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For whatever reason, the "Safely Remove Hardware" dialog always seems a bit less than convenient to get to for me—mine is usually hidden behind that expanding arrow, and clicking through all the right menus when I just want to yank the cord is a bit tiring. The How-To Geek has a salve for impatient folks like myself: A hot-key-assignable shortcut to the full menu, with a "Stop" button close at hand. For those handy with shortcuts, here's where you should point one:RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dllOtherwise, hit the link for more detailed instructions. For those who do a lot of USB-swapping, having an eject dialog at, say, Windows+E might come in really handy.Create read more »
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Weblog Digital Inspiration dives into the Windows command line prompt, serving up several useful command line shortcuts and a few worthwhile tweaks for customizing the command line to your liking. Apart from an overview of some of the more useful function keys and their effects (which we've covered before, and of which F7 is the king), the post also covers simple-but-useful tweaks, like how to change the color scheme of the window. For instance, if you want to have a white background with black text, type color F0 and press enter. To revert to the original color scheme, type color without any arguments. For a list of all available colors, type color /? on the command line.Tweaking the color may seem superfl read more »
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Tech tips site MakeUseOf.com runs down some of the most useful keyboard shortcuts available in Google Calendar, like: C to compose a new event
Q to quick add a new event
J and K to move backwards and forwards through time (like Gmail and Google Reader)
D for Day view, W for weekly view, and M for monthly view. You a hardcore GCal keyboard user? What are your favorite keystrokes? Tell us in the comments.
The Essential Keyboard Shortcuts to Tame your Google Calendar [MakeUseOf.com]
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The How-To Geek weblog details how to create a desktop or keyboard shortcut to instantly eject your CD or DVD drive on your Windows computer. The special sauce lies in using the previously mentioned command line tool NirCmd, and you're basically creating a shortcut that executes NirCmd's "cdrom open" command. Quick and simple, when you're done you'll be ejecting from the keyboard any time you want. If you're looking to safely eject your USB drives, on the other hand, we've covered that, too.Create a Shortc read more »
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Mac OS X only: If Quicksilver ain't your cup of tea but you want a quick and easy way to create keyboard shortcuts for certain tasks on your Mac, Spark's for you. Map common actions (like launching applications, playing iTunes playlists, running AppleScript) to key combinations of your choice in Spark. You can even organize your shortcuts into groups and install plug-ins (like this clipboard cleaner) in Spark. Spark 3.0 is in beta, and it's a free download for Mac only. Thanks fatherfork and Jeremy!
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Tech blogger Amit Agarwal loves Vista's new system tray clock and calendar, but prefers not to move to his mouse whenever he wants to take a closer look. To remedy this, he's set up a simple shortcut to display the clock at the stroke of his keyboard. If you don't want to take the shortcut route, the post also details a few other methods for getting a quick look at the date and time. Got a favorite method of your own to get a quick glance at the calendar and clock? Share it in the comments.Display Windows Clock On Your Desktop With a Keyboard Shortcut [Digital Inspiration]
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Windows only: Add Firefox-style address bar shortcuts with IE Alias, a free add-on for Internet Explorer 7. While address bar alias shortcuts—as in typing "lh" to get to Lifehacker.com—have been available in packages such as IE7Pro (original post), IE Alias' tool adds the nifty ability to open multiple URLs with the same shortcut, giving Internet Explorer the same kind of "Open All in Tabs" convenience of, well, Firefox. IE Alias is a free download for Windows systems and Internet Explorer 7 only.IE Alias [via read more »
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Windows only: Free, open source application HotKeyBind creates keyboard shortcuts for common Windows actions, from launching applications and opening files to searching the web and shutting down your computer. HotKeyBind is even useful for Windows actions that already have shortcuts of their own or can be assigned shortcuts, because HotKeyBind provides a universal interface for creating and managing all your custom keyboard shortcuts and existing Windows shortcuts across your system. HotKeyBind is impressively robust on features, including text-replacement (though we still heartily recommend Texter for that), making it a must-have for the keyboard junkie. HotKeyBind is free, Windows only.
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