Windows Practical Skills

Although many users are familiar with the Windows operating system, I will find some better new methods every time I encounter practical problems, for example, transfer files, repair hard drive errors, apply security patches, or browse websites. Even if you are a veteran, there are many new ways to learn whether you are writing CD, encrypting files, or finding a wireless network. The usage skills in windows are like the stars in the vast night sky. Below are 76 convenient methods to better use the operating system.
1. (all) display Directory: What if you open a folder but there is no file path on the left? Click the folder icon in the Standard toolbar (applicable to 2000, me, and XP) or select view, and select a folder in the browser bar (applicable to any version ).

2. (all) custom: change the order of name, size, type, and date, and display details of other status bars (Click View, details) to direct the pointer to a status bar, drag left or right.

3. (2 k, me, XP) custom II: Why is it only applicable to the default status bar? Right-click on any status bar to add or delete new information. Right-click and select others. In a dialog box, select more information (or click View, select details, and select information on the main menu ).

4. (all) zoom-in dialog box: Whether you want to zoom in a folder or IE browser dialog box, press F11 to display the full screen mode. Then press F11 to return to the normal mode.

TIPS: if you are using Windows 2000, me, or XP, you can right-click the Standard toolbar and choose custom to add a button. Under 'available toolbar ', select full screen, and then select add or delete.

5. Automatically hide the folder directory (all): In Full Screen mode, you can hide the folder directory or any option in the view or browser bar to get a larger view. At the same time, if you move the mouse to the left of the window, they will appear again. In the upper part of the Left box, click the icon to remove the current browser bar and move the pointer to the right box.

6. (all) display hidden folders: by default, Windows hides many system files. This is not conducive to error detection. To view all files, select Tools and Folder Options in any file or folder window. In the 'advanced settings' table, select show hidden files and folders (all files are displayed in Windows 98 ). In versions other than 98, unhide the protected operating system file (recommended) and click yes or no.

7. (2 k, me, XP) Expand your folder window: if there is always a blank space on the left side of your folder window connecting the resource manager and some options you never used, you can use the following method to get a larger screen space: Select Tools, folder options, and use Windows traditional style folders. In this way, the quick display of the Resource Manager column and Its 'frequently-used item' is deleted.

8. (XP) compress more small icons: You can compress more icons by hiding the icon name in the right-hand box of the small icon in the browser. Click a different folder in the directory bar to change the view. When you click a folder, press shift to display a folder without a name.

9. (XP) add folders to the taskbar: If you prefer to use the taskbar of the browser, but want the taskbar to display the same content as the folder, right-click the control button in the upper-left corner of the window, select attributes and customize them. Then, select the most appropriate description under 'use this file type as template.

10. (all) learn how to use a hard disk: If you want to know how full my disk is or how to clean it, right-click any drive in the browser and select Properties. You will see a circular chart showing the disk usage, a button representing the disk cleanup function, and other maintenance functions listed on the toolbar.

11. (XP) Compressed Disk: If your disk is in NTFS format, you can compress files and folders to save space. Select the file or folder you want to compress, right-click the option, and select 'properties '. Under general, click Advanced. Click to compress the content to save disk space. Then click yes. You may be asked which files and folders are included.
12. (XP) Plug-in automatic playback: when you put the CD on the drive, Windows provides different operations for you to choose from. You can reply to each type of file each time, but if you want to play it automatically, right-click the CD drive in the browser and select 'properties '. Under automatic playback, select a content type from the list above, and then select your preferred settings below. If you want to set automatic playback to a certain type, click Select an operation to execute, select an application, and then click OK.

13. (XP) Compressed Disk 2: If you want to compress the entire NTFS hard disk partition, right-click the disk icon in the browser and select Properties. Click compress drive to save disk space, and click Apply or OK. In the confirmation prompt, select the option to compress all subfolders and files (not just the root directory), and then click OK.

14. (Me, XP) compress your disk 3: You can automatically transfer the file to a compressed folder to compress the file. Right-click any window or desktop folder, and select create, compress folder (in me) or create, compress folder (in XP ). If you cannot find this command, make sure you have installed this function (see ).

