THE TIPS & TRICKS thread post only tips no questions

[SoCalledChaos]

Lovin this thread, the most unique tips i've ever seen...

I just found out that instead of hitting DEL to delete a file, you can use CTRL-D!!! This also works to delete things in Outlook.

sooo instead of pressing 1 key.. you can press 2 to do the same function.. makes lots of sense.

[Skulltrail-old]

How to get Task Manager into "Tiny Footprint Mode"

CTRL+SHIFT+TAB opens Task Manager (Vista). All you have to do is double click on a graph and it will be maximized throughout the Task Manager window. Then to navigate through the different tabs, use CTRL+TAB. (Also used to navigate through tabs in FF and IE)

[BigItup]

sorry but posters are often not saying which version of windows there tip applies too!! it doesnt take long to put

Ver. XP and vista or ALL etc,

[Steeley]

If you use the Snipping Tool in Windows Vista or Windows 7 it is possible to turn off the red border that appears by default with any snips you make. To do so:-

1. Load the Snipping Tool

2. Click Options

3. In the 'Selection' box in the bottom half of the screen, uncheck "show selection ink after snips are captured"

I've noticed quite a few pictures being posted on Neowin with the red border in tact, so I'm sure this tip will be useful to some people.

[Shadrack]

-In Windows 7 Public Beta-

Minimize all other windows - Left-click and drag the title bar of a particular window as if you were moving the window. Move the window back and forth (like you are shaking it). All other windows will minimize. If you shake the window again, the other windows will return.

[thepakman11]

I didn't see this one, hopefully its not posted!

Boot with all available processors:

By default, Windows boots with only 1 processor. You can shave off a few seconds depending on how many cores you have.

Go to Start --> Run (in Vista/Win7 simply type in the search bar)

Type: msconfig

Go to the BOOT.INI tab or something similar

Select "Advanced Options"

Select the /NUMPROC= check box

Set number of processors to max available (2, 3, 4, 6, 8, etc). Anything but 1!

Click OK, and Close System Config Utility.

In my experience I generally save about 6 seconds on a dual core system vs. single core. Have yet to make a quad system, so who knows!

[solardog]

I didn't see this one, hopefully its not posted!

Boot with all available processors:

By default, Windows boots with only 1 processor. You can shave off a few seconds depending on how many cores you have.

Go to Start --> Run (in Vista/Win7 simply type in the search bar)

Type: msconfig

Go to the BOOT.INI tab or something similar

Select "Advanced Options"

Select the /NUMPROC= check box

Set number of processors to max available (2, 3, 4, 6, 8, etc). Anything but 1!

Click OK, and Close System Config Utility.

In my experience I generally save about 6 seconds on a dual core system vs. single core. Have yet to make a quad system, so who knows!

Sorry but this is one of the top 10 Vista tweaking myths:

http://lifehacker.com/5033518/debunking-co...-tweaking-myths

Make Vista Use Multiple Cores to Speed Up Boot Time This bogus tip made the rounds recently and almost everybody got caught including Lifehacker and big brother site Gizmodo... although commenters called it out quickly on both sides, and the editors updated the posts. (That's yet another reason to always participate in the comments here.)

According to this tip, you were supposed to use MS Config to modify the "Number of processors" drop-down on the Boot tab. The problem is that this setting is only used for troubleshooting and debugging, to be able to determine if there is a problem with a single processor, or for a programmer to test their code against a single core while running on a multi-core system. Windows will use all your processors by default without this setting.

[Unwin99]

Great stuff provided...

Thanks for the input guys are much appreciated...

[avpblogs]

For command prompt lovers,no need to press the arrow keys to recall previous commands.

Hit F7 to bring up the history of previous commands used. :D

[devHead]

For command prompt lovers,no need to press the arrow keys to recall previous commands.

Hit F7 to bring up the history of previous commands used. :D

Now that is an awesome tip! Thanks for sharing.

[avpblogs]

Another one :

Schedule Windows shutdown through good ol' command prompt using AT.

Gotta have admin rights to do this.

Here is how :

I have used AT again just to verify that the job has been added to queue.

The above will shutdown the machine at 7 pm,for restart use the -r instead of -s.

[Colin-uk Veteran]

Another one :

Schedule Windows shutdown through good ol' command prompt using AT.

Gotta have admin rights to do this.

Here is how :

I have used AT again just to verify that the job has been added to queue.

The above will shutdown the machine at 7 pm,for restart use the -r instead of -s.

you can also use the -t parameter with the shutdown command to specify a time to shutdown without using the AT command.

also, old thread is old.