Restore keyboard shortcuts windows xp

Shift with any arrow key Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document. Right arrow Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu. Left arrow Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu.

Esc Stop or leave the current task. PrtScn Take a screenshot of your whole screen and copy it to the clipboard.

Note You can change this shortcut so it also opens screen snipping, which lets you edit your screenshot. Press this key To do this Windows logo key Open or close Start. Updated in Windows Arrow keys Move the cursor in the direction specified. Page up Move the cursor by one page up. Page down Move the cursor by one page down. Press this key To do this F4 Display the items in the active list. Tab Move forward through options.

Spacebar Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box. Backspace Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box. Arrow keys Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons. Backspace View the previous folder.

Right arrow Display the current selection if it's collapsed , or select the first subfolder. Left arrow Collapse the current selection if it's expanded , or select the folder that the folder was in. End Display the bottom of the active window. Home Display the top of the active window. F11 Maximize or minimize the active window. Backspace Go back to the settings home page.

Type on any page with search box Search settings. Notes This shortcut is turned off by default. The following table contains common keyboard shortcuts for Windows 8. The following table contains new keyboard shortcuts that you can use in Windows.

The following table contains general keyboard shortcuts in Windows. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts that you can use in dialog boxes. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with items on the desktop taskbar. Remote Desktop Connection on the desktop keyboard shortcuts. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with the Help viewer.

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for rearranging modern apps. Support for Windows 7 ended on January 14, We recommend you move to a Windows 11 PC to continue to receive security updates from Microsoft. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for use in dialog boxes. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts that use the Windows logo key Press this key To do this Windows logo key Open or close the Start menu.

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Remote Desktop Connection. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Paint.

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with WordPad. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Calculator. Press the. Press the n! The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Windows Journal. Need more help? Join the discussion. Was this information helpful?

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No jargon. Pictures helped. Thanks man! Posted 14 May - AM. Noto New Member Member 7 posts. Posted 23 May - AM. Thank you , very nice. Posted 11 February - PM. Is there a short cut to automaticaly have my computer go to stand by? I schedule it to stand by after an hour in the power options area in the control panel but it never stands by. I would rather just have it do it whenever I leave the computer anyway.

Posted 03 January - AM. Ehsanit Member Member posts. On vista or 7 the former drops to a menu with other options as well, such that it is faster to use the second option. Some manufacturers add hotkey to their computers, often such that the Fn button and the F keys have special features like go to standby or change the brightness, but these vary by manufacturer.

Click on a keyboard's name to select it. Click the "Uninstall" icon. It's the red X at the top of the window. Click Uninstall to confirm. Doing so removes the keyboard from the Device Manager. Click the "Scan for hardware changes" icon. It's the computer monitor icon in the upper-right side of the Device Manager window. Clicking this will scan your PC for connected hardware that doesn't have an driver such as your keyboard and reinstall the driver automatically.

At this point, try using your keyboard again. If it works, great! If not, you may need to install a specific driver. You can also continue with this method to try updating the driver. If your external keyboard is not detected, unplug it or power it off completely if it's connected via Bluetooth. When you plug it back in or turn it back on, Windows should install the drivers automatically.

Select the keyboard again. The keyboard's name will appear in the Keyboards section. Depending on the driver used to reinstall it, it may have a different name than it did before. Click the "Update drivers" button. This option is at the top of the window, and looks like a black box with a green arrow facing upward.

It's the top option in the pop-up window. This will prompt Windows to begin searching for the most recent software updates for your keyboard. Allow the newest drivers to install. If there are any drivers available for your keyboard they will install automatically. If there aren't any new drivers, click Search for updated drivers on Windows Update.

If an update is available, click Install now to download it—Windows Update is the best way to get the latest drivers for your PC. You may be prompted to restart your PC after updating the drivers. Method 6. Open your Mac's System Preferences. You can find it by clicking the Apple menu at the upper-left corner of the screen and selecting System Preferences on the menu.

Use this method if you've tweaked some keyboard settings, such as shortcuts and automatic corrects, but want to return to the defaults. Click Keyboard. This keyboard-shaped icon is in the System Preferences window. This opens your Keyboard settings to a tab called Keyboard by default.

If you're not on the Keyboard tab, click Keyboard near the top of the window to go there now. Click the Modifier Keys… button. This option is in the lower-right side of the window. Click the Restore Defaults button and then click OK. Doing so will wipe any preferences for your Mac's modifier keys e. Click the Text tab. This tab is at the top of the window to the right of the Keyboard tab.

