uber-geeks only )
13. Program Manager = progman.exe (Legacy Windows 3.x desktop shell).
14. Remote Access phone book = rasphone.exe (documentation is virtually non-existant).
15. Registry Editor = regedt32.exe [also regedit.exe] (for hacking the Windows Registry).
16. Network shared folder wizard = shrpubw.exe (creates shared folders on network).
17. File siganture verification tool = sigverif.exe
18. Volume Contro = sndvol32.exe (I've included this for those people that lose it from the System Notification area).
19. System Configuration Editor = sysedit.exe (modify System.ini & Win.ini just like in Win98! ).
20. Syskey = syskey.exe (Secures XP Account database - use with care, it's virtually undocumented but it appears to encrypt all passwords, I'm not sure of the full implications).
21. Mcft Telnet Client = telnet.exe
22. Driver Verifier Manager = verifier.exe (seems to be a utility for monitoring the actions of drivers, might be useful for people having driver problems. Undocumented).
23. Windows for Workgroups Chat = winchat.exe (appears to be an old NT utility to allow chat sessions over a LAN, help files available).
24. System configuration = msconfig.exe (can use to control starup programs)
25. gpedit.msc used to manage group policies, and permissions
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[zagu060807]

Thanks for the post, but all I do for my images to appear on Google images is just put an alt tag on images, upload it in your FTP, and you're done.

[x3mario]

Your 25-tips-hidden-XP post helps me a lot. Thanks.

[[ugly_cat]]

Trixie is to Internet Explorer as Greasemonkey is to Firefox. It lets you remix the Web via scripts. You may do this to either make it more readable, fix bugs or to even add little features to make the site more usable to you. Trixie by itself does none of this. It is just a plugin for Internet Explorer that enables executing chunks of JavaScript code and thus lets you use the Web the way you want to use it.

Bloglines
Subscribe via Bloglines Changes RSS links on pages to subscribe via Bloglines links
Bloglines Article Prev/Next Navigator Adds prev/next icons for articles in Bloglines
Open links in current window Change external links to open in the current window (instead of a new window, as is the default.
Sidebar Squeezer Removes the extraneous header and squishes the text of the sidebar so you can see more feeds at once.
Dilbert
Dilbert.com Ad Remover Removes unnecessary ads from Dilbert.com
Google
Google Images No Frame Link Adds a noframe link to images in Google Images search results
Remove Sponsored Links on Google Removes sponsored links (ads) off Google
Yahoo! Search links on Google Adds a link to Yahoo! search on Google [Replace .tld with * in @include to have it work on Trixie]
Hotmail
Hotmail No Today Page Redirects to Mail tab instead of Today page on login to Hotmail
Hotmail Ad Remover Removes ads on the Hotmail page
Hotmail Single Window Remove the javascript wrapper around hotmail external links which spawn new windows.
Hotmail Enhanced Preview and filter messages by read/unread status. [Combines Hotmail Previewer and Hotmail Read/Unread Filter scripts]
IMDB
IMDB Age Puts the age of an actor on their IMDB page
IMDb/Netflix Add Netflix links to IMDB - Adds links to Netflix search results next to each movie link in IMDb pages. If you have a Netflix account but like to browse IMDb, this script will be very helpful.
MSDN
MSDN Search Focus Sets focus to the search edit control on MSDN
MSN Spaces
MSN Spaces Edit It Adds the HTML edit option to the blog entry form on MSN Spaces
MSN Spaces Statistics Displays MSN Spaces space statistics as an overlay when logged in to your MSN Space
Other
Inline MP3 Player Inserts an inline play button(flash plugin required) after every link on page that ends with a .mp3 extension. more
Page Break Indicator Adds a page break indicator to aid readability of multi-page documents [Doesn't work correctly on Firefox]

more info: http://www.bhelpuri.net/Trixie/Scripts.htm
email      : trixie@bhelpuri.net
discussion group :http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trixieUsers

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thanks to...zagu060807, x3mario

[[ugly_cat]]

BASIC
Home:Firefox Rediscover the Web
Extensions & Themes:https://addons.mozilla.org/
Support Forum:Home MozillaZine Forums