15. (2 k, XP) modify the volume label: If you want to reassign the volume label of your disk, log on as an administrator, Select Start, Run, and type diskmgmt. MSC, and then press Enter. Right-click a disk partition under the window and choose to change the drive volume label and path. Click Edit or modify, select an unused name from the drop-down list, and click OK. Answer all the confirmation information and click OK.

16. (XP) Save your password: trust your friends, but be prepared. I believe in your memory, but I also need to keep the password for restarting the disk at hand in case you forget the XP password. First, prepare a formatted blank floppy disk, type control paneluser accounts in the address bar of the browser or IE browser, select your account, and press the Enter key to click in the relevant taskbar to prevent the password from being forgotten, follow the steps to prevent password loss.

17. (XP) bypass one of the forgotten passwords: if you do not have the hard disk restart password, Log On As another administrator, open the account control panel, select the account that forgets the password, and click Change Password, reset it as prompted.

18. (XP) bypass the forgotten password 2: If you do not have any other Administrator Account, restart your computer and press F8 until you see the Windows Startup option. Use the up and down keys to select the safe mode, and then press the Enter key. When you see the 'Welcome use' screen, select the Administrator (a hidden default account without a password ). Reset the password and restart your computer.

19. (2 k, XP) become a senior user: When you log on with an administrator account, your system is vulnerable to Trojan Horse and other dangerous attacks. If you log on as an advanced user, you can avoid these risks and get the functions you need (it is easy to change to the administrator account, see below ). Select Start, Run, type lusrmgr. msc, and press enter to downgrade.

Click User Group and double-click the administrator. Make sure that you have an account available under the Administrator account when you need all administrator permissions. Select an account to be downgraded, click Delete, and then press OK. Double-click Advanced user, click Add, type your account name, and press OK twice.

20. (2 k, XP) become a part-time Administrator: Senior users do not need to exit the system, and then run an administrator Program (as described in lusmgr. MSC program ). In contrast, click the shift button to right the executable file (.exe) in the browser or its shortcut. Choose to run the program either as a subordinate user or (in XP) as a subordinate user, and then enter the name and password (and domain, if necessary) of the administrator account ). Click OK
21. (XP) photography: When you connect a digital camera to your computer for the first time, you can select an execution method and always use this method on the program to avoid prompts. But what if you want to use another method later? Reconnect to the camera, right-click the camera icon in the browser, and select Properties. In the event column, use settings to select the next time you connect to the camera.

22. (xp pro) Save your secret: protect sensitive files or folders on an NTFS drive and use Windows built-in encryption. Select uncompressed files or folders for encryption, right-click them, and select Properties. In the general bar, click Advanced. Select the encrypted content to protect the data, and then press OK. Specify included files and folders. These files are only available to encrypting users. To cancel encryption, do not select the encryption box (XP family Edition does not have this encryption function ).

23. (XP) set a dedicated File: any administrator can view the desktop file you saved in my documents, you can also find the user account in the file and setting folder to view your files elsewhere. To further keep the NTFS hard drive confidential, open the document and settings folder, right-click the folder you want to encrypt, and select Properties. Click share to set this folder to private, and then click OK.
■ Quick repair

24. (Me, XP) reverse clock: if your computer runs strangely, use the system to restore windows to a stable State earlier. Select Start, Program (all programs on XP), attachment, system tool, system restore, and click Restore my computer to an earlier time. Next, follow the instructions to execute.

25. (Me, XP) set a better restore point: whenever you want to adjust your system, you must create a restore point before you start. Follow the previous tips to open the system restoration, select to create a Restore Point, click Next, and follow the instructions. TIPS: you do not need to manually set restore points when installing or upgrading software or device drivers. Windows automatically creates them.

26. (XP) customize one of your Restoration Methods: select the drive where you want to change the system monitor, and how much space you need to back up, right-click my computer, and select Properties. Click System Restore, select a drive, click Settings, and set control as required.

