16 TIPS FOR WINDOWS 7 & 8
1.Switch
to welcome screen
Press Win+L to switch to the Welcome
screen.
2.Lock your workstation
Press Win+L to
lock your workstation.
3.Switch user easly
You
can switch users without going through the Welcome screen: From Task
Manager, go to the Users tab, right-click a user, and select
Connect.
4.Hibrernate computer
Hold down the
shift key in the shutdown dialog to change "Stand By" to
"Hibernate". Or just press H to hibernate instantly. You
can even use the Power Control Panel to configure your power button
to hibernate.
5.Disable password when resuming stanby
To
disable the password when resuming from standby or hibernation, open
the Power Control Panel and uncheck "Prompt for password after
returning from standby" on the Advanced tab.
6.Choose
details
From the View Menu, select "Choose Details"
to select which file properties should be shown in the Explorer
window. To sort by a file property, check its name in the "Choose
Details" in order to make that property available in the
"Arrange Icons by" menu.
7.Display volume control
icon in taskbar
To display the volume control icon in the
taskbar, go to the Sounds and Audio Devices Control Panel and select
"Place volume icon in the taskbar".
8.Delete file
without send into recycle bin
Hold down the shift key when
deleting a file to delete it immediately instead of placing it in the
Recycle Bin. Files deleted in this way cannot be
restored.
9.Customize 'send to' menu
Put a
shortcut to your favorite editor in your Send To folder and it will
appear in your "Send To" menu. You can then right-click any
file and send it to your editor.
10.Organize favorites
a)
To organize your Favorites in Explorer instead of using the
Organize Favorites dialog, hold the shift key while selecting
"Organize Favorites" from the Favorites menu of an Explorer
window.
b) You can organize your Favorites by dragging
the items around your Favorites menu.
Alternatively, you can open
the Favorites pane and hold the Alt key while pressing the up and
down arrows to change the order of your Favorites.
11.View
IE in fullscreen
To run Internet Explorer fullscreen,
press F11. Do it again to return to normal mode.
12.Hide
printers & faxes
If your "Printers and Faxes"
folder is empty, you can hide the "Printers and Faxes" icon
when viewed from other computers by stopping the Print Spooler
service.
13.Add/remove columns from detail mode
To
add or remove columns from Details mode, select Choose Details from
the View menu, or just right-click the column header bar.
14.Go
backwards or forward by mouse wheel
In Internet Explorer,
hold the Shift key while turning the mouse wheel to go forwards or
backwards.
15.Add current page to favorites
In
Internet Explorer, type Ctrl+D to add the current page to your
Favorites.
This and many more keyboard shortcuts can be found by
going to Internet Explorer, clicking the Help menu, then selecting
Contents and Index. From the table of contents, open Accessibility
and click "Using Internet Explorer keyboard shortcuts".
16.Shut
down via Remote Desktop
To shut down via Remote Desktop,
click the Start button, then type Alt+F4.
