Quick Fixes for Windows-Part 7

I want to shut of my computer without having to point and click interminably. What do I do?

Follow these steps closely to handle the problem. You can restart, exit and log off from windows.

Now if you are using XP, then press windows button in the keyboard, then U, U to shut down. Similarly press Windows U, R if you want to restart and Windows, L, L to log off.

What about Vista? When using Vista, press Windows, right arrow thrice and then the letter for the command you want. Use U to shut down, R to restart and L to log off.

There’s also an alternative way through which you can shut down your system. The power button. Remember switching off your television using power button? Of course switching the pc power button can cause to lose your data. Also you must make sure the settings are right or it may cause damage to the system. Here’s a quick tip. Reprogram your system’s power button to exit windows, without any prompts. Follow these steps. Open Control Panel. Select ‘Performance and Maintenance’ category. Now click Power Options. Click Advanced Tab. Under ‘When I press the power button on my computer’ drop down list, choose shut down. Click Save Changes and close. You are done!

Coming to Vista, click the start button and type power options, then press Enter. In the upper left, click Choose what the power button does. Next to ‘When I press the power button’ select Shut down. If you want you can leave the setting at the default Sleep option, which can save you time when you power the PC on. Once done, click Save Changes.

With this, we end the series on quick fixes for Windows XP and Vista. Happy Computing!

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December 22, 2007 | Filed Under Software, Tips n Tricks | Leave a Comment

Quick fixes for Windows-Part 6

“Whenever I connect the external hard drives and flash drives to my PC, I see Autoplay feature working just as it does in CD-ROMs. What if malware gets on one of the devices and if Autoplay gives it a path onto my system?”

Quick Fix: Best option I can suggest you here is to disable Autoplay feature for all of the system’s drives.

If you are using XP, you can press Windows-R and then type the command gpedit.msc, and then press Enter. Now as you can see the tree pane on the left, select Local Computer Policy\ Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System. Now you can scroll in the right pane and then double click Turn off Autoplay. Click Enabled in the Turn off Autoplay Properties dialog box. Once done, select All drives from drop-down list. Click OK.

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December 14, 2007 | Filed Under Software, Tips n Tricks | Leave a Comment

Quick fixes for Windows-Part 4

“Right mouse button has commands like delete cut and copy. To copy a file, every time I need to open new Explorer window (or lose place in the current Explorer window) to use paste command that completes the operation. (I can also drag and drop from right to left folder-tree pane)”

Quick Fix: Coming to the point, let’s find a solution to complete the process. First off, invoke a prompt that asks for destination folder by adding commands such as ‘Copy to Folder’ and ‘Move to Folder’ to your right-click menu.

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December 9, 2007 | Filed Under Software, Tips n Tricks | Leave a Comment