Computer Tweaks

Microblogging website Twitter is widely used  by Celebrities, Entrepreneurs, Politicians, Brands and people hunting for instant information. Twitter has got its own importance over other social platforms. I am going to list keyboard shortcuts that can be used to play with Twitter . I have always been an admirer of Shortcuts while using computers. This list will also help to enhance user experience with Twitter.

Yes, we love shortcuts, so keep on posting about shortcuts every now and then. Today I am going to share some important key board shortcuts that are used to manage Open Windows i.e. open window of a program say for an example: open window of MS Word. So when you have a number of such open Windows on your screen, you need to manage them one or other way. Sometimes you need to move the window towards left or right. Sometimes you need to maximize or minimize it. So there are some functions you need to do while working with open windows. I am listing few shortcuts that will help you in this regard: Windows Key+Up Arrow: Maximize window Windows Key+Down Arrow: Restore Down/Minimize window Windows Key+Left Arrow: Dock window to the left Windows Key+Right Arrow: Dock window to the right Windows Key+Shift+Up Arrow: Maximize Vertical Size Window Key+Shift+Down Arrow: Restore Vertical Size  For people running two monitors: Windows Key+Shift+Left Arrow: Move window to...

Shortcuts make your life easier while you are on computer. Your work becomes more simple and fun when you use shortcuts while browsing the internet. You can do your job with ease and more efficien cy if you make use of most of the shortcuts. And the best way to memorize these shortcuts is SIMPLY USING THEM. In the beginning you can create a list and put up that list on your Desktop. Whenever you are going to use Internet, go through these shortcuts and try to use at least two of the new shortcuts. In this way by using them everyday you will memorize them by heart easily.  (These are common shortcuts for Chrome and Mozilla Firefox) Ctrl + T:   Open new tab Ctrl + N: : Open new browser window Ctrl + F4: Close the current tab Ctrl + Tab: Toggle among open tabs. Ctrl + 1-9 : Pressing Ctrl and any number 1 through 9 will move to the corresponding tab in your tab bar. Ctrl + H = Show history Ctrl + J = Open Downloads window ...

I am going to list most important Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts. You can use them to enhance your user experience with Windows 8. Use of these shortcuts may bring joy and fun while using Windows 8. You can easily me morize these short cuts , the best way is " start using them." Use Windows key to open Start screen or switch to Desktop if start screen is open. Use Windows key + D to open Windows Desktop. Use Windows key + .   to pin and unpin Windows applications on side of the screen. Use Windows key + X to open the power user menu, which gives you access to man y features such as Device Manager and Command Prompt. Use Windows key + C to open the Charms. Use Windows key + I to open the  Charms Settings. Hold Windows key + Tab to show open apps. Use Windows key + Print screen to create a screen shot, that automatically gets saved to My Pictures folder.

Many of the computer users are addicted to see every Window in Maximized mode. They get frustrated when some of the applications does not open in Maximized mode. In this post I will show you how to Forcefully make a shortcut always open as maximized. Right-click on any Windows shortcut and click Properties . In Properties window under shortcut section choose the options given i n Run: click the down arrow and choose Maximized . Now press Ok and open the application, you will see it in maximized mode.

This post is for people who want to get most of Windows 7 experience. All these simple shortcuts can be used while using Windows 7 for better experience.   Windows key and arrow keys: Pressing the Windows key + Left or Right arrow keys, docks the window you are viewing to the left or right-hand side of the screen. Pressing the Windows key + Up arrow maximizes the window and pressing the Windows key + Down arrow re sizes and then minimizes the window. Use Shift: To stretch a window vertically, press the Windows key + Shift + the Up arrow. If you have multiple monitors use the Windows key + Shift + the Left or Right arrow keys to move the window to another monitor. Windows key with plus and minus keys: If you need to zoom in or out of what is being displayed on your screen press the Windows key and the + (plus) or - (minus) keys. Pressing the plus zooms in and once zoomed...

If I would ask you a simple question, "Do you like shortcuts?" The answer would be obviously "YES". Here I am talking about key-board and mouse shortcuts that makes your life easier and faster while sitting in front of your PC/Laptop.Notebook. I have posted many articles about shortcuts including Windows general shortcuts, MS Word shortcuts and even Facebook shortcuts.  Today when I was teaching something to a friend, she asked me "How do you operate your lap top so fast". I replied "I love shortcuts". That moment I thought today I will create a list of all the previous posts that I had written about shortcuts. So here we go, Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys How to create keyboard shortcuts for programs   Run Commands Run Commands for management console Shortcuts to be used in RUN Writing a batch file to start programs at startup Miscrosoft Windows Shortcuts Keys Facebook Keyboard Shortcuts How to access Windows Desktop icon...

Application can be assigned to a shortcut key in Windows XP/Vista/7. The application would launch when the combination of keys is pressed which you entered as the Shortcut Key for that application. To create Shortcut key for any application in Windows: 1. Right click the program icon and select Properties . 2. Then select the Shortcut tab 3. Click in Shortcut key textbox 4. Enter the keyboard shortcut for that program. 5. Press OK to exit 6. Use the Keyboard shortcut combo to launch the application. The way i have used a combination of keys Ctrl+Alt+C to launch calculator application other applications can also be launched using Shortcut keys.

How to access Windows Desktop icons without minimizing anything ? If you want to access windows desktop icons without minimizing anything, then here is a solution for you! You can keep your most frequently used files and shortcuts on the Desktop and you can quickly access those icons by adding a Desktop Toolbar to your Windows Taskbar. Follow these simple steps to get this done. Right-click on the Windows Taskbar. Click Properties. In the Taskbar and Start menu Properties Window, as shown below, click the Toolbars tab. In the Toolbars tab check the Desktop checkbox and click Apply. Once the above steps have been completed you should have a Desktop option by the Windows Notification area of your Taskbar, which is also shown at the bottom of the below picture.   After the above steps have been completed, click the chevron arrows next to Desktop, this will display all shortcuts and files stored on the Desktop.

