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Top Tech Window XP Secret
Time Saving WinXp Key Shortcuts :
Windows key + D >> Shows the desktop.
Windows key + M >> Minimizes all open windows.
Windows key + Shift + M >> Maximizes all open windows.
Windows key + E >> Runs Windows Explorer.
Windows key + R >> Shows the RUN dialog.
Windows key + F >> Shows Search window.
Windows key + Break >> Shows System Properties box.
Windows key + TAB >> Go through taskbar applications.
ALT + TAB >> Cycle through opened applications.
Windows key + L is also a shortcut to this feature.
View All Softwares That Can Be Removed From Your Computer:
- Manually edit (using notepad for example) the sysoc.inf file located in Windows\inf\. Just remove the word hide next to the software pack.
- You can make a shortcut that points to %windir%\system32\taskmgr.exe
- Use key combinations Ctrl+Shift+Esc
- Go to a command prompt and run the command tasklist to see running processes with PID numbers. Then type tskill to end the specific task. This forces an instant closing of the task.
- You can add log on/log off scripts here and many more features.
- By running "control userpasswords2" at the command prompt.
- Use this to see System Information, including all Windows updates and hotfixes.
- To access the interface that permits you to make changes to system's services, type services.msc at the command prompt.The list of services that are usually useless are available here.
- If your system failes to start due to an error related to missing HAL.DLL, invalid Boot.ini or any other critical system boot files you can repair this by using the XP installation CD.
- Simply boot from your XP Setup CD and enter the Recovery Console.
- Then run "attrib -H -R -S" on the C:\Boot.ini file and delete it.
- Run "Bootcfg /Rebuild" and then Fixboot.
Worlds Smallest Dog
The smallest dog in terms of length is Heaven Sent Brandy, a female chihuahua who measured 15.2 cm (6 in) from the nose to the tip of the tail on January 31, 2005. Brandy lives with her owner, Paulette Keller in Largo, Florida, USA.
Most Expensive Phone Number
In many areas of the world you can phone switch carriers but keep your phone number. This is known as phone number portability. Caller id and cell phones have encouraged many people to stop memorizing phone numbers, because simply by hitting a button, a person can connect to someone who recently called.
It is easy to see that some phone numbers are easier to remember than others. In May of 2006 the most expensive phone number was sold in a charity auction in Doha, Qatar.
The expensive phone number 666 6666 reportedly sold for 10m Qatari riyals or £1.5m, or around $2,750,000 US. In the West some consider 6 the imperfect number, but this is apparently not the consensus in Qatar.
History Of A Computer Mouse
When the Computer Mouse was Born
Douglas Engelbart at the Stanford Research Institute invented the first mouse prototype in 1963, with the assistance of his colleague Bill English.
Engelbart never received any royalties for it, as his patent ran out before it became widely used in personal computers.
Source - Wikipedia
Top Fact - Vishuwords, Fun With Words
Vishuwords - Online Graphical Dictionary
Dictionary - opinion expressed as truth in alphabetical order
Viswords is a very useful and interesting online dictionary for writers, journalists, students, teachers, artists and even for bloggers.
I have look up the meaning of word Blog and see the results in the pictures, its produces result in a neural net.
Its so cool, you can experience this after searching a word in Visuwords.
"Visuwords uses Princeton University’s WordNet, an opensource database built by University students and language researchers. Combined with a visualization tool and user interface built from a combination of modern web technologies."
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I have look up the meaning of word Blog and see the results in the pictures, its produces result in a neural net.
Its so cool, you can experience this after searching a word in Visuwords.
"Visuwords uses Princeton University’s WordNet, an opensource database built by University students and language researchers. Combined with a visualization tool and user interface built from a combination of modern web technologies."
Goto visuwords
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