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    WOW I am retarded

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Slaughterhouse, Jan 16, 2009.

  1. Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse Knock 'em out!

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    So I just found out that if you want to get to your task manager, all you have to do is right click on the task bar and click task manager.

    This whole time I've been doing control + alt + delete and thinking to myself how stupid Microsoft is for having the task manager so inaccessible :(

    I feel like there's a whole mess of nifty Vista tricks that I am missing out on now lol...anyone care to provide any?
     
    Slaughterhouse, Jan 16, 2009
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  2. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    This "trick" was available since NT 4.0. [​IMG]

    (Or even NT 3.5, I don't remember.)
     
    stewie, Jan 16, 2009
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  3. Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse Knock 'em out!

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    LOL that's just great. I've literally been doing this for years since I've had Windows XP.
     
    Slaughterhouse, Jan 16, 2009
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  4. ratchetnclank

    ratchetnclank Notebook Deity

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    I knew that but i prefer ctrl+shift+esc
     
    ratchetnclank, Jan 16, 2009
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  5. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    Don't feel bad, that's actually the correct way to do it, because sometimes right-click just doesn't work when something goes wrong in the system.
     
    stewie, Jan 16, 2009
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  6. gengerald

    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    Bought to say, the only times I usually need to look at the task manager is when I have locked up my computer. :D
     
    gengerald, Jan 16, 2009
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  7. Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse Knock 'em out!

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    I actually use it on a daily basis due to random program lockups. Vista 64 :p
     
    Slaughterhouse, Jan 16, 2009
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    Noterev Notebook Consultant

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    True, if you only know one way to get to task mgr, ctl-alt-del is it.

    alt-f4 to shut down programs and the computer is also something everyone should know.

    alt-tab to shift focus from one program to another.

    f5 to reload your active browser.

    ctrl-tab to shift focus from tab to tab.

    the list goes on.
     
    Noterev, Jan 16, 2009
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  9. Qwakrz

    Qwakrz Notebook Consultant

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    You think ctrl + alt + del is the long way

    I have been using Win+r and then running task manager from the run box for ages, think its a hangup as I use the run box and command prompt for a lot of stuff at work.
     
    Qwakrz, Jan 16, 2009
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  10. Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse Knock 'em out!

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    Ok good, I knew all of those except ctrl-tab.

    I also learned about the window key + 1, 2, etc. recently. And the window key + tab lol

    Anything else?

    I feel like the biggest newb right now, even though I've been using Windows since 95 :p
     
    Slaughterhouse, Jan 16, 2009
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  11. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    The easiest way to open the task manager is ctrl-shift-esc (this was mentioned earlier).
     
    crash, Jan 16, 2009
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  12. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    You are not alone. I just knew the trick of right click and CTRL-SHIFT-ESC from this thread. All I knew before was CTRL-ALT-DEL since that's what I knew from XP.
     
    hendra, Jan 16, 2009
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  13. KimoT

    KimoT Are we not men?

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    CTRL-ALT-DEL is an easy hand gesture for me (the "three-fingered salute" to long-time users). Guess I've just gotten so accustomed to it that its an automatic response to computer problems.
     
    KimoT, Jan 16, 2009
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  14. nu_D

    nu_D Notebook Deity

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    LOL

    I felt the same way when I figured this out a couple weeks ago...... lol
     
    nu_D, Jan 16, 2009
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