3 Quick Tips for Windows Users.

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You pay for Internet every month but do you know if your router is up-to-date? If it’s not up-to-date you may not be getting all the speed you deserve.

 

Microsoft’s Internet Connectivity Evaluation Tool can tell you whether your router supports technologies for faster connections. The test can interrupt running connections, so try it at a time when you aren’t actively using the Internet.

 

If the results show that your system doesn’t support many of the technologies listed, you might want to look into the possibility of purchasing a newer router or (if you are an XP user) upgrading to Vista. The Microsoft site just happens to include links to routers that have earned the Windows Vista logo.  

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Cool Vista Trick: Create a Shortcut to Clear the Clipboard.

Earlier this week I received a blog post with a really genius tweak from a blog where I’m subscribed too. If you are not subscribed to this blog you better hurry up and do so because this blog is great. It’s called How-To Geek and it’s kind of a similar blog as this one.

 

How-To is more a blog with advanced tweaks for the geeks among us and this blog is a blog with useful tweaks that everyone can use and is more for everyday use. How-To is several years old and is a real authority in the geek sector and we are just starting out since this blog is only 6 months old.

 

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Speed Up Browsing with this Quick Trick.

 

Today I have a pretty cool Tip and Trick for you and it isn’t a long tutorial for a change. Kind of refreshing isn’t it :) .

 

It’s a quick Trick for quicker surfing the net.

 

Instead of typing http://www.example.com you can just type "example" and then press CTRL+ENTER and it automatically puts in the http://www and the .com.

That’s it for today, see you all tomorrow.

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Create a Desktop Icon for a Quick Computer Restart.

I know that some people use these buttons/icons everyday but today’s XP Tip & Trick isn’t useful for everyone. Today I want to show you how can make a desktop icon for a quick computer restart.

We used this method in the article where I showed you how to Create a XP Shutdown Button on Your Desktop.

 

This is how you make a desktop icon for a quick computer restart.

 

 

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Now you should have a desktop icon for a quick computer restart.

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Create a XP Shutdown Button on Your Desktop.

Today I have another cool trick for you and it’s a Tip and Trick for Windows XP. Whether it’s real useful is debatable but its fun to know anyway. Today I want to show you how easy it is to create a icon on your desktop that closes down your system without any confirmations.

 

To create a XP shutdown button on your desktop you’ll need to follow the next simple steps.

 

·         Right click on an empty space on your desktop.

·         Select new and shortcut.

·         Now type in the window shutdown -s -t 0 (the last character is a zero.)

 

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Opening a Location or Webpage much Faster with the Address Bar.

Most people open a webpage with double clicking the IE button on their desktop or via start. Then when IE starts you’ll first get your default homepage and then you’ll have to open the page that you really want. The same goes for a location on your hard disk on in your network. As you can understand; this takes up unnecessary time. There is a method in Microsoft XP and Vista to really speed this up.

 

To open up a Location or Webpage with the address bar you’ll need to take the following steps.

 

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