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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