Internet\'s secrets, cheats, curiosities...

make a short cut on you desktop call it rundll32.exe open the properties of the icon and in the target line type
%windir%\\System32\\Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
youll have an icon that will shut idle tasks you have running so you can free up some ram just before you run a big program may only work in winxp though

Yeah I think that one does. Also you can just CTRL+ALT+DLT and end some of the tasks your not using. I have a bunch of crap that I dont even know what it is.

One I just found out;

In your address bar, if you type find, go, or ? followed by a space and a phrase or word, it will search the internet for that Sometimes it could save you time. :P
I\'ll looks for some more...

Another one**edit If you press ALT+Left arrow you will go back, backspace also works, if you press ALT+Right arrow you will go forward.

If you press ALT+D it will take you to the address bar, in case your too lazy to click it.

CTRL+F is a word search for the site you are on.

F5 = Refresh

You can type a word in the Address bar and press CTRL+ENTER to automatically add http://www. and .com on either side of the word.

I found most of these in HELP>Tip of the day.

Jar O Pickles really good one, and it works! It\'s useful also for starting a desfragment of HDD.

u guys have put up some pretty neat tips, gonna have to remember them .

Yeah i got it all right, how do you know it worked?

CTRL + up or down arrow changes the text size.  Ctrl + the mouse wheel button up or down does the same.

Spudz you may have a window with your applications that are running at the moment. BTW, Ironfist, your tip works great.

CTRL + up or down arrow changes the text size. Ctrl + the mouse wheel button up or down does the same.

It doesn\'t work with netscape.

Alt + Mouse wheel down makes you go back, up makes you go forward.

It worked fine to me. I don\'t use Netscape, but feel free to post hints of it, many people use this program.

Also if you click on your mouse scroll (It works for me) It will pop up a little circle with a triangle on it, scroll with that thing. I use it alot, since it just looks cooler.

Thanks guys, some good stuff.

Spudz, scroll buttons of mice are programmable so each member will have a program or an action associate with it. Me, for example, have the Explorer.

Ctrl+Esc opens the start menu.  Then you can navigate it with the arrow keys.

For those times when you\'re just to lazy to move the mouse over to click Shut Down.

Originally posted by Adan
Spudz, scroll buttons of mice are programmable so each member will have a program or an action associate with it. Me, for example, have the Explorer.

oh, i thought they all had it the same, How do you "program" it.

God, I\'m lame at computer stuff.

Pressing CTRL and Q closes whatever you are curently looking at.

Nice one Soul.

oh, i thought they all had it the same, How do you "program" it.

Go to Control Panel and click on your mouse icon. There you can program the buttons, and other skills.