Three Tips A Day

Save Time With Windows Logo Shortcuts

Here are some shortcut keys using the Windows Logo Key that saves a lot of time for Windows users. Windows Logo Key: Pulls up the START menu. Windows Logo Key +R: Manually type the name of a program to run in the 'Run dialog box'. Windows Logo Key +M: Minimize all applications SHIFT+Windows Logo Key +M: Undo minimize all applications Windows Logo Key +L: Locks your computer desktop Windows Logo Key +F1: Windows Help. Windows Logo Key +E: Starts Windows Explorer Windows Logo...

Display Control Panel As Menu In Windows XP

Here is a simple Windows tip that helps in saving a lot of time. Transform Control Panel as a Menu in Windows XP on your PC and save time and system resources. Just follow the steps below to modify it on your computer. Right click on Taskbar and select Properties Click on Start Menu tab on the menu bar, ensure that the Start Menu radio button is checked and then click on Customize. Click on Advanced tab on the menu bar and under Control Panel, check on Display As A Menu and click...

Minimize Multiple Applications to a Single System Tray Icon With Minime

There are many tools which help you minimize windows or applications to the System Tray. Here is a new tool that does that and a bit more. Minime is a handy Windows only tool that allows you to minimize applications like uTorrent, Firefox, Winamp, Windows Media Player etc to the system tray. The differentiating factor between Minime and other similar tools is that it keeps the system tray clean by minimizing all windows or applications into one single tray icon. Using Minime is easy. Minime...

How to turn off new program highlight in Start Menu?

Whenever we install a new program, Windows announces the addition to the Start menu by highlighting the changes to the menu itself. How intelligent is highlighting? It doesn’t highlight additions that are not programs (shortcuts to documents, for example) It removes the highlight for items that you ignore for at least a week It removes the highlight for items that you've started using It doesn’t highlight anything that you install within an hour of installing Windows...