5 Useful Uses Of Windows UNDO (Ctrl+Z) Shortcut

Undo in Windows

CTRL+Z: Undo the last command, as known by us. And here are the best uses of the windows undo shortcut. What would we have done without it ? In case if you haven’t already here are some useful tasks that we mostly do with Ctrl+Z.

# Bring Back Items Deleted Accidentally

If you delete a file to the Recycle Bin from the explorer, Ctrl+Z brings it back. It even brings back a group of files you have deleted at once.

# Undo a File Rename

After renaming, if your realize you have renamed the wrong file, an easy fix is to use "Undo" (Ctrl+Z) to restore the filename.

# Undo a Local File Transfer

Recently I Cut + Paste my Songs Folder (13GB) from one Drive to another (wrong). In these cases, use undo immediately to go back to the original, instead of cut+paste-ing again.

Ctrl + Z in Windows

# Bring Back Accidentally Deleted Text in a Text Editor

We do this always… select text and delete it… realize deleted to much … Just "Undo" to bring back the text. (I know a few people who don’t know this :P )

# Undo a Mistake in Paint, Photo Editing Tools

Till now, all the photo editing tools I have used, "Undo" works in all of them. Some have limits, like actions in MS-Paint can be undone to the last 3 levels (lowest). Otherwise… most have unlimited "Undo" actions.

Note: I have missed many…. I know.. plz leave your comments on how you use "Undo" in windows…

My Computer takes a long time to load the desktop

Problem:

When I turn on my computer and log in, my computer takes a long time to load the desktop and system tray icons.How do i get rid of it? And fix the the desktop problem?

My Computer takes a long time to load the desktop

Solution:

Your windows takes long time to load because of so many reasons like Virus,Damaged Registry, Fragmented Hard Disk, too many startup items, less memory space. In this post I am going to show to easy fix a slower PC.

* Removing Unwanted startup Items.
* Fixing HDD Errors.

Now lets see these things in detail.

1. Remove Unwanted Startup Items

* Goto Start-->Run.
* Type msconfig and hit Enter.
* Navigate to Startup tab.

* Keep Antivirus,Instant messenger, and other important applications to load in system tray.
* Remove unwanted application.It will pull down your PC performance.

2. Fixing Hard Disk Errors

Hard disk error occurs mainly due to improper shutdown.Its also one of the main reason which makes windows to take long time to load.

Fixing Hard Disk Errors

* Goto Start --> Run.
* Type CMD and hit enter.
* Type chkdsk and hit enter.













* It Check disk command checks error in HDD and fixes it.
* Now fix errors in other drives. D,E,F,G,H,....
* Type CHKDSK /F for drives other than C and fix HDD error.

Install Windows xp in less than 15 minutes

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Now, this tip will be very helpful for those who frequently install windows xp operating system. Normally OS installation takes around 40 minutes to complete, but through this trick you can now save 10-15 minutes. This simple tricks goes this way.

1. Boot through Windows XP CD.
2. After all the files are completely loaded, you get the option to select the partition. Select “c”.
3. Now Format the partition, whether it is normal or quick with NTFS or FAT
4. Once the formatting is completed, All the setup files required for installation are copied. Restart your system by pressing Enter.
Now, here begins the Simple trick to save 10-15 minutes.
5. After rebooting, you get a screen where it takes 40 minutes to complete or finalize the OS installation.
6. Now, Press SHIFT + F10 Key -> This opens command prompt.
7. Enter “Taskmgr” at the command prompt window. This will open Task Manager.
8. Click the Process Tab, here we find a process called Setup.exe -> Right Click on Setup.exe -> Set Priority -> Select High or Above Normal. Initially it will be Normal.

Thats it, no more work to do. Relax your self and see how fast the installation process completes

Know The Date Of Installation Of Your Windows

Sometime you may need the OS installation date. You may want to know how old is your OS or any other information related to your system. Windows does not provide direct information about the installation date of installation of your OS.

However you can view the date of OS installation from command prompt by giving some syntax to it.

With following command you can view whole detail about the manufacturer and about your OS. In this tutorial I am focusing to installation date of Windows.

systeminfo

• Open command prompt window by going to Run and type “cmd” (without quotes).
• Input “systeminfo” command to it.

SystemInfo

• It will look up for system information and load the result below the input.

System Info Looks Like

 

Search for the OS installation date. There you’ll find exact date for installation of OS. Not only this, you can view the BIOS version of your system, Computer model name, Product code, Time and date of system startup etc.

Hope this tutorial was informative.

Change Admin Password in 10sec- If Logged In

Here's a neat trick to CHANGE the Administrator Password in 10 seconds

Requirements:

U must be already logged on to Admin Account

Go to Start > Run > Type cmd & Hit Enter

Command Prompt window opens Type

net user administrator urnewpassword

Press Enter to Change the password...!!

Change administrator to the name of currently logged in Username who is administrator
Change urnewpassword to the password u want like opensesame...

See Why Windows 7 is Better Than XP and Vista

Microsoft's new operating system makes computing more intuitive—and less of a chore—while offering better overall performance.

The first thing you'll notice about Windows 7 is that it looks like Vista. It also works like Vista, in the sense that it has the same plumbing underneath, except for a very welcome graphics upgrade to DX11. However, it works much better than Vista, and most of Vista's annoyances have either been removed, or (mostly) can be changed so the system works the way you like. It takes personalisation to extremes.


See why and how Windows 7 is better than Windows Vista or Windows XP. Here is a detailed features list which you can do or can not do in different versions of Windows. Windows 7 has got some improved and some other brand new features included in it.

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[Microsoft Link]