Archive for April, 2009

Basic Keyboard Shortcuts

Hello guys! Here I bring you all a very useful tips about your keyboard… if possible, you can take note some of this step for further use.

Do you believe that most people like to use mouse more than the keyboard? In fact, many people don’t realize that the useful of keyboard functioning and when a certain time their mouse stuck, they just turn off the computer from it main power. I know this can be frustrating without a mouse. But when knowing some basic keyboard shortcuts, it will certainly come in usefully someday… so, here we begin…

If your mouse is not working, the first thing you need to check is to see if it is plugged in. If it is plugged in and it still doesn’t work, reboot your computer. but you will need to use your keyboard to turn off your computer in safest way.

Take this step:

  1. If you have any open programs use ALT-F4 to close them all.
  2. Use your arrow keys and the enter key to answer any pop up warnings.
  3. Continue pressing ALT-F4 to close all open programs until the ‘Turn off computer’ display pops up.
  4. Use your arrow keys and the enter key to select turn off or restart.

If you are using Windows XP try this step:

  1. Press the Windows Logo key
  2. Press the up arrow key once to select ‘Turn off computer’
  3. Press the enter key to continue.
  4. Press the right arrow key once to select ‘Turn off’ or twice to select ‘Restart’
  5. Press the enter key to continue.

Now that your computer has been rebooted, your mouse should be working again.
If it is not, try connecting another mouse to your computer.

Here are some common keyboard shortcuts that you will want to keep taped to the back of your keyboard or laptop. So the next time your mouse goes south, just keep this list handy.

  • F1: Starts Windows Help
  • F5: Refresh your page in Explorer and Web browser windows
  • F10: Activates menu bar options
  • SHIFT+F10: this is the same as right-clicking on an object
  • ALT+F4: Closes the current windows
  • ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program
  • CTRL+ESC: Opens the START menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
  • Windows Logo: Opens the START menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
  • Windows Logo+C: Opens Control Panel
  • Windows Logo+E: Opens My Computer (aka: Windows Explorer)
  • Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders
  • Windows Logo+M: Minimize all open windows
  • Windows Logo+Break: System Properties dialog box
  • TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box
  • SHIFT+TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box

Troubleshoot Computer

Hi guys, do you have any troubles with your PC? Well, why not troubleshoot your computer by your self? Here I will teach u how to easy troubleshoot your computer, so from now don’t need to rush sending your computer for services again…

Some human troubleshoot there computer because something is not working right with their PC. Well, the process of troubleshooting is something you learn after working for a long time with computers. Often when there’s a problem, nobody is going to tell you what is causing the problem even the computer itself.

So how you can fix it?

If you learn the step through the process of troubleshooting everyday, you should be able to solve almost any computer problem, software or hardware related. Here the step to remember:

  • Identifying The Problem
  • Finding The Cause Of That Problem
  • Determining The Solution
  • Executing That Solution
  • Testing and checking that solution working right

For example:

Maybe one day while using your computer, the screen suddenly turns all black and you can’t see anything. So here you identify what would be the first step to take to fix it?

First check if the monitor is on and is receiving power, most monitors when they have power, but no connection or connection problems with the computer will display a message that says this monitor is working, but make sure you check your cables. So the next step to take would be to check the cable to make sure it is properly connected and secured to the VGA slot behind your computer case and to make sure the monitor cable is plugged into the monitor.

Now, here’s where you have to decide what would be the next best course of action to take. you could either swap out your monitor with another monitor that you know is working to see if the problem is the monitor itself and nothing else or you can try to see if the problem is your graphics card. If your replacement monitor works, then you know your monitor had something wrong and if the replacement monitor you used shows up a black screen as well, the next thing you must do is check to make sure the graphics card is properly seated in the motherboard, if it is and the display is still not showing up, then swap out the graphics card to see if your problem is fixed.

Basically there are so many steps you can take before you solve the problem, but remember to get everything is back in order. If you face problem again, make sure that before you start testing and swapping out parts, you must sure that the problem wasn’t caused by you changing software setting in windows or c
hanging some option in the motherboard’s BIOS.

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