Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
This is Part 1 in a series of posts that will cover browser shortcut keys. This post covers keyboard shortcut keys for Internet Explorer. This has been taken from the Microsoft Support Website.
Here goes…
How to View and Explore Web Pages With Shortcut Keys
To view and explore Web pages with shortcut keys:
Aurora’s in Windows Vista
Windows Vista seems to have a fascination with aurora’s! There are two hidden aurora’s that you can enable in Windows Vista. [via UnlockForUs]
There is a 3D benchmarks program that can be started by typing winsat aurora.
There is a boot screen that uses aurora (shown below).
Launch msconfig and check the “No GUI boot” option from the [...]
Windows market share dips below 90%
The market share for the Windows Operating System dipped below 90% in November 2008 for the first time ever. [via PC World and Hitslink]
While Windows lost market share, Mac OS X gained during this period.
OfficeLabs: Concept Cars for Microsoft Office
OfficeLabs provides prototype tools that work on top of Microsoft Office installations.
Tools like StickySorter, Speed Launch, Email Prioritizer and many others are great productivity improvement tools.
These tools are all free to use, but be aware that they send back usage metrics to Microsoft. So, if you’re a privacy fanatic, these tools might not be for [...]
Virtual Desktops for Windows using Dexpot
We recently wrote about the Microsoft PowerToy for Multiple Virtual Desktops. lab209 covers another utility today called Dexpot which provides a similar functionality on Windows but with more features than those provided by the Microsoft PowerToy.
With Dexpot you can have up to 20 virtual desktops. Its free to use for personal use but requires a [...]
Virtual Desktops on Windows XP
The Linux World has been used to multiple virtual desktops for a long time. Its a very useful feature to have. Imagine using one desktop for your Office Work, one for your browsing, one for personal work, etc.
It not only gives you some additional privacy when your boss comes over to your desk, but it [...]
Microsoft OneNote 2007 available free for Teachers
Microsoft is offering a free copy of OneNote 2007 to teachers based out of the USA. (via labnol)
All they need to do is to watch a webinar scheduled for 11th November and complete a survey at the end of it. Proof of their academic status needs to be provided by 30th November.
Mike Tholfsen from the [...]
Windows 7 pre-beta available on BitTorrent
Windows 7 pre-beta is available on popular BitTorrent websites like ThePirateBay and Mininova.
If you are curious to know what Windows 7 is all about, go ahead and download a build. These builds are pre-beta and will surely not be very stable.
A screenshot (via Wikipedia) of Windows 7 is shown below:
Windows Vista: The requested operation requires elevation
If you are using Windows Vista as your operating system and tried out certain commands using the Command Prompt (cmd), you might have encountered the error “The requested operation requires elevation“.
As an example, if you open cmd and try to flush your DNS cache using “ipconfig flushdns”, you’ll get the error.
To avoid this issue, you [...]
The secret behind the Google Chrome Logo
[via onecomics]
