NWA-PCUG Newsletter Article, July 2004
A Few "Did You Know's"
by Bill Shook
bshook1019@aol.com
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Shortcuts to Device Manager

  • For ME & 9x, hold the Alt key, double click the My Computer icon, then the Device Manager tab.
  • For XP only, hold the Window key, click the Pause key, then the Hardware tab, then the Device Manager button. For ME & 9x, Window key, then Pause key gives Device Manager tab directly. or better still, in XP only...

  • Go directly to Device Manager from desktop icon, created by right clicking desktop, then New, then Shortcut, then enter: c:\windows\system32\devmgmt .msc, then Next, then give it a name, then Finish.

  • Shortcut to Defrag (XP only)
    Go directly to defrag from desktop icon, created by right clicking desktop, then New, then shortcut, then enter: c:\windows\system32\dfrg.msc, then Next, then give it a name, then Finish.

    Happy shortcutting!

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