Important Shortcuts for XP

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You might want to run some programs quickly than more click on start menu. Now you canclick start > run then type the keyword below to get into the utility as below:

1. Accessibility Controls - access.cpl

2. Accessibility Wizard - accwiz3. Add Hardware Wizard - hdwwiz.cpl

4. Add/Remove Programs - appwiz.cpl5. Administrative Tools - control admintools6. Automatic Updates - wuaucpl.cpl

7. Bluetooth Transfer Wizard - fsquirt8. Calculator - calc

9. Certificate Manager - certmgr.msc10. Character Map - charmap

11. Check Disk Utility - chkdsk12. Clipboard Viewer - clipbrd

13. Command Prompt - cmd14. Component Services - dcomcnfg

15. Computer Management - compmgmt.msc16. Control Panel - control

17. Date and Time Properties - timedate.cpl18. DDE Shares - ddeshare

19. Device Manager - devmgmt.msc20. Direct X Troubleshooter - dxdiag

21. Disk Cleanup Utility - cleanmgr22. Disk Defragment - dfrg.msc

23. Disk Management - diskmgmt.msc24. Disk Partition Manager - diskpart

25. Display Properties - control desktop26. Display Properties - desk.cpl

27. Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility - drwtsn32

28. Driver Verifier Utility - verifier

29. Event Viewer - eventvwr.msc30. Files and Settings Transfer Tool - migwiz

31. File Signature Verification Tool - sigverif32. Findfast - findfast.cpl

33. Firefox - firefox34. Folders Properties - control folders

35. Fonts - control fonts36. Fonts Folder - fonts

37. Free Cell Card Game - freecell38. Game Controllers - joy.cpl

39. Group Policy Editor (for xp professional) - gpedit.msc40. Hearts Card Game - mshearts

41. Help and Support - helpctr

42. HyperTerminal - hypertrm43. Iexpress Wizard - iexpress44. Indexing Service - ciadv.msc

45. Internet Connection Wizard - icwconn146. Internet Explorer - iexplore

47. Internet Properties - inetcpl.cpl48. Keyboard Properties - control keyboard

49. Local Security Settings - secpol.msc

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50. Local Users and Groups - lusrmgr.msc51. Logs You Out Of Windows - logoff

52. Malicious Software Removal Tool - mrt53. Microsoft Chat - winchat

54. Microsoft Movie Maker - moviemk55. Microsoft Paint - mspaint

56. Microsoft Syncronization Tool - mobsync57. Minesweeper Game - winmine58. Mouse Properties - control mouse

59. Mouse Properties - main.cpl

60. Netmeeting - conf61. Network Connections - control netconnections

62. Network Connections - ncpa.cpl63. Network Setup Wizard - netsetup.cpl

64. Notepad notepad65. Object Packager - packager

66. ODBC Data Source Administrator - odbccp32.cpl67. On Screen Keyboard - osk

68. Outlook Express - msimn

69. Paint - pbrush70. Password Properties - password.cpl71. Performance Monitor - perfmon.msc

72. Performance Monitor - perfmon73. Phone and Modem Options - telephon.cpl

74. Phone Dialer - dialer75. Pinball Game - pinball

76. Power Configuration - powercfg.cpl77. Printers and Faxes - control printers

78. Printers Folder - printers79. Regional Settings - intl.cpl

80. Registry Editor - regedit

81. Registry Editor - regedit3282. Remote Access Phonebook - rasphone

83. Remote Desktop - mstsc84. Removable Storage - ntmsmgr.msc

85. Removable Storage Operator Requests - ntmsoprq.msc86. Resultant Set of Policy (for xp professional) - rsop.msc

87. Scanners and Cameras - sticpl.cpl

88. Scheduled Tasks - control schedtasks89. Security Center - wscui.cpl

90. Services - services.msc91. Shared Folders - fsmgmt.msc

92. Shuts Down Windows - shutdown93. Sounds and Audio - mmsys.cpl

94. Spider Solitare Card Game - spider95. SQL Client Configuration - cliconfg

96. System Configuration Editor - sysedit97. System Configuration Utility - msconfig

98. System Information - msinfo3299. System Properties - sysdm.cpl

100. Task Manager - taskmgr101. TCP Tester - tcptest

102. Telnet Client - telnet

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103. User Account Management - nusrmgr.cpl104. Utility Manager - utilman

105. Windows Address Book - wab106. Windows Address Book Import Utility - wabmig

107. Windows Explorer - explorer108. Windows Firewall - firewall.cpl

109. Windows Magnifier - magnify110. Windows Management Infrastructure - wmimgmt.msc111. Windows Media Player - wmplayer

112. Windows Messenger - msmsgs

113. Windows System Security Tool - syskey114. Windows Update Launches - wupdmgr

115. Windows Version - winver116. Windows XP Tour Wizard - tourstart

117. Wordpad - write

Fixing No Run , No Search, No Shutdown onstart Menu

9, 2008 Myhouse

The first thing you have to do is : You have to make sure your computer is free from

viruses!When viruses attacted to your computer , it do the registy changed. So after clean or delete

the viruses, the registry setting is still effect to your system.

>Unlock No RUN

Click on start > run > type : regedit and browse to this path:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\

Explorer]System Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\

Explorer]Value Name: NoRun

Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

>Unlock No Search:


User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\

Explorer]System Key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\

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Explorer]

Value Name: NoFind

Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

>Unlock No Shutdown:


User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

System Key:[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\

Explorer]

Value Name: NoClose

Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

You need to log off or Restart the computer to take effect.

