Did you know? (a post for useful hints for people to share)

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you get reps for that one baba, and lee for starting this thread!

 

Maybe a little easier wasy, Arro - from my own little WIP:

also ..

 

Hold down the shift key when you insert a CD, to stop it autostarting

 

It's funny, there are loads of things here that I just assumed everyone knew. I bet everyone knew at least one of these and kept it to themself for that very reason.

 

Hi all,

Just a little contribution from a newbie - it's so exciting that I CAN contribute somewhere!!!

F4 - Repeats the last thing you did (I think works in all of the Microsoft office applications.)

Loretta

 

Holding down the CTRL key and using the scroll wheel on the mouse allows you to resize the txt in internet exporer (not sure about the other browsers)

 

Same applies to most Office 2003 apps!

 

Seems to work in Firefox as well (1.5.0.10).

Harry.

 

Works in FF2 as well

 

Not just browsers...but if you happen to have Vista (dont know about XP) it does the same thing for viewing files and folders...I just this second did it on Vista Ultimate give it a try and see all the different ways it changes...fantastic ...

 

The CD tray makes a wonderful cup holder

 

Haha, you should buy one of these:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7f5a/

 

I'll have to get myself one of those, seen it before

 

that 5 Exabytes would be equal to all of the words ever spoken by mankind. (just read something where someone mentioned, so not sure how exact it is, but WOW!)

Wonder what 5 yottabytes would be equal to??

 

Or you can right click the taskbar (or any open toolbar) and select toolbars > New toolbar. You can then add a custom toolbar by selecting the folders displayed in the Explorer tree, eg: My Computer, Control Panel..........

Most of the tips I knew have been mentioned already, but here's one that hasn't been used.

To close the current application press ALT + F4. Probably the quickest way to shut down p0rn as well!

 

If you want to reboot a machine that you are RDPd onto but only have the 'disconnect' option on the start menu, you can bring up the full shut down option by using CTRL+ALT+END - handy when your box is sitting in a data centre 150 miles away!