When a certificate is "untrusted" by IE (such as a self-signed certificate), it displays a "Certificate error" icon next to the address bar. It used to be that you can click on that icon, "View certificates", then install it. On Windows 7, because of UAC , the "Install Certificate..." button is no longer displayed. In order to see the button, you have to start IE9 with administrator privileges: right click on the IE9 shortcut icon and select " Run as administrator... ". To save the certificate to a file, click the Details tab on the Certificate dialog, then click " Copy to File... ".

Bring up the Control Panel system page (shortcut: Win+Pause, Win+Fn+Insert/Pause for laptop): Click "Remote settings" on the left Check "Remote Desktop" -> "Allow connection..."

Got this error while trying to start vFabric tc server : C:\Apps\vfabric-tc-server-standard-2.6.1.RELEASE>t... It's a UAC error. Need to start the command prompt with Administrator privileges: right click the shortcut and select Run as administrator . Or enable administrator rights for the shortcut: Bring up the cmd shortcut properties Select the Shortcut tab, click the Advanced button. Check Run as administrator .

Focus on the checkbox. press the Space bar!

The easiest way to shutdown Windows XP with a shortcut is to create a shortcut icon on the desktop (or the Start menu, or the Quick Launch menu) and assign a shortcut key combination. Useful command line commands: Shutdown : shutdown -s -t 0 Restart : shutdown -r -t 0 Log off : shutdown -l -t 0 Hibernate : rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState Hibernate Command line options for shutdown : C:\> shutdown /? Usage: shutdown [-i | -l | -s ...

You can configure Windows XP such that when you press the "Power" button it goes to standby instead of showdown: From Start menu, bring up the Control Panel Double click the Power Options icon: In the Advanced tab, select "Stand by" for the option "When I press the power button on my computer".

This procedure only works for program shortcuts on the desktop or start menu: Right click on the program shortcut Select "Properties" Focus on the "Shortcut key" field, press any key or combination of any two of SHIFT, CTRL and ALT, plus any key MS link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310417

Action Shortcut Bring up context menu Shift+F10 Move active window Alt+Space, M Minimize active window Alt+Space, N Move cursor to web browser address bar and select the text Alt+D Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop Windows Logo+D Restore minimized windows Repeat Windows Logo+D Open windows explorer Windows Logo+E Navigate through tabs in browser Ctrl+TAB Close tab in browser Ctrl+W Page Back Alt + LeftArrow Page Forward Alt + RightArrow Reload Page F5 Reload Page Override Cache Ctrl+F5 Find computer CTRL+Windows Logo+F Open Run dialog box Windows Logo+R Display Start menu CTRL+ESC (same as the Windows Logo key) Move the focus on the taskbar so you can TAB to the Quick Launch tool bar, the Taskbar etc. CTRL+ESC,ESC Quick Launch shortcuts in Windows Vista...

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Press the Windows button together with R (Win+R).