All Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows XP Shortcuts:
 ALT+- (ALT+hyphen) - Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window’s System menu
ALT+ENTER - View properties for the selected item
ALT+ESC - Cycle through items in the order they were opened
ALT+F4 - Close the active item, or quit the active program
ALT+SPACEBAR - Display the System menu for the active window
ALT+TAB - Switch between open items
ALT+Underlined - letter Display the corresponding menu
BACKSPACE - View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer
CTRL+A - Select all
CTRL+B - Bold
CTRL+C - Copy
CTRL+I - Italics
CTRL+O - Open an item
CTRL+U - Underline
CTRL+V - Paste
CTRL+X - Cut
CTRL+Z - Undo
CTRL+F4 - Close the active document
CTRL - while dragging Copy selected item
CTRL+SHIFT - while dragging Create shortcut to 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
SHIFT+DELETE - Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin
ESC - Cancel the current task
F1 - Displays Help
F2 - Rename selected item
F3 - Search for a file or folder
F4 - Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer
F5 - Refresh the active window
F6 - Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop
F10 - Activate the menu bar in the active program
SHIFT+F10 - Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
CTRL+ESC - Display the Start menu
SHIFT+CTRL+ESC - Launches Task Manager
SHIFT - when you insert a CD Prevent the CD from automatically playing
WIN - Display or hide the Start menu
WIN+BREAK - Display the System Properties dialog box
WIN+D - Minimizes all Windows and shows the Desktop
WIN+E - Open Windows Explorer
WIN+F - Search for a file or folder
WIN+F+CTRL - Search for computers
WIN+L - Locks the desktop
WIN+M - Minimize or restore all windows
WIN+R - Open the Run dialog box
WIN+TAB - Switch between open items

Windows Explorer Shortcuts:
 ALT+SPACEBAR – Display the current window’s system menu
SHIFT+F10 – Display the item’s context menu
CTRL+ESC – Display the Start menu
ALT+TAB – Switch to the window you last used
ALT+F4 – Close the current window or quit
CTRL+A – Select all items
CTRL+X – Cut selected item(s)
CTRL+C – Copy selected item(s)
CTRL+V – Paste item(s)
CTRL+Z – Undo last action
CTRL+(+) – Automatically resize the columns in the right hand pane
TAB – Move forward through options
ALT+RIGHT ARROW – Move forward to a previous view
ALT+LEFT ARROW – Move backward to a previous view
SHIFT+DELETE – Delete an item immediately
BACKSPACE – View the folder one level up
ALT+ENTER – View an item’s properties
F10 – Activate the menu bar in programs
F6 – Switch between left and right panes
F5 – Refresh window contents
F3 – Display Find application
F2 – Rename selected item

How to turn off turn on autorun

How to turn off turn on autorun:
By default turn on autorun. Here is how to turn off autorun:

1. Click on Start->Run
2. Type gpedit.msc then press ENTER
3. In the Group Policy, Expand the following:
Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates
4. Under Administrative Templates, click on System. Dont expand it, just click on it
5. On the right-pane, scroll down and look for Turn Off Autoplay. Double-click on it.
6. Select Enabled option, then select All Drives from the combobox.
7. Press OK button.
If you wand to enable autorun again then just select disable option and ok. 

Message Sending Easily in Windows XP (Net Send)

We can easily send message to other computers on the network (Windows XP ) using net send command.

1) By default this messenger service is disabled in Windows XP with SP2, you need to start this service in order to send message. Just go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > double-click Services, the Services window will appear, scroll down until you locate the Messenger service, then double-click on this service.

 2) You can set the Startup type for this service as Automatic (will be started automatically whenever you boot up the computer) or Manual (you need to start this service manually whenever you need it), after that click Apply. Also please click Start to start the service if it’s not started.

3) Ok! Now proceed to click Start -> Run…, type cmd and click OK to open command prompt. Here is the net send command syntax:

net send [computer-name/IP-address] [your-message]

4) You can also send the message by using IP address, let say I want to send message to 192.168.1.102, here is what I type: net send 150.1.10.52  [your-message]. Here is an example:

The following message will pop up on computer configured with IP 150.1.10.52:

  5) Let say you wish to send a message to computer named David, just type net send David [your-message]. Here is an example:

The following message will pop up on computer named David:

How to make Windows XP as a Router (IP Forwarding)

Enabling IP forwarding using Windows XP Professional will make it as a router. As an example, let say you have 7 computers and 2 network switches, and need to create 2 networks that can access Internet, so how to do it? Some more information, one of the computers is equipped with 3 network cards and one of the network cards is connected to cable/DSL modem to access Internet, so this computer will act as a router:

 

Configure the network cards on the router with following information.
Router (Windows XP Professional)
Network Card A (connect to network A):
IP: 10.10.10.1
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway (GW): [leave it blank]

Network Card B (connect to network B):
IP: 192.168.20.1
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway (GW): [leave it blank]

Network Card C (connect to Internet via cable/dsl connection)
This information will be based on the Internet connection service which you have subscribed.
IP: 192.168.1.1
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway (GW): 192.168.1.1

Configure all the computers in network A with following information.
Network A
IP: 10.10.10.2-254
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway (GW): 10.10.10.1

Configure all the computers in network B with following information.
Network B
IP: 192.168.20.2-254
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.20.1

Now step by step configure IP forwarding on that PC: 

1) Go to Start and click Run…, then type in regedit to run registry editor.

2) Registry editor window will appear. Browse for the following registry key at the left hand side window:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpipParameters
Right click IPEnableRouter registry object, and click Modify.

Note: Be extra careful when you deal with registry editor, wrong editing will crash you Windows OS. so you need to backup your registry.

 3) The IPEnableRouter window will appear. Type 1 as Value data and click OK.

4) Close the regisrty editor and reboot the computer. After rebooting, all the computers should be able to access Internet and also share the file/printer between network A and B.

Enjoy

How to gain access to the "System Volume Information" folder on windows PC

 Microsoft Windows XP Using the FAT32 File System:

• Go to "My Computer".
• Click the "Tools" menu, then click 'Folder Options'.
• On the 'View' tab, click 'Show hidden files and folders'.
• Clear the 'Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)' check box. Click Yes when you are prompted to confirm the change.
• Click OK.
• Double-click the "System Volume Information" folder in the root folder to open it.

Windows XP Using the NTFS File System:

• At First, Go to "My Computer".
• Click the "Tools" menu, then click 'Folder Options'.
• On the 'View' tab, click 'Show hidden files and folders'.
• Clear the 'Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)' check box. Click Yes when you are prompted to confirm the change.
• Click OK.

• Right-click the "System Volume Information" folder in the root folder, and then click Sharing and Security.
• Click the 'Security' tab.
• Click Add, and then type the name of the user to whom you want to give access to the folder. Choose the account location if appropriate (either local or from the domain). Typically, this is the account with which you are logged on. Click OK, and then click OK again.
• Double-click the "System Volume Information" folder in the root folder to open it.

• If Security tab is not available, you click 'start' then 'run', type 'gpedit.msc'. System Group Policy explore. 
• You go 'Computer Configuration', then click 'Windows Settings', then click 'Security Settings', then click 'Local Policies', then click 'Security Options'.
• From this right side policy you find 'Network Access: Sharing and Security Model for local Account' (By default Gust Only), Double-click and select 'Classic - local user authenticate as themselves' Click OK.
• So, you get 'Security' tab