Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Fast shutdown or restart from quick launch toolbar
This tip will enable you to create buttons in your quick launch toolbar to quickly and easily shut down and/or restart your computer.Right click on your desktop, scroll to new..... shortcutIn the location line, for shutdown type; shutdown -s -t 0 ie: shutdown(space)-s(space)-t(space)number zeroName the shortcut "Shut Down PC" or whatever u wantThe new shortcut is now sitting on your desktop, right click on it and go to properties, then click on "change icon". Click OK, then pick a suitable icon, there is a red "off button" icon available, then click apply and ok.Now drag the icon from your desktop into the quick launch toolbar, resize the toolbar so all the buttons are visible, then delete the shortcut from your desktop.To create a restart button the location line should read shutdown -r -t name it restart pc and give it a suitable icon for restart.Now you can shut down or restart your pc in 1 mouse click without having to go through the startup menu.
Fast shutdown or restart from quick launch toolbar
Add information and images in System properties...
Add information and images in System properties...I want to thank this very useful site for teaching me a lots of TWEAKING TIPS. So, as a gesture of my appreciation I want to share this simple tweak I learned. Please run notepad and paste this text:[General]Manufacturer="You can display useful information here"Model="You can display useful information here"[Support Information]Line1="You can display useful information here"Line2="You can display useful information here"Line3="You can display useful information here"Line4="You can display useful information here"Line5="You can display useful information here"Line6="You can display useful information here"Line7="You can display useful information here"Line8="You can display useful information here"Line9="You can display useful information here"Line10="You can display useful information here"Save it as oeminfo.ini in C:\WINDOWS\System 32. You can also create a bitmap file and name it as oemlogo.bmp, save it in C:\WINDOWS\System 32. Now, try to hold down Win key while pressing Pause/break. You'll notice that the text and image you created will appear in your System properties. I hope u enjoy it!
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