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 Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks

Whats this dude? Ran it and made computer make alot of noise lol...

Any was currently cannot think of any tips.

It sends your comuter through the cycle it does when it detects it's self as being idle, i.e. left alone for an hour, it will run this. It organises the paging file etc. I'm not sure on the specifics. :)

 Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks

Whats this dude? Ran it and made computer make alot of noise lol...

Any was currently cannot think of any tips.

While it DOES free up idle tasks, according to Microsoft, it can take up to 15 minutes to do so. You would not want to run this task before playing a game or using your machine as it will actually cause any tasks waiting for the system to become idle to be performed immediately.

Quote from Microsoft:

"When called from the command line, the ProcessIdleTasks work is done in the background asynchronously. It can take 10 to 15 minutes for idle tasks to complete. Task Manager will report processes running, and the disk will likely be active during this time"

http://www.tweakxp.com/article37013.aspx

Turn off Sticky Keys, Filter Keys, Toggle Keys.

Press LShift + Rshift at the same time.

Ahh, I love you man. I hate when I am playing BF2 and press shift or hold it long, and the damn sticky keys pops up and by the time I get back into the game. I am kicked for idling, or connection error

Cool Thread :yes:

Heres mine

to remove shortcut to prefix

copy a file then

somewhere else right click>paste shortcut

then choose rename and remove the "Shortcut to" prefix

repeat this steps several times suddenly the "Shortcut to" prefix will be gone!

I got one of the best windows tips/hacks on my site.

It is not a plug for my site, but the article is 2 pages long.

My article tells you how to make a windowxp box into a terminal server. SO that you can log onto the same box with up to three different accounts at the same time.

you can find it on my blog.

www.kradest.com

scroll down till you see it!

When your losing your mind...

hit a s d f

-............w

caplock.asd

-...........zx

What is this?

My tip:

Drag any folder to the edge of the screen and it makes it a toolbar (like Quick Launch)

Download TweakUI and go to the Internet Explorer bar, enable "Include path search in address bar". Now typing things in the address bar is almost the same as typing it in the Run box.

For Outlook (not really Windows I know):

Alt+S:send

F9: Send/Receive

Best I know are windows key + pause break takes you to settings

Does anyone knon if this is possible in XP?

In 98 you had a desktop button on the bottom bar that would minimize all open windows and take you to the desktop.

Did they save that in XP?

I love this option in 98. It's like a desktop icon, u know what I mean

thx :punk:

Best I know are windows key + pause break takes you to settings

Does anyone knon if this is possible in XP?

In 98 you had a desktop button on the bottom bar that would minimize all open windows and take you to the desktop.

Did they save that in XP?

I love this option in 98. It's like a desktop icon, u know what I mean

thx :punk:

Yes, it should be there by default. However, if you've lost that icon for whatever reason:

1. Click Start , click Run, type notepad, and then click OK.

2. In Notepad, type the following text on individual lines:

[shell]

Command=2

IconFile=explorer.exe,3

[Taskbar]

Command=ToggleDesktop

3. Click File, click Save As, and then save the file to your desktop as Show Desktop.scf.

Note Notepad may automatically append a .txt extension to the file name. Remove this extension if present. The file name should be Show Desktop.scf.

Taken from Microsoft's KB Article.

when you're in IE or Firefox and you want to go to a site, google for example, you can just type google in the address bar and then hit ctrl+enter and it automatically completes the whole address and takes you to the site.

??

Typing 'Google' as it is in Firefox brings up the full address......lol...... :unsure:

Best I know are windows key + pause break takes you to settings

Does anyone knon if this is possible in XP?

In 98 you had a desktop button on the bottom bar that would minimize all open windows and take you to the desktop.

Did they save that in XP?

I love this option in 98. It's like a desktop icon, u know what I mean

thx :punk:

Just hold the windows key and tap the letter D... This minimizes to the desktop, hit it again and it brings you back to the last screen you saw.

On windows 2000 or XP with the classic logon enabled if on XP:

Press ctrl+alt+delete, then hold ctrl+shift and press the shut down button, if you now press ok your pc will turn off immediatly.

Thats Hibernation. Not a complete shutdown.

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Typing 'Google' as it is in Firefox brings up the full address......lol...... :unsure:

That's because when you enter only a string of words, not a full address, what Firefox does is do a I'm Feeling Lucky search so it takes you to the first result. It takes a bit longer to get the page because it has to search it on google.

I use this feature a lot, for example if I want to go to wikipedia.org, I can ust type in wiki in the address bar and it will automatically go to wikipedia.

to create an empty folder fast

Self created shortcut i use a lot...

on ur desktop, inside a folder or anywhere, when u want to create a empty folder....press the "menu key" on ur keyboard (some dont have this) i have this key before the right Ctrl key..

so, press the "menu key" then "w", then "f" - vola

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