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		<title>Windows shortcut keys</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Shortcut Keys


Command




%appdata%


Application Data Folder




%homedrive%


Home Directory Drive




%homepath%


Home Directory




%homeshare%


Shared Home Directory




%programfiles%


Open Program Files folder




%systemdrive%


Windows Root Drive




%temp%


Temporary Folder




%windir%


Windows Root Directory




ac3filter.cpl


Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed)




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Shortcut Keys


Command




%appdata%


Application Data Folder




%homedrive%


Home Directory Drive




%homepath%


Home Directory




%homeshare%


Shared Home Directory




%programfiles%


Open Program Files folder




%systemdrive%


Windows Root Drive




%temp%


Temporary Folder




%windir%


Windows Root Directory




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Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed)




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		<title>Windows 7 shortcut keys</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Win + &#8211;&#62;
Dock window to the left


Win + &#60;&#8211; (Right Arrow)
Dock window to the right


Win + 1
Open 1st pinned item in the taskbar


Win + 2
Open 2nd pinned item in the taskbar


Win + Up Arrow
Reset window to the normal


Win + (space)
Peek the desktop


Win + D
Toggle minimize/maximize all open windows


Win + Pause
Open System properties


Win + T
Cycle through windows in Aero3D



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Win + &#8211;&gt;
Dock window to the left


Win + &lt;&#8211; (Right Arrow)
Dock window to the right


Win + 1
Open 1st pinned item in the taskbar


Win + 2
Open 2nd pinned item in the taskbar


Win + Up Arrow
Reset window to the normal


Win + (space)
Peek the desktop


Win + D
Toggle minimize/maximize all open windows


Win + Pause
Open System properties


Win + T
Cycle through windows in Aero3D



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		<title>Open blocked websites</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blocked websites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If the websites are blocked in any country, we can still access the website by following simple steps
1.  Open the network adaptor properties
2. Change the DNS server to 8.8.8.8 and alternate DNS to 8.8.4.4
The above IP&#8217;s are of google servers.  Your computer will use the google servers now.  you can turn it back when you dont need them.
Make sure that you remember the original settings.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If the websites are blocked in any country, we can still access the website by following simple steps
1.  Open the network adaptor properties
2. Change the DNS server to 8.8.8.8 and alternate DNS to 8.8.4.4
The above IP&#8217;s are of google servers.  Your computer will use the google servers now.  you can turn it back when you dont need them.
Make sure that you remember the original settings.
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		<title>reinstall windows 8 developer preview</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reinstall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows 8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows 8 key]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If we need to reinstall windows 8 developer preview, it will ask for the key where as it will not ask for the first time when we are installing the windows 8 developer preview.
Use the following key for windows 8 developer preview for resetting or reinstalling
6RH4V-HNTWC-JQKG8-RFR3R-36498
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If we need to reinstall windows 8 developer preview, it will ask for the key where as it will not ask for the first time when we are installing the windows 8 developer preview.
Use the following key for windows 8 developer preview for resetting or reinstalling
6RH4V-HNTWC-JQKG8-RFR3R-36498
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		<title>windows 7 hidden secrets</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[godmode]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows hidden secrets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Windows 7 has a hidden secret named GodMode.  GodMode is nothing but a control panel which contains a list of administrative tools from where we can manage some administrative tasks in windows.
By default it is not available we need to do a small trick to open this godMode.
To enable GodMode, create a folder and rename it with the following string:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Windows 7 has a hidden secret named GodMode.  GodMode is nothing but a control panel which contains a list of administrative tools from where we can manage some administrative tasks in windows.
By default it is not available we need to do a small trick to open this godMode.
To enable GodMode, create a folder and rename it with the following string:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
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		<title>Windows 7 Themes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows 7]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By default, windows 7 comes with lot of themes and these are regional in nature i.e., we will see the themes specific to our country.
If we want to see all of the themes available we can navigate to the folder \windows\globalization\MCT and activate whatever theme we prefer
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[By default, windows 7 comes with lot of themes and these are regional in nature i.e., we will see the themes specific to our country.
If we want to see all of the themes available we can navigate to the folder \windows\globalization\MCT and activate whatever theme we prefer
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		<title>Find which process is using a particular port</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[port process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To know which process is using the port, use netstat command
netstat -ano
We can get the process ID from the result.  From the task manager, we can find the process based on process ID.
Note:  Process ID column is not displayed in Task Manager by default.  To set the process ID column, navigate to View &#8211;&#62; Select Columns
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[To know which process is using the port, use netstat command
netstat -ano
We can get the process ID from the result.  From the task manager, we can find the process based on process ID.
Note:  Process ID column is not displayed in Task Manager by default.  To set the process ID column, navigate to View &#8211;&gt; Select Columns
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		<title>Limiting number of sessions windows 2003</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remote sessions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows 2003]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Default windows 2003 without TS configuration allows 1 console session and 2 Remote sessions.  To change the remote sessions, we can use Group Policy Editor
1. Open Group Policy editory by gpedit.msc
2.  Navigate to Computer Configuration &#8211;Administrative Templates &#8211;Windows Components &#8211;Terminal Services
3.  Change the limit number of connections to Enabled and set the value to 1
3.  
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[By Default windows 2003 without TS configuration allows 1 console session and 2 Remote sessions.  To change the remote sessions, we can use Group Policy Editor
1. Open Group Policy editory by gpedit.msc
2.  Navigate to Computer Configuration &#8211;> Administrative Templates &#8211;> Windows Components &#8211;> Terminal Services
3.  Change the limit number of connections to Enabled and set the value to 1
3.  
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		<title>Killing user session remotely &#8211; windows</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kill session remotely]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some times we may need to kill the user session remotely when we do not have enough connections to connect through RDP.  We will get the message &#8220;The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed  connections.&#8221; when there are not enough connections to the windows 2000/2003/2008 server.
Microsoft provided some tools (sysinternals) to execute the commands from remote computer.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Some times we may need to kill the user session remotely when we do not have enough connections to connect through RDP.  We will get the message &#8220;The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed  connections.&#8221; when there are not enough connections to the windows 2000/2003/2008 server.
Microsoft provided some tools (sysinternals) to execute the commands from remote computer.
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		<title>Process Explorer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I want to find out the details of all processes running in my windows 2003 server, I found an excellent utility from sysinternals which gives all the details of all processes.
We can download this utility free of cost from sysinternals site at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
Along with the features provided by Task manager like Killing process, setting priority and affinity, this  <a href='http://hariprasad.info/process-explorer/'>Read More&#8230;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[When I want to find out the details of all processes running in my windows 2003 server, I found an excellent utility from sysinternals which gives all the details of all processes.
We can download this utility free of cost from sysinternals site at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
Along with the features provided by Task manager like Killing process, setting priority and affinity, this  <a href='http://hariprasad.info/process-explorer/'>Read More</a>]]></content:encoded>
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