27. (XP) custom Restoration Method 2: In Windows ME, the methods for adjusting the backup space used for system restoration are not the same: Right-click my computer and select Properties, performance: Under the hard disk, drag the disk space used by the restoration system to the expected number. TIPS: click "cancel System Restoration" in the repair fault bar under System Properties to disable system restoration.

28. (all) find the solution in safe mode: If a factor causes windows to crash or causes it to run incorrectly, restart the computer, before Windows is loaded, press F8 to enter the advanced options menu. Use the up/down key to select the safe mode, and press the Enter key to start using as few system resources as possible to run Windows. If you are lucky, you can solve the problem and restart Windows.

29. (2 k, XP)

Resume your registration: if the security mode under the advanced options menu described at cannot solve the problem, select the latest configuration and press Enter. This time windows will use the last successfully started registration version. No file is deleted.

30. Copy your error message (2 k, XP): If Windows tells you something goes wrong, you may want to save the error message, send them to technical support or local computer experts. To do this, simply press Ctrl-C to save the information on your clipboard and write a new email to your technical partner, press ctrl-V to paste the warning information and then send this letter.

31. (all) Get a big error image: if you cannot copy the error message as described above, press Alt-print screen (the abbreviation of this name can be found on your keyboard) to obtain the image of the error message box. Paste the image into your email (if it supports images) or Into Your Word document. You can open the paint brush program in windows, select edit, paste, and paste it into your paint brush. Save the file as a bitmap(.bmp), watermark (.jpg), or other file format, so that you can send it to your nearby Windows Service personnel by email attachment.

32. (all) Search for help in Google: If you want to find online help, type some or all of the words in the error message into Google's main search box. If this still cannot help you find a solution, click the group icon on the search results page to view the archived discussions that may be related to your issue.
Network and account tips

First, there was a family with two cars. Then there was a home with two televisions. Now there are two or more computers in the family. These simple changes make you more connected to the Internet and computers of multiple users.

33. (XP) Let windows do it: When you connect to the network for the first time, the Windows XP Network Settings Wizard will help you complete the details step by step. To manually run this operation, Select Start, Run, type netsetup, and press Enter.

34. (XP) Try wireless: If you insert the wireless adapter into your computer, XP will display a wireless network connection dialog box. If no, right-click the Wireless Network icon in the system disk and select the applicable wireless network. (If you cannot see this icon, enter control panelnetwork connections in the address bar of any browser, right-click the Wireless Network icon ). Select your wireless connection and click Connect.

35. (XP) connecting to an unreliable wireless network: if the connection button fails (grayed out) in the wireless network connection dialog box ), the network may lack the same private or security of the wired network or the new Wi-Fi protection connection. To avoid this situation, click Allow me to connect to a selected wireless network, even if it is not safe (see figure 3 ). However, please note that your privacy is insecure.

36. (XP) configure the wireless network by yourself: by default, Windows XP automatically configures your wireless network (the so-called wireless network has no configuration features ). However, if your wireless network hardware has its own software driver, you may need to disable this feature of windows. To do this, double-click the wireless network connection icon in the network connection window (as described at, or click the thumbnail of this icon in your system disk. Select properties. In the wireless network Connection Properties dialog box, click wireless network. Cancel using Windows to configure my wireless network settings and click OK (see figure 4 ).

37. (XP) instant account switch: if your computer has enough space, you can switch from one user account to another without exiting. If you just want to check it out soon, this will save time. However, you may not want to develop this habit, because system performance will lag, especially when you are running games, system programs, and other demanding programs.

38. (XP) Cancel Quick Switch: Another disadvantage of quick switch is that you cannot use the Windows offline function when using this function. This function can automatically download webpages for offline browsing. To cancel the quick switch, go to the address of any browser or IE window, type control paneluser accounts, and press Enter. Choose to change the user logon/exit mode, cancel the quick switch between the user and the user, and click the application option.

39. (XP) Stop rather than delete an account: If Maria is leaving for a long time, she does not want to delete her account for security protection. Re-creating an account with the same name in the future will not have the same permissions as she liked before-nor allow Maria to access encrypted files. If you want someone to own an account, you can disable it rather than delete it (this feature is not available in XP Home Edition): Press windows-R and type lusrmgr. MSC, and then press Enter. Click the user folder icon and double-click the user name. Select to stop the account, and then press OK. To restore an account, you only need to cancel this option.

