Save Time with Computer, Use Windows Shortcuts

If you are not a computer expert (like me, a simple common man), you might be doing your computer work, like surfing & other works by a lengthier process, like writing www, .com, going to start button & then going to My Computer, Folders etc. You can save a lot of time by using Windows Shortcuts.
Here are some common Windows Shortcuts to speed up your work & save time:
Press F1- Windows Help will open.
Press F5- Webpage will be Refreshed.
Press Ctrl & C together to copy a  selected item.
Press Ctrl & V together to Paste a  selected item.
Press Ctrl & X together to cut a selected item.

Some very useful shortcuts:
Press Ctrl & Esc button together to open START window.
Press Ctrl & Tab to scroll different webpages. Normally when you open more than one window in a browser, you minimize one window to see other window/webpage. By this Windows Shortcut, i.e. by keep pressing Ctrl & then clicking Tab button you can view your multiple windows.
Press Alt & F4 together to  close a window.
To rename a File/Folder just Press F2.
When you delete a file or folder, it is sent to Recycle Bin & ultimately the space of your computer is not freed. If you want to delete a File/Folder permanently without sending it to Recycle bin, Press Shift & Delete together.
If you are Playing a Game or watching a Movie in Full Screen, just click the Windows Logo button on your key board, to show the Task bar, then you can close the program or shift to other window. It is also helpful in shutting down the system when the game or Movie is hanged & you can't see the Task Bar to shut down the computer or close the program.
Now Two of my Favourite Windows Shortcuts to save time & speed up your Work:
Press Windows Logo & E button simultaneously to go to My Computer directly, to see your Files, Partition.
When you open a webpage in a browser (IE, Firefox etc), you write the www. then webpage name & then .com. Now try this: Just write the website name without writing www. & .com words & click Ctrl & Enter together. The word www. & .com will be automatically written in browser. For example if you want to go to http://www.microsoft.com  just write microsoft & Press Ctrl  & Enter button together, see no need to write http:// www. or .com  :-)
This is applicable only for .com websites.

For Other Windows Shortcuts, go to support.microsoft.com or click here

System Running "SLOW",The Easiest Way to Increase Computer Speed, "DEFRAGMENTATION"

Hello!! this is the continuation of my last article, where I mentioned about increasing the speed of your computer by doing "DEFRAGMENTATION" of your drives such as (C:) or (D:). Drives are partition(Divisions of Total Space ) of your Hard Disc. For example if the total space of your hard disc is 160 GB, you can partition it into two Drives of 80 GB  each, & drive (C:) will have 80 GB & drive (D:) will have 80 GB space, You can make any number of partition & can allott what ever space you want for a particular drive. such as 40GB C:), 80GB (D:), 40 GB(F:). By default the partition numbering starts from letter (C:). The partitioning is done when you first install an operating system to your computer(Windows XP, vista etc), You can also do partitioning during formatting.
What is Fragmentation & Defragmentation?
Let us understand what is fragments in your disc drives. For example if your disc has 80 GB of space, initially it has no fragments or compartments, but when you write a file size of 10 GB on your 80 GB drive, then this will create a segment or compartment/fragment in which your 10 GB file is stored. Now when you again  write a two file size of 10GB on your drive,then this will create again two fragments of 10 GB each , which is placed behind the first fragment ( when you save a file or download a file & save it, actually you  are writing it on your disc drives). So multiple files in your disc creates multiple fragments in your disc drives, this is "FRAGMENTATION".

How Fragmentation slows down the computer?
Now suppose if you have 4 files of 10 GB space each naming A, B, C, D in your 80 GB Drive, arranged in order,A,B,C,D+ 40 GB empty space, so total =80. After some times you delete the file B, then there is empty space in between A & C,D, & the sequence is A,10GB empty,C,D,40GB empty space.
Now if you have to write a 50GB file, then the 40 GB space must come forward to join with 10GB& finally making 50GB space for new file. So, now the drive will rearrange itself,& transfers A to back & 40GB in front to make it 50.
That was just a very very simplified example. In reality you have thousands of file with empty spaces in between & the drive (C:) in which normally the operating system lies, keeps on rearranging, the space always for utilization. This rearrangement takes time & make your computer slow.

How Defragmentation increases the speed?
Defragmentation arranges the file in order, so all the empty spaces are kept in front, & there is no continuous rearrangement of the empty & filled segments/fragments. This will make your computer runs faster.:-)

So Friends It is advisable to Defragment your disc drives regularly to increase the speed of your computer.
Again a Simple Common Man's Way & I say it "BACK TO BASICS".

How to do "Defragmentation"??
In Windows 7 & vista, just type defragmentation in the start---> Search box--->this will open Disc Dfragment option in the Start window---> click it & the new Defragmentation window will open---> defragment the drives.

In Windows XP, click my computer---> right click on the drive you want to defragment---> click on properties---> click tools--->select Defragment Now---> click to Start Defragmentation.