Tricks and Tips for Windows

"Windows Tricks and Tips for your computer". All the tricks and tips that you always wanted, is available on this blog. So, go ahead and experience it....!!!!

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Saturday, December 1, 2007

Use Microsoft Calculator to surf Internet

1. Open your MS Calculator. This is normally found in Start => All Programs => Accessories => Calculator.
2. Open the help-window by pressing the F1 key.
3. Click the top-left corner icon of the help window once (Standard is a Document with a Questionmark).
4. Select Go to URL-address.
5. Type your address into the avaliable field, but remember to type http://, and not just www. (or equivalent).
6. Have fun!

Make your Pdf files to speak

Here are the shortcuts for hearing Pdf files in Abobe reader 6.0 or higher..

first activate read loud out........
press shift+ctrl+y.......then press
Ctrl+Shift+B ---->To hear the whole Topic.
Ctrl+Shift+V ---->To hear the Page.
you can also check read out loud option is activated or not from view option......

Friday, November 30, 2007

Tired of typing www for logging onto every website...???

Every time you enter a webadress you have to enter www before entering the web address.instead of doing this just type the website name on the address bar and use the short cut key-CTRL+ENTER.The website opens.

Making all files and folders open fast


Go to Start then Run
Type 'Regedit' then click 'Ok'
Find "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\"
Select "MenuShowDelay"
Right click and select "Modify'
Reduce the number to around "100"
This is the delay time before a menu is opened. You can set it to "0" but it can make windows really hard to use as menus will open if you just look at them - well move your mouse over them anyway. I tend to go for anywhere between 50-150 depending on my mood.

Disabling cookies in internet explorer

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites for various different reasons. For instance Yahoo use cookies for reasons such as storing your preferences for Yahoo related services, and to access certain information when you sign in to a personalised service such as My Yahoo. Other websites will often use cookies for identifying purposes, demographic statistics and also when you are shopping online to remember what you have in your basket. If you would like to disable the use of cookies in the Internet Explorer (r) then follow the simple instructions below.


STEP 1
click on TOOLS at the top of the screen, then click on INTERNET OPTIONS .

STEP 2
Click on the Privacy Tab.

STEP 3
Now click on the ADVANCED button.

STEP 4
You will now see the Advanced Privacy Settings dialogue box

STEP 5
Select the Override automatic cookie handling option

STEP 6
First Party cookies are cookies set by the website you are visiting and Third Party cookies refer to cookies that are set by a different site to the one you are visiting.

You have 3 choices for each type of cookie:
Accept - Accepts any cookies.
Block - Blocks all cookies.
Prompt - Asks you before storing a cookie.
Session cookies are cookies that will expire when you have finished your session on the website (some websites need these cookies enabled to function correctly).

Your choice for the 3 options will depend on your requirements, select whichever settings you want and then click the OK button.

Making your Screen into a Full-Screen

Making your Screen into a Full-Screen:

I know sometimes I get sick of all my toolbars taking so much of my precious space on my screen that I’m using to navigate, or type. If you press the F11 function key, any document or screen that you are viewing will automatically change into a much bigger, full screen, without many of those space consuming toolbars. If you don’t want your screen to be full-screen anymore, simply press the F11 function key again, and your screen will resume to its normal size, with all the toolbars showing again that you originally had showing.

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