I didn't know you could do this!

[Gerry]

In Win7, if you middle-click on icons which are pinned to the taskbar, you get a second instance of that application. Only found that recently, and really like it.

 

Also, if you have Word or similar pinned there, you can right-click the icon to get a list of recently-opened files.

 

Oddly, you only seem able to pin applications to the taskbar if they are installed locally though, not on the network - anyone know a way around that?

 

Not sure if it'll work, but have you tried creating a shortcut to the app on your desktop and then pinning it to taskbar?

[sted]

works on vista and 7 not sure about xp

winkey+ 1/2/3/4/5/6... starts the app in that position on quicklaunch so below 1 loads ie 2 media centre 3 firefox 4 outlook 5 exploder 6 wmp 7 msn

[mac_shinobi]

Also, for right click you'll see the name of the app appear in this list. Right click that and you get a couple more options including "run as admin" - handy for when you want to open a command prompt or whatever as admin.

 

Think there is a util similiar to the below one that can add a right click context menu for run as for command prompt or whatever you right click on

 

RunAs command line utility

 

ShellRunAs V1.0: add "Run as Different User" option to right-click menu

 

also some power toys for windows xp like open command prompt here

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

[maniac]

I tell people a few days before they are forced to change (messages at logon, plus notices in the registers) so that people aren't surprised when it happens. Hopefully, this means the passwords are a bit better than enjay123, since people have had a chance to think about them first...

 

Our staff get 14 days notice on a 6 week password change requirement. They still let it run right to the last day before changing it, then moan like hell that they can't use any of their previous 4 passwords.

 

Might seem a bit OTT, but we have had instances of students shoulder surfing staff before and stealing passwords, staff are totally oblivious to the problem dispite trying to educate them, so 6 week forced password changes was the solution.

 

Mike.

[mac_shinobi]

Our staff get 14 days notice on a 6 week password change requirement. They still let it run right to the last day before changing it, then moan like hell that they can't use any of their previous 4 passwords.

 

Might seem a bit OTT, but we have had instances of students shoulder surfing staff before and stealing passwords, staff are totally oblivious to the problem dispite trying to educate them, so 6 week forced password changes was the solution.

 

Mike.

 

That's nothin, I'm not allowed to use any of the last 30, yes thirty passwords

[maniac]

That's nothin, I'm not allowed to use any of the last 30, yes thirty passwords

 

Now there's an idea . . . . .

[Guest theeldergeek]

Another reason not to own a Macbook Pro then

 

Nothing wrong with twinkly lights - there's not enough attention paid to the geeky cosmetics of products these days.

 

We have an old 10/100 Belkin hub in our office, and I have insisted it be positioned in such a way as to fully display its twinkly orange lights for all to see, particularly me.

 

My Dell XPS laptop has more LED's than a LED thing, and I revel in the thought of darkness when I can illuminate my surroundings with nothing but the glow of technology!

 

[mac_shinobi]

The "un-minimise all" doesn't work with Windows 7 but does work on XP - not sure about Vista (and not going to install it to find out!)

 

Maybe instead of adding to the wiki, we could just look at the MS web site :-)

 

http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard.aspx

 

lolol - I never bothered with vista or windows 7 - OS X is my retreat lol

[AngryTechnician]

also some power toys for windows xp like open command prompt here

If you hold down Shift while clicking on a folder in Vista or 7, an 'Open command window here' option will appear.

 

While useful, I have to say I intensely dislike hidden menu items. It was by far the most annoying part of my experiences with Macs. The other one I only found out about recently was holding down shift while clicking the Outllok icon in the system tray, which reveals an Autodiscovery diagnostic tool.

[srochford]

While useful, I have to say I intensely dislike hidden menu items. It was by far the most annoying part of my experiences with Macs.

 

I sort of agree - I disliked the decision in earlier versions of MS Office to hide menu items which you didn't use and that's why I think the ribbon is better.

 

The problem is, how many things can you put on a menu? If I right click on a folder in Explorer I get 10 choices (and about half of those have fly out menus with more choices)

 

At some point, the menus get too big so by saying you have to press a modifier key to get the advanced options you can keep the menu simple.

