Here is a short tutorial on how you can eject or close your CD ROM using desktop shortcuts. Opening or closing the CD tray using these shortcuts can help you out if you have a faulty eject button on your CD ROM drive. You will never need to open windows explorer and right-click the CD ROM drive and then press eject. These two shortcuts will make your tasks
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Create Icons to Open and Close Your CD Rom Drive
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010Display The Play Menu Option On Windows Media Player
Monday, August 30th, 2010Mark H. asks:
I have Windows Media Player 11. There used to be a place at the top where I could click Play. I can’t find it anywhere. Where is it?
A. Hi, Mark! You would think it would be right there all the time, wouldn’t you? After all, everybody has to use it.
It’s all about options. If you play a lot of music on your player, you might… Continue reading
Windows 7 Character Map
Monday, August 30th, 2010Have you ever needed a special character? No, I’m not talking about phoning up Charlie Brown and asking him to referee your kid’s soccer game -I’m talking about a special text character! Sure, there’s a bunch of Alt codes you can use to get results, but if you’re like me, you need a more visual approach.
So, in Windows 7 or Vista hit Start and… Continue reading
Finding All The Keyboard Shortcuts In Open Office
Monday, August 23rd, 2010OpenOffice: It’s All About The Keys
Many people much prefer using key combinations over the mouse when completing their work.
Some just find that it takes way too much time to keep removing their hand from the keyboard to accomplish something with the mouse. Mostly I agree, it seems that 9 times out of 10
Mouse Keys
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010Here’s a fun trick That will allow you to use your keyboard to control your mouse pointer; it’s called Mouse Keys.
Simply press Left Shift +Alt+Num Lock (The Num Lock Key is located in the top row of your number pad.)When you press this key combination, you should see this window pop up.
Now simply press Yes and… Continue reading
Internet Explorer Shortcuts
Friday, July 2nd, 2010Bryan L. Asks:
I see keyboard and shortcut keys for Windows all of the time, but I don’t see any for Internet Explorer. Do any Internet Explorer shortcut keys exist?
A:
Yes, Bryan, they certainly do. Here you go:
F1 – Help.
F3 – Toggle on/off search panel.
F4 – Pull down address bar.
F5 – Refresh… Continue reading
Instantly Win at Windows XP Solitaire
Friday, July 2nd, 2010Solitaire is the type of game where you can get stuck really fast. Next time you’re up against a wall of cards try this:
Press Alt+Shift+2
Voila! You win!!
At least it’s a lot more satisfying that starting a new game!
Note: This trick only works in the Windows XP version of solitaire.… Continue reading
Expanded “Send to” Locations
Thursday, July 1st, 2010We’re all familiar with the “Send to” option when we right-click a file. It allows us to specify a location for the file in question quickly and easily, but why are there so few options?
Look at this:
Windows 7 users have some expanded options, however. Try holding Shift when you right-click a file and see what you… Continue reading
Lock Windows Fast
Thursday, June 24th, 2010Here’s a super-quick quicktip for everyone out there using Windows XP through Windows 7. If you want to lock your computer the super-duper quick way just press your Windows Key + L.
Voila! Your computer is locked!
Quick and easy!
~Andrew… Continue reading
Windows Media Player 11 Keyboard Shortcuts Pt. 1
Monday, June 21st, 2010Hey all you Windows Media Player users out there – looking for some keyboard shortcuts? Well, load up WMP 11, open a video and follow along, because here’s a bevvy of them to try out!
Switch to full mode – CTRL+1
Switch to skin mode – CTRL+2
Switch to the first view in a media category – CTRL+7
Switch to the second… Continue reading