Common Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut Keys Function

Display or hide the Start menu.

+BREAK Display the System Properties dialog box.

+D Minimizes all Windows and shows the Desktop

+E Open Windows Explorer

+F Search for a file or folder.

+F+CTRL Search for computers.

+F1 Display Windows 2000 Help.

+L Locks the desktop

+M Minimize or restore all windows.

+R Open the Run dialog box.

+TAB Switch between open items.

+U Open Utility Manager

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 in a menuname

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.

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CTRL+U Underline

CTRL+V Paste.

CTRL+X Cut.

CTRL+Z Undo.

CTRL+F4Close the active document in programs that allow you to have multipledocuments open simultaneously.

CTRL while dragging an item Copy selected item.

CTRL+SHIFT while dragging anitem

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.

CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrowkeys

Highlight a block of text.

DELETE Delete.

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

Underlined letter in a commandname on an open menu

Carry out the corresponding command.

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.

SHIFT with any of the arrow keysSelect more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text withina document.

SHIFT when you insert a CD intothe CD-ROM drive

Prevent the CD from automatically playing.

Windows Explorer keyboard shortcutsShortcut Keys Function

CTRL+PLUSon numeric keypad (+)

Automatically resize the columns in the right hand pane

END Display the bottom of the active window.

HOME Display the top of the active window.

NUM LOCK+ASTERISK

on numeric keypad (*) Display all subfolders under the selected folder.

NUM LOCK+PLUS SIGNon numeric keypad (+)

Display the contents of the selected folder.

NUM LOCK+MINUS SIGNon numeric keypad (-)

Collapse the selected folder.

LEFT ARROW Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select parent folder.

RIGHT ARROW Display current selection if it's collapsed, or select first subfolder

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The commands are always followed by a space then any variablesNEW Windows Vista Recovery Console PDF andWinRE Simulation

DIR COMMAND USAGE CD COMMAND USAGE Lists the contents current directory

C:\>dirLists Contents of absolute pathA:\documents\pictures\bitmaps>dir c:\program filesSwitches: /w /p /sSorting Switches: /oe /oen /od /on /one /xWildcards: * ?Wildcard usage:C:/winnt/system32>DIR *.exeC:/winnt/system32>DIR *.*

Changes to a directory

Folder by folder methodC:\>cd winntC:\winnt>cd system32Absolute path methodC:\>cd c:\winnt\system32Move to parent folderC:\>cd..Move to root folderC:\>cd/

The parent folder is whatever folder is above yourcurrent folder

The Root folder is the topmost folder

COPY/MOVE COMMAND USAGE DEL COMMAND USAGE

This command is always used in this styleCopy path of file pathExample1:C:\>copy Friday.doc c:\documents and settingsExample 2:C:\>copy a:\weekdays\Thursday.doc c:\temp\days

Example 3:C:\>move Friday.doc c:\documents and settings

Delete from current directoryC:\>Del Friday.docDelete From Absolute PathC:\>Del a:\weekdays\Thursday.doc

CLS & TREE COMMAND USAGE

Clears all text from the screenC:\>CLSTREE Command will draw a symbolic representation of yourlocation within the file system

FORMAT COMMAND USAGE EDIT and TYPE COMMAND USAGE

Deletes and Prepares a floppy or hard disk to have newdata written to it. When this command is preformed all dataon a disk is lost.Format First hard DriveC:\>format c:Format Floppy DriveC:\>format a:

When the edit command is used on a file, DOS launchesand external text editing application to edit the file.Example 1C:>edit c:\documents and settings\Thursday.txt

The Type Command displays directly on the DOS screenthe contents of a file. This command only displays dataand will not allow you to edit.Example 2C:\>type Thursday.txt

MD & RD & REN COMMAND USAGE

Makes a directory

C:\winnt>MD MYbackupRemoves a DirectoryC:\winnt>RD MYbackup

Rename a File Or Folder

C:\>ren bob.txt joey.txtC:\>ren c:\docs c:\pics

ATTRIB COMMAND Other External Commands

ATTRIB commands will change the attributes andpermissions of a file or folder.+Adds an Attribute- Removes an Attributec:\>attrib Thursday.doc +hc:\>attrib Friday.Doc +a -hAll Switches: A R H SArchive | Read-Only| Hidden | System

External commands are separate tools not always builtinto dos.XCOPY Copies an entire directory along with everythingthat directory contains.DELTREE Deletes an entire directory along witheverything that directory contains.QBASIC An external application used to write and compileother dos programs from source code.SCANDISK Scans a drives directory structure checking forerrors.FDISK USED to VIEW/CREATE/DELETE partitionsIPCONFIG Network utility used to display and manage IP

addresses

OTHER TIPS:

1) To launch DOS from windows you execute cmd orcommand from the run prompt in the start menu.

2) The SystemRoot is the directory where the operatingsystems core files are located Typically c:\winnt on NTbased systems.3)c:\program files\ is typically where most user installedapplications are located.4)c:\documents and settings\ is typically where desktopicons, documents, start menu icons and personalpreferences are stored. Example: The user bobs documentswould be located in c:\documents and settings\bob\my documents

System information

TIME Display or Change the system timeLabel Changes the label of a diskVOL Displays to label of a diskVER Displays what operations system you are usingChange to Default Windows Directory trickC:\>CD %windir%

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