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Windows XP Shortcuts

-------------------------------------------------------------- ALT+- (ALT+hyphen) Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu ALT+ENTER View properties for the selected item ALT+ESC Cycle through items in the order they were opened ALT+F4 Close the active item, or quit the active program ALT+SPACEBAR Display the System menu for the active window ALT+TAB Switch between open items ALT+Underlined letter Display the corresponding menu BACKSPACE View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer CTRL+A Select all CTRL+B Bold CTRL+C Copy CTRL+I Italics CTRL+O Open an item CTRL+U Underline CTRL+V Paste CTRL+X Cut CTRL+Z Undo CTRL+F4 Close the active document CTRL while dragging Copy selected item CTRL+SHIFT while dragging Create shortcut to selected iteM CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word CTRL+DOWN ARROW Move the insertion point

How To Change Thumbnail Size And Quality

If any of you out there like to use the thumbnail view, especially for browsing through photos and images, it can become a bit of a drain on your system. It is possible to lower the thumbnail size and quality by editing the following registry keys. Open the registry and navigate to : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer Create a new DWORD value called ThumbnailSize, and set the value between 32 and 256. And/or create another DWORD value called ThumbnailQuality, and set the value between 50 and 100. Key Details : USER Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer] Value Name: ThumbnailSize Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Data Value: 32 - 256 USER Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer] Value Name: ThumbnailQuality Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Data Value: 50 - 100

A Few Questions......And the logical answers......

Q- In Kashmir 48 temples were destroyed (as disclosed in the parliament) prior to the Babri Masjid episode, Why was there no Hue and Cry??? A- We are Secular. Q-In Bangladesh, Nearly 900 Temples were bulldozed - Why was there no protest? A-We are Secular. Q-In Pakistan, Even the talk of conversion warrants death penalty.Why in India conversion is within the constitution? A-We are Secular Q-In Bangladesh when Taslima Nasreen wrote a book Lajja on how the Hindu Minority is treated, The book was banned and the Author was threatened to death by Jamat-e-Islami.But in our country large sums are received from foreign countries for reducing the majority into minority.Why is this so? A-We are Secular Q-The Attack on Muslims in Gujrat is really unfortunate.It has been decried by most of the countries worldwide.BUT WHY they were silent and are still silent when THREE AND A HALF LAKH Kashmiri Pandits were thrown out lock stock and Barrel by the Muslim Majority in their OWN BIRTHPLACE? A-We are Sec

GOOGLE SEARCH TIPS:

GOOGLE SEARCH TIPS: You can make your search more efficient by learning some search basics ! Try these tips : 1. Use Of '+' sign : This ensures that the results returned to you will definatly consist of the word following the '+' sign. For Eg : Search: reviews of +iPhone and iPod This will show results containing the word reviews or iPod but the results will definatly consist of iPhone ! 2. Use Of '-' sign : Using '-' sign before any word will ensure that the particular word will not be included in the results ! 3. Use Of '~' sign : Using '~' before any word will return the results also containing the synonyms of the word ! 4. Search a particular site : To search a particular website you can use the following syntax in the google search : Search: site:www.xyz.com abc For Eg : Search: site:http://pcremix.blogspot.com/ Google Search Tips 5. Define a word : To get the definition of a word just use : Search: define:abc For Eg : Search: define

Top 20 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:

Top 20 replies by programmers when their programs don't work: 20. "That's weird..." 19. "It's never done that before." 18. "It worked yesterday." 17. "How is that possible?" 16. "It must be a hardware problem." 15. "What did you type in wrong to get it to crash?" 14. "There is something funky in your data." 13. "I haven't touched that module in weeks!" 12. "You must have the wrong version." 11. "It's just some unlucky coincidence." 10. "I can't test everything!" 9. "THIS can't be the source of THAT." 8. "It works, but it hasn't been tested." 7. "Somebody must have changed my code." 6. "Did you check for a virus on your system?" 5. "Even though it doesn't work, how does it feel? 4. "You can't use that version on your system." 3. "Why do you want to do it that way?" 2. "W