jthompson Posted October 9, 2018 Posted October 9, 2018 PowerPoint: 'w' also blanks your screen during a presentation, but with white rather than black. 1
Fazza Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 Which version of Windows 10 are you using? Edit. Some Googling reveals that the /fw switch was added in Windows 10 v1709. 1803 Education version.
Arthur Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 1803 Education version. It sounds like Windows 10 may not have been installed in UEFI mode?
Arthur Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 https://twitter.com/googledocs/status/1055490445088903168 2
JRowley Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 (edited) A lot of people already know this one I'm sure. WinKey+Shift+S opens the snipping overlay with rectangle select, when you make your selection it disappears and you have your snip on the clipboard. It can save a great deal of time and is a good one to pass on to teaching staff. Oh sorry just to add this works from W10 1703 onwards I believe. Edited October 30, 2018 by JRowley 3
6Foot2 Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 A lot of people already know this one I'm sure. WinKey+Shift+S opens the snipping overlay with rectangle select, when you make your selection it disappears and you have your snip on the clipboard. It can save a great deal of time and is a good one to pass on to teaching staff. Not Windows 7? [i can make it work in Windows 10]
JRowley Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 No not in 7, it wasn't in Windows 10 originally either sorry.
6Foot2 Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 No not in 7, it wasn't in Windows 10 originally either sorry. I have provided staff with a shortcut. Works for both.
Arthur Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 No not in 7, it wasn't in Windows 10 originally either sorry. In Windows 10 v1809 the Snipping Tool has been replaced by Snip & Sketch. The same shortcut keys should still work however. www.windowscentral.com/how-use-snip-sketch-take-screenshots-windows-10-october-2018-update 1
Ozone Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 Windows Key + R then type mstsc and hit enter to get quick access to remote desktop.
mavhc Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 Or press Windows key and then R I do like win+r then msra
jthompson Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 Windows Key + R then type mstsc and hit enter to get quick access to remote desktop. mstsc -v hostname Even quicker. 1
sonofsanta Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 systeminfo at a command prompt will tell you when a PC booted up and when it was first installed, along with a whole host of other useful stuff. The one that always amazes staff: hold down Ctrl and scroll with your wheel to zoom in and out of webpages & pretty much any Office application (including PDFs). I think we all get so used to doing that without even thinking about it that we can forget to pass it on
Arthur Posted December 8, 2018 Posted December 8, 2018 Here's a great tip for Android users who use Chrome. https://twitter.com/googlechrome/status/1071071865865715713
Arthur Posted December 8, 2018 Posted December 8, 2018 Encode an H.265/HEVC video on a Mac using FFmpeg and Apple's T2 security chip (which includes a hardware-accelerated HEVC encoder). ffmpeg -i ~/Desktop/Input.mov -c:v hevc_videotoolbox -vtag hvc1 -preset veryslow -crf 26 -b:v 3000k -c:a copy ~/Desktop/Output.mkv Adjust bitrate/CRF values and input/output files as necessary. ^ This is seriously quick! 🤯
Arthur Posted December 9, 2018 Posted December 9, 2018 Speed up Windows 10 feature update installation... https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/feature-update-user-install If you’re deploying Feature update to Windows 10, version 1709 or later, by default, portions of setup are configured to run at a lower priority. This can result in a longer total install time for the feature update. When deploying within a maintenance window, we recommend that you override this default behaviour to benefit from faster total install times. To override the default priority, create a file called SetupConfig.ini on each machine to be upgraded in the below location containing the single section noted. [b]%systemdrive%\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WSUS\SetupConfig.ini[/b] [setupConfig] Priority=Normal Credit: https://twitter.com/danielclasson/status/1070988654015901701 2
6Foot2 Posted January 10, 2019 Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) Pet Peeve: Why is it the only way you can access the recycle bin is from the desktop (that i know of). Have to close down my mountain of windows every time i delete stuff etc.! Type "Recycle Bin" in the address bar of a Windows Explorer window: Edited January 10, 2019 by 6Foot2 2
mavhc Posted January 10, 2019 Posted January 10, 2019 Type "Recycle Bin" in the address bar of a Windows Explorer window: [ATTACH=CONFIG]51729[/ATTACH] I just shift-delete everything. However the thing to do is add the desktop as a toolbar to the start menu, then make it as small as possible so it's a menu
Arthur Posted January 14, 2019 Posted January 14, 2019 Completely block automatic restarts in Windows 10. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MusNotification.exe] "Debugger"="cmd.exe /c echo %DATE% %TIME% suppressed automatic reboot >> C:\\\\UpdateOrchestrator.log" Source: www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/aavocr/after_6_months_of_testing_this_in_my_company_i/ I tested this a lot and confidently say this is the most unintrusive method I know to suppress automatic reboots, nag screens, update notifications and the lot. Windows Update uses this executable a lot. Not only for restarting, but for every type of notifications you can get about them. "Updates available", "You should really install updates right now", "Updates need to be installed, please restart" as well as "Updates cannot be installed" won't appear anymore. Taken you are monitoring installed updates, which you should, this shouldn't be an issue. While blocking the UpdateOrchestrator\Restart task, which basically just calls MusNotification.exe with some arguments, isn't new, Microsoft blocked disabling it in 1803. This feature has to stay for backwards compatibility, so I'm certain this workaround won't be fixed any time soon.
blueday Posted January 14, 2019 Posted January 14, 2019 Use Shift + Alt + up or down arrows to move paragraphs or rows in a Word table, or bullet points in Powerpoint slides 1
jthompson Posted January 14, 2019 Posted January 14, 2019 Use Shift + Alt + up or down arrows to move paragraphs or rows in a Word table, or bullet points in Powerpoint slides Nice one! Seems to work in G Docs, too.
Oaktech Posted January 14, 2019 Posted January 14, 2019 Win + I gets you to the modern settings app if start menu or taskbar methods fail. 1
6Foot2 Posted January 20, 2019 Posted January 20, 2019 [Windows 10] Windows key and full stop to invoke a drop-down (clickable) emoji menu. 😜 👌
Popular Post Arthur Posted February 17, 2019 Popular Post Posted February 17, 2019 In PowerShell, Ctrl + Space after a dash reveals all possible cmdlet parameters without having to tab through them one at a time. Credit: https://twitter.com/ITguySoCal/status/1095562811600601088 8
Arthur Posted February 17, 2019 Posted February 17, 2019 Use F8 in Microsoft Word to select text quickly What many users of Microsoft Word don't know is that it is also possible to use the F8 key on the keyboard for text selection. The F8 key is mapped to what Microsoft's Office team calls Extend Mode. The entire process works similarly to using mouse clicks to select text. Double-tap on the F8-key on the keyboard to select a word, triple-tap on the F8-key to select a sentence, activate the F8-key four times to select the paragraph, and a fifth time to select the entire document. F8: enter Extend Mode 2x F8: highlight word 3x F8: highlight sentence 4x F8: highlight paragraph 5x F8: highlight entire document Esc: exit Extend Mode Adding Shift: reverses the operation One difference to using the mouse to highlight text in Microsoft Word is that Word remembers how many times you tapped on F8. It is no longer necessary to perform the operation in a limited period for it to register with the program. You can tap three times first, and five seconds later once more to select an entire paragraph. 3
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