Shortcuts really help you cut the time you spend on your computer. If you know key board shortcuts, you browse through your stuff in a lesser time. Here is the list of key board shortcuts that you may use while using facebook. Before using these shortcuts, determine the modifier keys for your computer, which is based on what browser and operating system you are using. OS & Browser:- Win&Chrome Win & Firefox Win & IE OSX & Firefox OSX & Other Modifier Keys :  Alt Alt + Shift Alt Function + Ctrl Option + Ctrl   Once you have determined the modifier for your operating system and browser use the above key combination with any of the below 10 keys to perform the desired shortcut. For example, if you were using Firefox in Windows and wanted to go to the Facebook Home you could press Alt + Shift + 1. If you are using Internet Explorer, a...

Shortcut Key Short Key Description Alt + (double-click) Open Properties dialog of selected item. Alt + Enter Opens properties window of selected item. Alt + Esc Switch Between open tasks available on the taskbar. Alt + F4 Close the top (focused) window. Alt + Tab Switch between open windows. Alt + Tab + Shift Switch between open windows, backward. Ctrl + Alt + Delete (or Del) Bring up the Windows Task Manager, or reboot computer. Ctrl + Esc Bring up the Windows Start menu. Ctrl + '+' ('+' key on the keypad) Autofit the widths of all columns (if available) in current window. Ctrl + F4 Close sub window/tab. Ctrl + Tab Switch between existing tabs (within a window). Ctrl + Tab + Shift Switch between existing tabs (within a window), backward F1 ...

     You can start your computer applications automatically and control the sequence of the programs when your computer comes up. You can start number of applications that you want to start at the time of startup using batch files.     Here we consider you want to run three different applications (WordPad, calculator, and notepad) and minimized automatically with sequence at windows startup. However, you can write a batch file to open any program that is installed on your system. There are many other uses of a batch file but here we are not going to discuss them.     Open any text editor like notepad and type the following command. start /min wordpad.exe start /min calc.exe start /min notepad.exe     Now choose the option, Save As to save this file with .bat extension. For example filename.bat.     Now Right- click on Start button and choose open > Double click Programs > here open Startu...

Shortcuts access.cpl - Accessibility Options hdwwiz.cpl - Add New Hardware Wizard appwiz.cpl - dd/Remove Programs timedate.cpl - Date and Time Properties desk.cpl - Display Properties inetcpl.cpl - Internet Properties joy.cpl - Joystick Properties main.cpl keboard - Keyboard Properties main.cpl - Mouse Properties ncpa.cpl - Network Connections ncpl.cpl - Network Properties telephon.cpl - Phone and Modem options powercfg.cpl - Power Management intl.cpl - Regional settings mmsys.cpl sounds - Sound Properties mmsys.cpl - Sounds and Audio Device Properties sysdm.cpl - System Properties nusrmgr.cpl - User settings firewall.cpl - Firewall Settings (sp2) wscui.cpl - Security Center (sp2)

Management Consoles certmgr.msc - Certificate Manager ciadv.msc - Indexing Service compmgmt.msc - Computer management devmgmt.msc - Device Manager dfrg.msc - Defragment diskmgmt.msc - Disk Management fsmgmt.msc - Folder Sharing Management eventvwr.msc - Event Viewer gpedit.msc - Group Policy -XP Pro only iis.msc - Internet Information Services lusrmgr.msc - Local Users and Groups mscorcfg.msc - Net configurations ntmsmgr.msc - Removable Storage perfmon.msc - Performance Manager secpol.msc - Local Security Policy services.msc - System Services wmimgmt.msc - Windows Management

This may not be new to everyone, but still will help you a lot. here I am going to make a list of Run Commands. Hope you all will enjoy it .... Run commands  Calc - Calculator Cfgwiz32 - ISDN Configuration Wizard Charmap - Character Map Chkdisk - Repair damaged files Cleanmgr - Cleans up hard drives Clipbrd - Windows Clipboard viewer Cmd - Opens a new Command Window (cmd.exe) Control - Displays Control Panel Dcomcnfg - DCOM user security Debug - Assembly language programming tool Defrag - Defragmentation tool Drwatson - Records programs crash & snapshots Dxdiag - DirectX Diagnostic Utility Explorer - Windows Explorer Fontview - Graphical font viewer Ftp - ftp.exe program Hostname - Returns Computer's name Ipconfig - Displays IP configuration for all network adapters Jview - Microsoft Command-line Loader for Java classes MMC - Microsoft Management Console Msconfig - Configuration to edit startup files Msinfo32 - Microsoft System...

You can create keyboard shortcuts for any program in Windows 7/XP/Vista.  Right-click the program icon and select Properties .  Select the Shortcut tab,  click in Shortcut key , and set the keyboard shortcut for that program.

Shortcuts make life easier when you are working on a computer. Th ough t hey don't do the same in real life , but l et us not talk about the world other than computers.  So to make our life easier with computer and get better experience while working with softwares, software vendors provide a list of shortcuts to use their softwares. In this post I am listing mouse and keyboard shortcuts to be used in Microsoft Word.  Mouse shortcuts for Microsoft Word: Shortcut Description Double-click (on a word) Select the word. Single-click (anywhere in a sentence) + Holding CTRL Select the entire sentence. Triple-click (anywhere in a paragraph) Select the entire paragraph. Click, hold, drag, then release Select text from the click position to release position. Click first position, hold SHIFT key, then click 2nd position Select text from the 1st position to the 2nd position. ...