40. (XP) Save the deleted account file: If you are sure that you no longer need Maria's account, you can delete it and save her User File: first, log on as an administrator, click the address bar of any browser or IE window, type control paneluser accounts, and press Enter. Next, select the name of the account to be deleted, select Delete account, click Save file, and finally Select Delete account. Even if Maria's account is deleted, her desktop and my document files are saved in a new folder on the admin desktop. However, remember that Maria's email and other settings for this account will be permanently lost.
Fast Repair (continued)

41. (XP) run your old application: if an application earlier than XP cannot run under the latest Windows rule, right-click the shortcut of the program and select Properties. Select compatibility, run the program in compatible mode, and select the appropriate Windows version. Click OK. Security Warning: Do not run a antivirus software, disk space processor, or system application incompatible with other system versions. This may damage the system.

42. (all) uninstallation of repair interruption: If you attempt to detach a program by adding or deleting a program in the control panel, some or all program files have been deleted. You only need to re-install the program in the original folder, and use add or delete programs to uninstall it correctly.

43. (all) update your graphics card driver: many common Windows problems are caused by outdated or problematic graphics card drivers. If you cannot find a solution to one or more repeated problems in the application, visit the website of your graphics card manufacturer to see if you can download an updated driver.

● Device skills

44. Safe Device removal (2 k, me, XP): You can insert and remove peripheral devices (such as cameras) without any problem ). However, other removable devices may pose a great risk to the stability of your computer. For example, removing the NIC adapter from a laptop or removing an external hard drive from a desktop can cause loss of programs running on the network or hard disk. Correct Method: Click the safely remove device icon in the system disk (you may need to click the 'show hidden icons' key first ). Select the hardware to be deleted from the menu. Now you can pull out the hardware. If you prefer to use a dialog box, double-click to safely remove the hardware icon.
Refreshing

45. (all) Clever transfer: the file and setup transfer wizard is the best way to move your Windows Settings from one computer to another. You can transfer files and settings from IE, Outlook exp Ress, and other Windows components using a network or detachable device. Install your application on a new machine, select start, all programs, attachments, system tools, File Settings and transfer wizard, and follow the instructions.

46 (XP) Don't forget your big mail: If you select only settings in the file settings and transfer wizard, and use a floppy disk to transfer files, then, windows will remove your email box only when the disk can be installed. Use a large device to ensure that Windows can transfer your mailbox information.

47. (all) use all the features of the OS you purchased: you do not have to install all windows tools and games on your computer. Open a browser or folder window, and type control paneladd/Remove Programs (in Windows98, 2000, and me) or control paneladd or remove programs (in XP) in the address bar ). Click Windows Settings or add or delete Windows Components, select a project, and click details. You may need to click details to view more child components. Select the required component, click OK, and then follow the instructions. You may be asked to insert your windows CD to install some programs.

48. (2 k, me, XP) accelerated storage: Create a shortcut for customizing disk cleanup, Select Start, Run, and type cleanmgr/sageset :, enter a number from 0 to 65535, and then press the Enter key (the number only indicates the option you selected ). Select the settings you need and click OK. To enable the shortcut to run the disk cleanup program, right-click the desktop or folder and choose create. In an address bar, type cleanmgr/sagerun: X (replace X with the number you just typed ). Follow the prompts to complete the operation.

49. (2 k, me, XP) automatic update: If you want windows to automatically update in XP, right-click my computer, select properties, and click the automatically download update bar. On Windows ME and 2000 (Patch 3 or later), open the control panel and double-click automatic update. In Windows2000 and XP, choose to keep my computer up-to-date. One of the three methods can be found in any version.

50. (Me, XP) Cancel automatic update: Before automatic update, Windows creates a Restore Point. For details, refer to the 24-point system restoration description above. On the 'select restore origin' screen, click the update date, select a restore point before the problem occurs, click Next, and follow the instructions.