GENERAL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Add Bookmarks ----> Ctrl + D
Bookmarks ----> Ctrl + B
DOM Inspector ----> Ctrl + Shift + I
Downloads ----> Ctrl + J
Full Screen View ----> F11
Help ----> F1
History ----> Ctrl + H
Page Source --------> Ctrl + U
Print --------> Ctrl + P
Refresh Page--------> F5
Refresh Page & Cache --------> Ctrl + F5
Save Page As --------> Ctrl + S

NAVIGATION KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Back --------> Alt + Left Arrow
Down One Line --------> Down
Down One Page --------> PageDown
File Open --------> Ctrl + O
Forward --------> Alt + Right Arrow
Frame Next --------> F6
Frame Previous --------> Shift + F6
Home Page --------> Alt + Home
Jump to Address Bar --------> Ctrl + L
Jump to Search Bar --------> Ctrl + K
Page Bottom --------> End
Page Top --------> Home
Stop --------> Esc
Tab Close --------> Ctrl + W
Tab New --------> Ctrl + T
Tab Next --------> Ctrl + Tab
Tab Previous --------> Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Tab Select --------> Ctrl + [1 - 9]
Up One Line --------> Up
Up One Page --------> PageUp
Window Close --------> Alt + F4
Window New --------> Ctrl + N

TEXT KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Copy --------> Ctrl + C
Cut --------> Ctrl + X
Delete --------> Del
Text Size Decrease --------> Ctrl + -
Text Size Increase --------> Ctrl + +
Text Size Default --------> Ctrl + 0
Undo --------> Ctrl + Z

SEARCH KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Find Again -----------------> F3
Find as You Type Link-------> '
Find as You Type Text-------> /
Find in This Page -----------> Ctrl + F
Find Previous---------------> Shift + F3

MOUSE SHORTCUTS
Back --------> Shift + Scroll Down
Forward--------> Shift + Scroll Up
Open Link in Background Tab --------> Ctrl + Left Click or Middle Click
Open Link in Foreground Tab --------> Ctrl + Shift + Left Click
Open Link in New Window --------> Shift + Left Click
Scroll Line by Line --------> Alt + Scroll
Tab Close --------> Middle Click on Tab
Tab New --------> Double Click on Tab Bar
Text Size Decrease --------> Ctrl + Scroll UP
Text Size Increase --------> Ctrl + Scroll Down

LOCATIONS
Cached Elements--------> C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\LocalSettings\ApplicationData\Mozilla\Firefox\Pro files\[profilename]\Cache\
Profile Manager--------> Close Firefox. From the "Start" menu, select "Run",type "firefox.exe-p"
User Profile Folder--------> C:\Documents and settings\[username]\ApplicationData\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx .default\
Advanced Configuration--------> Address Bar: about:config
Cache Info--------> Address Bar: about: cache
Plugin Info--------> Address Bar: about: plugins

TIPS/TRICKS
Block Popup Windows--------> Tools -> Options -> Web Features
Customize Toolbars--------> Right click on a toolbar and chose customize toolbar.To add icons drag and drop them on the toolbar. To subtract icons drag them from the toolbar to the "Customize Toolbar" window.
Desktop Shortcut to Current Page--------> Drag the icon in the address bar to the desktop
Make Firefox Default BrowserTools -> Options -> General -> Set Firefox As Default Browser
Manage Cache, Cookies, History and Passwords-------->Tools -> Options -> Privacy
Set Home Page-------->Tools -> Options -> General -> Home Page
Tabbed Browsing Options-------->Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Tabbed Browsing

[Ka-canor]

Nice work Ugly Cat thanks for your effort I appreciate it.

[dee_el07]

thanks for posting this [ugly_cat].. I will try this one.. all bookmarked..

[erikko]

let me add another firefox shortcut if you are using your roboform toolbar auto submitter.


alt+z - to fill and submit

alt+1+f - to fill and edit

or if your using your informenter,

press TAB first, then INSERT button and your navigation button to fill an empty field

[x3mario]

let me add another firefox shortcut if you are using your roboform toolbar auto submitter.


alt+z - to fill and submit

alt+1+f - to fill and edit

or if your using your informenter,

press TAB first, then INSERT button and your navigation button to fill an empty field

Hmmmmm. Sounds researching also.