Over 1,300 Time-Saving Shortcuts to Speed Your Computer Use

re: Over 1,300 Time-Saving Shortcuts to Speed Your Computer Use

FCCAGut — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:33:32 GMT

You can remove and empty your recycle bin but it's not "deleted", they are still there but only marked for deletion. What you're gonna have to do is either run a program to overpass it (35 is being the most secure on most programs, I think a few programs you may have to pay for it over passing a number higher than that, and some are custom) to delete it or you are going to have to keep deleting more things in order to overwrite them. Some things can't be recovered after deleted them only once, it really depends.One time I deleted a program I wrote and I accidentally threw it out from the recycle bin and it was unrecoverable. A nice little trick you can do if you just want it gone and pass the recycle bin is press shift-right click and left click delete. It will ask if you want to confirm the file deletion, but this is only throwing it away, not "deleting" it. CCleaner works perfectly overwriting unneeded temp files and folders and cleaning out the internet cache and it is free. If you want to recover something, use Recuva (same company). This tip only works for Windows (as far as I know, I never really used a Mac long enough to tell).

Defragging could help after you delete them but I haven't really played around with it to actually tell a difference. If you want a good defragmentation program (Windows comes built with one), Defraggler is a good program of choice (made by the same company as the other 2 programs I listed). So good luck with this tip although a bit lengthy.

As I was typing this I pressed Windows + S and I thought I was shutting down my PC, but I was actually going into Stand By, I'm relieved. In order to Hibernate using the shutdown screen in Windows XP, you hold shift, but this only occurs if Hibernation is enabled and it changed Stand By to Hibernate. If your running Windows 7 Beta, Hibernation is enabled automatically, which occurs every 10 minutes or so.

re: Over 1,300 Time-Saving Shortcuts to Speed Your Computer Use

Saxman — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:23:51 GMT

There were some good tips listed, but I'm still wondering, where are the other 1275?

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friditz — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:40:53 GMT

The heading of the articles says "over 1,300 shortcuts. Where are the rest?

re: Over 1,300 Time-Saving Shortcuts to Speed Your Computer Use

sigrney — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:47:07 GMT

#24 - at least in recent versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox and the new Chrome browser from Google, you can type in just the name for a .com website and use Ctrl+Enter to supply the rest. I don't know about Safari on Mac. For instance, to go to http://www.yahoo.com, just type yahoo in the browser address bar and hit Ctrl+Enter. Note: this only works for addresses that end in ".com".

Another shortcut I didn't see here. In Windows XP, and probably Vista, although I don't have it, you can hit Windows+L to immediately lock the computer.

If you like Alt+Tab feature, search Google for the Windows power toys, there is an Alt+Tab replacement that will show you a preview of each application.

Ctrl+Shift+ arrow left or right will select entire words

re: Over 1,300 Time-Saving Shortcuts to Speed Your Computer Use

Elphaba — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:18:22 GMT

Is control+D any different from pressing control+M?

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KAJ — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:35:23 GMT

See, you can teach an old dog new tricks!! Knew some and learned some.Thanks doc!

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HansMassage_203 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:51:43 GMT

Tip#1,300 Download the new Google browser Google Chrome

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Kreative Keira — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:43:02 GMT

One time the mouse to my computer stopped functioning and I learned how to operate my computer by only using the keyboard. It is possible. And surprisingly pretty convenient in many ways. I still hold on to many of them, but I do appreciate being able to use the point and click method.

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Gil Morris — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:38:58 GMT

Snopes debunked. Check it out.

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re: Over 1,300 Time-Saving Shortcuts to Speed Your Computer Use

infinity — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:40:04 GMT

These tips were interesting. But Dr. M. forgot to say, for us wimps who are very unsavvy, knowing only a few things to do on computer, that you need to be online for, apparently, all the tips he passed on. I do know one or two. And also, how about some tips for word processing? After, we haven't yet killed all the lawyers and I do a lot of stuff for just one lawyer. I've figured out a few speeds-ups or shortcuts for myself but cd always use more. My boss is pretty good at figuring out shortcuts for his computer (we're not linked). So how about it, for word processing. And by the way, i DO NOT AND WILL NEVER use MS Word for Windows. IT IS NOT user friendly. I use and will as long as it's around, WordPerfect. Gaye Leslie

re: Over 1,300 Time-Saving Shortcuts to Speed Your Computer Use

Islander — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:52:55 GMT

#23. You may think it's gone, but anything you have ever written - EVER - can be found again by those who know how.

#26. You cannot win in a lottery you have never entered. (Amazing how gullible people are).

As for #20, both Firefox and Safari have tabbed browsing. If IE doesn't, this would be a good time to use IE to download Firefox - and then dump IE. (Actually, I often have 2 browsers open at once).

Final thought: keyboard commands are always faster than drop-down menu commands. Use Command + c to copy, Command + v to paste, Command + s to save, etc. (Downside: these are a stretch on the MS keyboard, but an easy left-hand tap on the Mac).

re: Over 1,300 Time-Saving Shortcuts to Speed Your Computer Use

StrangerHereMyself — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:11:39 GMT

That was not 1,300 of them! Haha.

I'm pretty computer-savvy, but #13 was a new one on me. I'll have to check out the linked articles when I get a chance :)

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Arizona — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:40:04 GMT

I loved these suggestions!!! Anything that can help to make life easier is a plus. Thanks a bunch

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mama bear — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:31:38 GMT

Great suggestions. I knew some already and learned some new tricks. Technology moves so fast that it is difficult to keep up.

Mamabear