 

I don't think expecting people to know about shift clicking makes it particularly difficult - we're used to the fact that pressing shift while typing has a different effect so for a mouse click to do something different if we press shift seems logical and not difficult to find out.

[sonofsanta]

I've just found out, by mashing my keyboard like an incompetent and hitting the wrong key combination - i.e. the same way I find everything out - that Ctrl + Shift + N opens up a little floating sticky note in Outlook 2003. Never knew that existed at all.

[Robz]

I've just found out, by mashing my keyboard like an incompetent and hitting the wrong key combination - i.e. the same way I find everything out - that Ctrl + Shift + N opens up a little floating sticky note in Outlook 2003. Never knew that existed at all.

 

cheers, works in Outlook 2007 too! now im one happy tech hehe no more post its round the screen

[ICT_GUY]

I found out last week that shooting a full c02bulb canister with a .22lr results in a satisfying if unexpected explosion. Video to follow.

[tech_guy]

Here's my list which I always print out and give to people:

 

General keyboard shortcuts:

CTRL+C (Copy)

CTRL+X (Cut)

CTRL+V (Paste)

CTRL+Z (Undo)

DELETE (Delete)

SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)

CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)

CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)

F2 key (Rename the selected item)

CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)

CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)

CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)

CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)

CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)

SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)

CTRL+A (Select all)

F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)

ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)

ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)

ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)

ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)

CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)

ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)

ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)

F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)

F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)

SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)

ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)

CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)

ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)

Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)

F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)

RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)

LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)

F5 key (Update the active window)

BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)

ESC (Cancel the current task)

SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)

CTRL+SHIFT+ESC (Open Task Manager)

[tech_guy]

Whoops, I forgot the list came from here:

 

Keyboard SCs

Edited April 27, 2010 by tech_guy

[Hightower]

Haven't read the full thread but a couple that may not have been mentioned:

 

1) We all know Alt+Tab does the flicking through open apps, but doing Alt+Shift+Tab does it backwards

2) Our Win key is disabled here, so I use Ctrl+Esc to open the start bar up.

[soveryapt]

There's a shortcut for that as well - Windows Key + Pause

 

Does that work with the properties of My Documents set to not show too? as that would be REALLY useful (but at a school that doesn't currently have a server deploying GPOs so can't test .. just wondered if anyone knew)

[soveryapt]

Another reason not to own a Macbook Pro then

 

Oh, I wouldn't say that, it looks pretty (plus I've just ordered one! lol) .. also, cover the webcam to make the beast light up like a Christmas tree .. lol .. I got bored sat playing with the school one "Light On .. Light Off .. Light On .. Light Off" .. in the end I got bored of doing it, so as it was light at the time, I took the words of Paddy "No Likey .. No Lighty" and then got on with some testing .. by testing I mean played NFS to see how well the MBP Graphics handled it .. lol ..

Edited April 27, 2010 by soveryapt

[Flakes]

only read the first few pages, but i see no mention of ctrl+shift+esc to open task manager, much quicker than ctrl+alt+del

 

p.s

 

i also see no mention of alt+d, selects address bar in IE or Firefox

Edited April 27, 2010 by Flakes

[enjay]

Ctrl+Enter in IE and Firefox adds www. to the start and .com to the end of whatever you've typed in the address bar.

[pscott]

Ctrl+Shift+Enter does www. and .org

[tech_guy]

only read the first few pages, but i see no mention of ctrl+shift+esc to open task manager, much quicker than ctrl+alt+del

 

*Cough*

Look at my post above?

*Cough*

Edited April 27, 2010 by tech_guy

[sonic1485]

ctrl + alt + down arrow

 

ctrl + alt + up arrow

 

Edited April 27, 2010 by sonic1485
wrong command

[enjay]

@sonic1485 - you should have just given one of those two commands, that would have been funnier! We've disabled that one here though...

[Nikolai]

Lets just go back to command lines. Working only in Windows these days, I miss how quick one was with the command line.