Remove any text replacements you don't want to keep. Text replacements are the automatic corrections your Mac makes when you type certain letter combinations for example, typing "omg" might autocorrect to "Oh my goodness! To remove a text replacement, click it once to select it, and then click the minus sign below the list. Note: You'll do this for each text replacement that you want to delete.

Click the Shortcuts tab. This tab is at the top of the window. Click Restore Defaults. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. Doing so resets your text shortcuts to the default settings. Now you'll just have the shortcuts that were preconfigured on your Mac including that screenshot shortcut. Click the back button to return to System Preferences. It's the back arrow in the upper-left area of the window.

Click the Accessibility icon. It's the blue circle with a white outline of a person inside. Click Keyboard in the left panel. It's under the "Interaction" heading. These options are accessibility features designed to make typing easier for people with limited mobility.

Restart your Mac. Open the Apple menu , click Restart Your Mac's keyboard should be back to normal once your Mac finishes restarting. Cannot get the key to work. I get inverted commas instead. What have I done? But some do. Also, the command wmic someone mentioned what is that takes me to a different prompt. Why is this? For simplicity, sometimes when you run a command through CMD e. Try to use help when you are not sure. If you want to copy some text from command promt just do rightclick and choose Mark from menu, then highlight text which you want to copy and press ENTER key.

Then you will have your text in clipboard. If you want to paste some text, choose paste from rightclick menu. Great set of commands. Every now and again I have to look up a run command or something else. This site has proved invaluable. Kudos — and keep up the good work. Now is there any way to set a short cut icon directly for that command? I understand that we can set a short cut icon for cmd prompt, but I dont know how to set a shortcut directly for a specific command..

When I open a shortcut, say to run eclipse, Windows always opens a cmd window to launch the app, and the window always hangs around. But it would be nice if the shortcut window would immediately close after it launches the app.

Is this something I can control? I have never noticed this behavior yet. Give me more information: How did you create these shortcuts? I was always waiting for windows to prompt me to clean up my temp files, etc. That one simple command in your list:. Do you know of a way to have your run history go with you to another pc? Im a network tech and I use a variety of commands all the time, I hate having to retype them each time on a computer I have never been to or that has had the history erased.

I want to make it where it comes with me to whatever PC i am on in the network. I know that I can export the reg file for RunMRU and i can merge it successfully to another pc but I want a logon script or something that does it for me. I would appreciate any help in this matter, btw matej this is a wonderful thing you have done here and I for one appreciate it a lot. I use many of these cmds but i use WMIC cmds most often.

You can try to write your own script. Here are some examples how can you work with registry items through VBScript language. You can also try to import your exported RunMRU key via network. Thanks matej I will look into the connect network reg option but I will probably have to do this manually for each PC i log into since I dont know from moment to moment which PC i will be working on.

Thanks for the response. Do you know the command to put at the end of a shortcut I create so that it automatically enters the password without stopping for me to do it.

If you find password parameter then you can execute the program with it and your password. When we delete any data from the recycle bin it can be revered by data recovery, I want to delete it permanent using run command. Hi,very good and useful shortcuts. And i have a small question, shall all these shortcuts work in windows7? Dear matej sir, In windows XP Turn off option sometimes gets changed like shutdown.

The login window asking you to fill administrator password is probably fake. I would run antivirus software in your place. Re Riyazul on 14th September. I get that box on resuming from hibernation, telling me my user name is locked and to put the password in. But I have no start-up passwords and clicking OK lets the computer continue.

I just put up with it. One more hit on the Enter key is bearable! One more thing i just want to ask is… How to run remote windows xp system, any excutable file through another windows xp system both system are in network.

With Netsh. EXE :. It was like I had 3 separate desktops on my screen. Do you know the shortcut keystrokes that might make this happen.

Thanks in advance. I need runcommand. The information you people given in your web, really really helpful for all the professional of IT, you people do nice job. But if you need to reset it, you can take the battery out, wait a few minutes and put it back in, your bios and your password will be resetted. You should take ownership on that specific folder and everything in it. Follow this tuto: tipandtrick. Run Found: control inetcpl. Hi All. My computer switches on but can not display anything on the screen even though the screen is on and the computer fans are running.

What could be the problem and how can I solve it. Big thanks to all contributors especially Matej who contributed much for so long. How can I resolve this issue? Is there a run command for that.. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank You. It will open word.

Hope it helps! Hope you can help, or offer direction:. JPG ; details for each photo date and time photo taken, etc.