Hotkey for Creating New Folder in Windows Explorer

Hotkey for Creating New Folder in Windows Explorer Have you ever wondered if there is a hotkey to create a new folder in Windows Explorer? New Folder Hotkey in Windows 7 Windows 7 natively includes a shortcut key combination to create a new folder: Ctrl+Shift+N Simply use this shortcut key anywhere in Windows Explorer, and a new folder will be instantly created: Using the Keyboard Accelerator Keys You can use the keyboard accelerator keys: Alt+F to bring up the file menu, and then for the New menu, and then for new folder. So your shortcut key sequence ends up being F+W+F with the Alt key held down. (Try it ou...

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Create a Shortcut or Hotkey to Open Task Manager’s "All Users" View in Windows 7 or Vista

Create a Shortcut or Hotkey to Open Task Manager’s "All Users" View in Windows 7 or Vista Have you ever wondered how to open up Task Manager with the “All Users” view instead of just your own processes? One of our readers wrote in with this same question, so I’m writing it up for everybody. In case you are confused about what we’re talking about… on the Processes tab in Task Manager there’s a button called “Show processes from all users” which will re-open Task Manager in order to show all the processes, which can be annoying if you need to do it a lot. Create the Task Manager Shortcut Right-click on the desktop or elsewhere, and then choose...

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Create a Shortcut or Hotkey to Turn Off the Monitor

Create a Shortcut or Hotkey to Turn Off the Monitor Have you ever wanted to hit a shortcut key to turn off the monitor? Sure, you can use the Win+L combination to lock the screen, but that leaves your monitor on… and those of us with multiple monitors find it a pain to hunt down the power buttons all the time. First we’ll show you how to simply power off the monitor, and then how to both lock and power it off.Create a Shortcut to Turn Off the Monitor. To create this shortcut, we’ll first need to grab a tiny multi-purpose utility called NirCmd from the great folks over at NirSoft. This Swiss-army knife tool can do an amazing array of tasks, including...

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Create a Shortcut to the Stored User Names and Passwords Dialog in Windows

Create a Shortcut to the Stored User Names and Passwords Dialog in Windows If you’ve ever saved a password when connecting to a website that requires authentication, for a remote desktop session or a mapped drive, you might have wondered where those passwords are saved. If you are a long time reader, you already know where, but you might be interested in how to create a shortcut directly to the dialog where you can manage those logons. You can add this into your folder of useful shortcuts… sure, you might not use it every day, but it’s good to know how to do it. Create the Shortcut Right-click on the desktop and choose New \ Shortcut from...

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Create Administrator Mode Shortcuts Without UAC Prompts in Windows 7 or Vista

Create Administrator Mode Shortcuts Without UAC Prompts in Windows 7 or Vista One of the most talked about annoyances in Windows Vista are the UAC prompts that constantly pop up when you are trying to make system changes. It’s especially irritating when you often need to run a particular tool that requires administrator mode in order to run. Thankfully there’s a simple hack that you can do to create an administrator mode shortcut that doesn’t prompt for UAC. Note: This should also work on Windows 7. This works by setting up a scheduled task to run the application in Administrator mode, and then setting up a separate shortcut that tells the...

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Create Icons to Start the Screensaver on Windows 7 or Vista

Create Icons to Start the Screensaver on Windows 7 or Vista Reader Jeffrey wrote in asking how to create an icon to start up the screensaver in Windows Vista. This question is so common that I figured I’d write up the answer for everybody, as well as provide a downloadable set of shortcuts to all the default screensavers (for Vista users). Note that this technique should work for Windows 7, Vista, or even XP. Create Screensaver Icon Right-click on the desktop and choose New \ Shortcut from the menu. In order to launch the screensaver, you’ll need to enter the full path to the screensaver file, followed by “/s”     %systemroot%\system32\Bubbles.scr...

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Disable User Account Control (UAC) the Easy Way on Win 7 or Vista

Disable User Account Control (UAC) the Easy Way on Win 7 or Vista I’ve previously written about a way to enable or disable UAC from the command line. This is an easier method that you can use to do the same thing from the GUI interface in either Windows 7 or Vista. To recap my earlier article, UAC is ANNOYING. Note: Disabling UAC will lead to a less secure system, so be warned. Disable UAC on Windows Vista Open up Control Panel, and type in “UAC” into the search box. You’ll see a link for “Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off”: On the next screen you should uncheck the box for “Use User Account Control (UAC)”, and then click on the...

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The Best List of Windows 7 Secrets

Windows Management. By now, you’ve probably seen that Windows 7 does a lot to make window management easier: you can “dock” a window to the left or right half of the screen by simply dragging it to the edge; similarly, you can drag the window to the top of the screen to maximize it, and double-click the window top / bottom border to maximize it vertically with the same horizontal width. What you might not know is that all these actions are...

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15 Best Windows 7 Tips and Hacks

15 Best Windows 7 Tips and Hacks1. Use Keyboard ShortcutsUsing the mouse, you can drag-”˜n-dock windows to either side of the screen, or drag it to the top to maximize it. These keyboard shortcuts are even faster:Win+Left Arrow and Win+Right Arrow dock the window to the left and right side of the screen Win+Up Arrow and Win+Down Arrow maximize and restore/minimize Win+M minimizes everything Alt+Up, Alt+Left Arrow, Alt+Right Arrow navigate to parent...

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MagicISO Introduction

MagicISO is a ISO CD/DVD image file creating/editing/converting tool , it can directly edit the CD/DVD image file and extract files and folders from it, as well as directly make ISO files from your CD/DVD-ROM or hard disk. At the same time, you can maintain the ISO bootable information, thus creating your own bootable CD/DVDs. You now have the power to make and edit your own ISO files, and then burn them to CD/DVD...

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How to open DMG file

You can use MagicISO to convert them to ISO Files which can be  easily open on a Windows with WinRAR. 1. Download from here: http://www.magiciso.com/download.htm 2. Read instructions here: http://www.magiciso.com/FAQ/FAQ0011.htm OR 1. Run MagicISO2. Click  menu "File" | "Open"3. Choose DMG  file and click Ok.  4. Click Extract.. button to extract the files and folder from DMG files.For more details of...

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Hardware Firewall

The best firewall is a hardware firewall that is completely separate from your operating system. It need not be a dedicated router, could be an old pentium box running Linux. Below I have found some sites that have How To's on setting up an outside hardware router using an old computer and using a little linux program that fits on a single floppy disk. Brief Description:floppyfw is a router with the advanced firewall-capabilities in Linux that fits on one single floppy disc. Features:Access lists, IP-masquerading (Network Address Translation), connection tracked packet filtering and (quite) advanced routing. Package for traffic shaping is also...

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Hacking Faq

I. HACKING * What is hacking? * How do I crack shadowed passwords? * How can I tell the difference between an encrypted password and a shadowed password? * Where can I find the password file if it's shadowed? * Where is the password file located? * What is an exploit? * What are some basic telnet commands? * How do I get out of the log file? * What is a DNIC? * What is an NUA? * What is a VAX/VMS? * What is telnet? * What is an anonymous remailer? * What is PGP? * What is a tcp/ip? * What is a virus? * What is a trojan? * What is a worm? * What do I need to become a hacker? * What are some common accounts for Novell Netware? * How can I gain...

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