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Time Saver for External Devices Such as Scanners etc.
If you have an external (non USB) device that is not connected via
1. Right-click My Computer and select Properties from the menu.
2. On the screen that comes up, click the Device Manager tab,
Windows has now "refreshed" it's hardware profile. This should not
This will (should) work for any device attached to your computer
Also, please note - if you forgot to attach a device to your computer, it
Easy Shut-Down and Restart
Please note, this tip works with Windows 95, 98 and Win ME.
1. Right click anywhere on the Desktop and select New, Shortcut
2. A screen will appear asking you for a Command Line.The
0 - Log Off - Shuts down all running processes and logs the user off.
1 - Shutdown - shuts system down to the point where you can turn
2 - Re-boot - shuts the system down and re-boots the computer.
8 - Poweroff - Shuts the computer down and turns the power off
If you wish, you can use combinations of the above by adding
A little extra note: now that you have the shortcut for shutting down
Inverse Selections
Are you ever in, say, your documents folder and there are
1. First, if there are more files you DO want to file elsewhere as opposed
2. Once you have them all selected, go to your Edit menu, click and select
Disclaimer: These tips are intended to help you work with your computer and learn a few tricks with it. Should anything go wrong while you are trying a tip, this site and it's owner holds no responsibilty! These tips, if followed properly, are harmless and fun. Not a one of them can hurt your computer in any manner. If you are doubtful or unsure, do not try one.
a USB Port, (scanner, tape backup external zip drive, etc), they
probably need to be powered on before you boot up your computer.
If not, the computer doesn't recognize them and you need to turn them
on and re-boot. At least, this is how most of us do it automatically.
There is a little shortcut to this procedure, however.
Let us say you forgot to turn on your scanner when you booted up
you computer. Normally you would have to turn it on and re-boot the
computer. Here is the way to avoid going through an entire re-boot:
located at the top. They look just like file tabs. Now you should see
the "Computer" icon at the top. Towards the bottom of that screen,
you'll see a "refresh" button. Click on that.
take long. When it has refreshed, you will find your scanner is now
part of the hardware profile and you can now use it without rebooting!
that you forget to turn on. Some computers need to hit the refresh
button twice to get this to work. Why? Who knows! It's a computer!
is always best to do so ONLY when the computer is off, unless the
device is a USB.
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Have you ever found yourself wishing that Windows would
stop asking you if you want to shut down - even after you
just told it via the start menu that you want to shut down?
The following tip will help you do just that and place an icon
on your desktop so all you will have to do is click on that icon
to shut down or restart!
Here is what you need to do:
command line you need to put into that box is:
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx N
Now, before you click the Next command, replance the "N"
at the end of the command line with on of the following
numbers for the command you wish to impliment:
off the computer.
(on
systems that support it).
them together. For instance, use 6 to re-start (2) the computer.
on your desktop, you can, if you wish, drag it to your taskbar (bottom of
the computer screen) for even easier access. This is stricly a matter
of personal choice.
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several items you wish to transfer to another storage device?
For instance, you just copied a bunch of pictures off the Internet
into your documents and wish to keep them safe - or better yet,
backed up, on another storage device. If you know what I am
talking about, then this tip may interest you because there is
a little trick you can do to speed up the process of selecting the files.
to those you DO NOT want to file elsewhere, select/highlight the ones
you DO NOT wish to store by holding down your Control key as you
select the files. You should see each one highlight as you select them.
"Invert Selection" from the resulting menu. Now, look at your files - all
the one's you wish to transfer should be selected!