| Use these following programs to show you exactly what is going on in your XP (and earlier) o/s |
| MSCONFIG | Microsoft's own start-up analyser. Type msconfig in the run option off the start menu |
| Sysinternals.com / Autoruns | Autoruns continues where msconfig stops. Extremely comprehensive. |
| Sysinternals.com / Processes | Processes Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. |
| Sysinternals.com / Filemonitor | FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in real-time. |
| Sysinternals.com / Handle | A utility that displays information about open handles for any process in the system. (CMD run) |
| Windows Keyboard Shortcuts |
| ● Windows System Key Combinations |
| F1 |
Help |
| CTRL+ESC |
Open Start menu |
| ALT+TAB |
Switch between open programs |
| ALT+F4 |
Quit program |
| SHIFT+DELETE |
Delete item permanently |
| ● Windows Program Key Combinations |
| CTRL+C |
Copy |
| CTRL+X |
Cut |
| CTRL+V |
Paste |
| CTRL+Z |
Undo |
| CTRL+B |
Bold |
| CTRL+U |
Underline |
| CTRL+I |
Italic |
| ● Mouse Click/Keyboard Modifier Combinations for Shell Objects |
| SHIFT+right click |
Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands |
| SHIFT+double click |
Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu) |
| ALT+double click |
Displays properties |
| SHIFT+DELETE |
Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin |
| ● General Keyboard-Only Commands |
| F1 |
Starts Windows Help |
| F10 |
Activates menu bar options |
| SHIFT+F10 |
Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object |
| CTRL+ESC |
Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item) |
| CTRL+ESC or ESC |
Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu) |
| ALT+DOWN ARROW |
Opens a drop-down list box |
| ALT+TAB |
Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window) |
| SHIFT |
Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature |
| ALT+SPACE |
Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window) |
| ALT+- (ALT+hyphen) |
Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window) |
| CTRL+TAB |
Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program |
| ALT+underlined letter in menu |
Opens the menu |
| ALT+F4 |
Closes the current window |
| CTRL+F4 |
Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window |
| ALT+F6 |
Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window) |
| ● Shell Objects and General Folder/Windows Explorer Shortcuts |
| For a selected object |
| F2 |
Rename object |
| F3 |
Find all files |
| CTRL+X |
Cut |
| CTRL+C |
Copy |
| CTRL+V |
Paste |
| SHIFT+DELETE |
Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin |
| ALT+ENTER |
Open the properties for the selected object |