51. (2000, 2 k) add an update function: for versions earlier than Windows 98 or patch 3, if the patch is automatically patched, a Windows key update notification function is required. Double-click the task scheduler in the system disk or control panel. If you do not have this function, visit windowsupdate.microsoft.com, click Install update, and then click Key updates and patches. Find and select this feature.

52. (all) Manual Update: to update the old version of Windows, select a useful Patch: Select Start, Windows automatic update and start, all programs, and Windows automatic update, then, follow the prompt that Windows automatically updates the address.
53. (XP) Enable CD burning: Insert a blank disk into a writable CD drive, press windows-e to open the browser, right-click the drive icon, select properties, and burn, make sure that the active CD burn on this drive is selected (see figure 9 ). Note that the options in the CD drive Properties dialog box are specific to each drive; different drives may be different.

54. (XP) method 3: If you are using a Roxio easy CD & DVD (www.roxio.com) burning device, perform the following operations, but do not activate CD burning (or other identical options) on this drive ). In this way, the burning properties of Windows will not conflict with your device.

55. (XP) reset your CD image: Windows will reserve a maximum of MB to MB space for your writable CD on the hard disk to store data, if it is a high-performance drive, it will reach 1 GB. You can tell windows to allow the drive to use the most free space: As described at, open the CD drive Properties dialog box and select the burn option (or the same option for your drive ). Press Figure 9 and select the drive from the drop-down menu of 'desktop CD records.

56, (XP) Slow: by default, Windows uses the fastest transmission speed of a CD-R drive. If you encounter a problem and want to slow it down: Open the burning column of the CD drive property box (or the same options for your drive), as shown in 9, under the 'desktop CD records' column, select a slow speed.

57. (XP) Send files to CD: select the files you want to burn in a windows browser, drag them to the drive icon, or right-click the selected files and click send, then select your drive. You can double-click the drive icon in the browser to view the file. When you are sure you want to copy the file, click on the task bar on the left to burn the file to the CD, and then follow the CD burning guide.

58. (all) use Windows Media Player to create a media CD: If you use Windows Media Player 9 to create a album, you can copy these songs to Cd (if possible ). In full mode of Windows Media Player, click Copy to CD or device on the left. Select your title from the top-down directory. If the status bar shows "unable to install", cancel one or more files. Finally, click Copy music in the upper right corner.

59. (all) Create media CD with other programs: Windows Media Player 9 provides free built-in files and can be copied to a CD-R drive. However, third-party devices provide you with more options, including copying music with high fidelity. Windows Media Player format conversion affects audio quality.

● Enter tips

60. (all) special characters: If your document requires unusual special printed fonts, select start, Program (all programs in XP), accessories, system tools, external tables, or press windows-R and then press Enter. (If you have not installed the sequence table, see how to install the sequence table ). Set your font, double-click the expected character, click the copy key, and then paste the character into the document. In Windows 2000 and XP, you can also drag the selected character from the character copy bar of the orders table to the WordPad and several other applications.
61. (all) Enable the player's control key: If you use Windows Media player9 to open a DVD or CD disk, but the control key of the player fails, make sure that the menu bar of the player is displayed (you can click the button in the upper left corner of Full Screen mode ). Select playback, DVD, VCD, or CD audio (the specific words may be different). See figure 10.

62. (all) zoom in and out your DVD screen: If you use Windows Media Player 9 to view the DVD, use the full screen button in the lower right corner to zoom in or press Alt-enter to convert to full screen. Remove the pointer from the screen (do not move the mouse) to eliminate control and watch in full screen. If you want to maintain control during viewing, click the small icon at the top of the screen.

63. (all) Speed Control: when you watch a DVD with Windows Media Player 9, click or drag the slider in the search bar to move forward or backward. Press ctrl-shift-F to move fast. Press ctrl-shift-g to move fast. Press ctrl-shift-s to move slowly. Press ctrl-shift-N to return to the normal speed.

