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computer-help-hints-tips
Useful help, hints and tips to keep your PC or Laptop in good working order, make it easier to use and safer from Interntet threats, viruses and other malicious software infections.
These hints and tips are changed and upddated on a regular basis, so please call back for more more tips and tricks.
If there's anything here that you find useful but don't feel comforatble doing yourself, we can of course help.
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Clean up your hard disc:
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows XP
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Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
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Click Performance and Maintenance.
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Under or pick a Control Panel icon, click Scheduled Tasks.
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In the Scheduled Tasks window, double-click Add Scheduled Task.
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In the Scheduled Task Wizard, click Next.
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Scroll down to Disk Cleanup in the list of Applications, click it (to highlight it), and then click Next.
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Under Perform this task, click Weekly, and then click Next.
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Set the time and day of the week you would like to run Disk Cleanup. For best results, choose a time when you're typically at your computer so you can provide any required input. Click Next.
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Type your password in both the Enter the password and Confirm password boxes, and then click Next.
Click Finish
Improve your wireless network:
Position your wireless router, modem router, or access point in a central location
Move the router off the floor and away from walls and metal objects (such as metal file cabinets)
Add a wireless repeater
Change your wireless channel
Upgrade 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g devices to 802.11n
General keyboard shortcuts:
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Open Help |
Press F1.
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Select all content in a document, window, or text box |
Press Ctrl+A.
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Search for a file or folder |
Press F3. In Windows 7, you can also press the Windows logo key to open the Start menu and then type in the Search box.
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Rename a file or folder |
Select the file or folder, press F2, and then retype the name.
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Find out when the file or folder was created, by whom, and how big it is |
Select the file, and then press Alt+Enter.
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Display the Start menu |
Press Ctrl+Esc. In Windows 7, you can also press the Windows logo key.
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Scroll between open windows |
Press Alt+Tab, and then hold down Alt while pressing Tab to reach the desired file or program.
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Undo an action |
Press Ctrl+Z.
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Redo an action |
Press Ctrl+Y.
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Check the spelling of titles or words in any Office application with the Spelling & Grammar checker |
Press F7.
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Create a shortcut on your desktop to your favorite file or folder |
In Windows 7: Right-click the file or folder. On the shortcut menu, click Send to, and then click Desktop (Create shortcut). In Windows Vista: Right-click the file or folder. On the shortcut menu, click Create Shortcut. Drag the new shortcut to your desktop.
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Capture a screen shot |
Press Alt+Print Screen, and then press Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste.
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Lock the computer, switch users, log off the computer, change a password, start Task Manager |
In Windows 7, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
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Lock the computer |
Press the Windows logo key+L. |
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