64. Use the keyboard to control your DVD. Other shortcut keys for playing a DVD include Ctrl-P to pause or Resume playback, F10 to increase the volume, F9 to decrease the volume, and F8 to mute.
■ Speed Optimization

65. (XP) Reduce one of the fancy content: if the speed of opening your computer application is too slow, you can close some fancy Windows views to increase the speed. Right-click my computer and select Properties. Select advanced. Under performance, select Settings. In the visual effects column, choose to adjust to the optimal performance, or select Custom to disable all effects you can cancel.

66. (2000, 2 K, me) Remove fancy content 2: To speed up Windows 98, or me, right-click the desktop and select Properties. Click the effect column. Deselect the title in the visual effect bar until the best balance is reached between speed and view. In Windows 98, disable dynamic windows, menus, and lists. For the above three versions, you can cancel the display window content when dragging.

67. (XP) set priority: the XP performance selection dialog box gives you limited permissions to control how Windows uses memory and which task has priority on your computer processor. Verify your settings, as described in article 65. Open the performance selection dialog box and click Advanced. Under the processor plan, selecting a program is to give the foreground application a priority over the program running in the background. However, if you often run an application, and most tasks are to sort the database in the background, print dark pictures, or run some other processor enhancement tasks, you need to select the background service, is to share the processor between the background service and the foreground application. You may also want to use the default program settings in 'memory use. System cache is selected only when your computer is used as a server rather than a workstation.

68. (all) Verify the sleep function: If you want to be able to open all your applications and documents when you leave the computer for a while and then return, try the sleep function. Click the address bar in the browser or IE window and type control panelpower options. If no sleep item exists in the power selection Properties dialog box, you are unfortunate. If yes, click it to check whether you meet the space requirements of the sleep function.

69. (all): If your system supports the sleep function, click the sleep option in the power selection attribute dialog box to activate it, And then verify that the sleep function is activated.

70. (all) 'open A slee' 2: Once sleep is activated, choose start and standby, or when you are about to leave, choose start and close the computer. If you click "standby", select "Sleep", and click "OK. If you click 'shutdown ', press shift to change the backup icon to sleep, and then click it.

● Tips for size adjustment

71. (all) large border: Make your window border easier to control: Have you ever spent half a day moving your mouse over the window border just to adjust it to a proper size? To adjust it more easily, right-click the desktop, select properties, and select the appearance bar (in XP, click the Advanced button ). In the top-down title directory, select the border of the activity window and add the value below it.

■ New Windows faces

72. Create a larger taskbar (all): if there are too many buttons on the system disk and taskbar, right-click the taskbar and make sure to cancel 'lock task '. Now you can drag the top of the taskbar until it becomes double-high. Move it to the edge of the screen and resize it to save space.

73. Hide the task bar (all): If you want other windows to have more space, right-click the task bar and select Properties. Select "Hide automatically" or "Hide automatically", and click "OK". The taskbar disappears. However, when you move the pointer to the edge of the screen, it slides out again.

74. (all) Compressed menu icons: by default, Windows uses a large icon on the Start menu and a small icon on the sub menu. To cancel these icons, right-click the start button (in XP), or (in all other versions), right-click the taskbar, and select Properties. In XP, click the appropriate Custom button to select the small icon (if you use the XP Start Menu), or select the Advanced start menu option in the Start menu to display the small icon in the menu. In other Windows versions, click the first icon you see to display the small icon in the menu.

75. (98) clean up one of your desktops: Are you tired of making a group of icons on the desktop? Hide them, right-click the desktop, and select Properties. Click the function bar. When the desktop is viewed as a Web page, select the hidden icon. Click OK. Now, whenever you want to clean up the desktop, all you have to do is right-click the desktop and select the Active Desktop as a Web page. Then these icons are converted to the hidden mode.

76. (2 k, me, XP) Clean up your desktop 2: In other Windows versions, desktop icons also occupy a lot of space. In "2000" and "me", right-click the desktop, select the active desktop, and make sure that the webpage content is selected. Right-click the desktop again (if needed), select the active desktop, and display the desktop icon to hide the icon. Hide the icon in the XP system, right-click the desktop, and click the arrange icon to display the desktop icon (not selected ). Repeat the preceding steps to display the icon on the desktop.