PC Support

Create a shortcut

Open the folder or directory that contains the program you wish to create a shortcut for.
Right-click on the program and click “Create Shortcut”.
This will create a shortcut named “Shortcut to ” in the directory you are in. If you wish to rename this shortcut, right-click the file and click rename.
Once the above steps have been completed, you can copy or cut this shortcut and paste it anywhere to execute this program.

Assign shortcut key to that Windows shortcut

Once the shortcut has been created to assign a shortcut key to that Windows shortcut follow the below steps.

Right-click the shortcut and click Properties.
Click the Shortcut tab.
Click in the Shortcut key box and press a letter. For example, if you press “p” the shortcut key will automatically be made Ctrl + Alt + P. Which means if saved when pressing Ctrl and Alt and “P” all at the same time will run that shortcut.

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This error message is generated when the folder and/or files within the folder are locked because they are being used by Windows or another program running in Windows. To successfully delete this file, try following the below steps.

1. Wait a minute and try deleting the file again, sometimes Windows or the program using the file may still be closing and therefore still using the file you’re attempting to delete.
2. Close and Explorer window and re-open.
3. Locate the program using the file and close it. If you’re uncertain which program is using the file, close all programs until you’re able to delete the file.
4. Try using unlocker, a free software program designed to unlock any file being used by Windows or other programs without restarting the computer.
5. Reboot the computer. If after closing all programs you’re still unable to delete the file, it’s likely that something in the background is still using the file.
6. If after rebooting the computer you’re still unable to delete the file, boot the computer into Safe Mode and delete the file.

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Between 1 and 5 hours

There is no exact time for how long it can take to install Microsoft Windows and can vary based off the below factors.

System Hardware

The speed of your CPU, how much RAM you have, the speed of your CD-ROM drive or other disc drive, and the speed your hard disk drive can all increase or decrease the amount it takes to install Windows.

Upgrade vs. Full install

A Windows “Upgrade” from a previous installation will take longer than a clean install. Upgrades use all the current data in the current operating system, instead of just replacing all the files. Many are upgraded along with the Installation to keep all your current settings and data.

Driver installation

For many of the hardware devices installed and connected to your computer, additional drivers and software will need to be installed. Although Windows can detect and install the software required for many hardware devices, which can increase the overall installation time, it’s possible that not all hardware will be detected. It’ll be up to the user after the installation of Windows to install the remaining software and drivers for their hardware.

Windows updates

Finally, you’ll need to install all available Windows updates after installing Windows. For versions of Windows that have been out for several years there can be dozens of additional software updates and service packs that need to be installed to finalize the Windows installation. Depending on the speed of your Internet connection, how many updates need to be installed, and how many times your computer needs to be restarted after the updates can cause this final step to add an additional one or more hours to the initial install time.

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Windows users

1. Open My Computer.
2. In My computer each drive listed will display their names before the drive letter. For example, a drive may be displayed as “CH (C:)”, CH is the name of this drive and C: is the drive letter. In addition to displaying the label of the drive this way you can also right-click each drive and select properties to display the properties of the drive including its name.

MS-DOS users or from the Windows command prompt

1. Change to the drive you wish to view the name or label of. Additional information about changing drives can be found on document CH000515.
2. Once at the drive, type label and press enter.

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Windows XP users

Open the Control Panel
Double-click on Display
In the Display Properties window click the Desktop tab
Click the Customize Desktop button.
In the Desktop Items window select either the “Recycle Bin (full)” or “Recycle Bin (empty)” folder and click the Change Icon button.

Editing through the registry

As mentioned above there are two icons for the Windows Recycle Bin, the empty and full. Below is the Windows Registry path to where you can manually adjust these icons.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
SOFTWARE\
Classes\
CLSID\
{ 645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\
DefaultIcon

In the DefaultIcon folder are two strings “Empty” and “Full.” Double-click the icon you wish to adjust by double clicking on either of these and change the Value data to the location of the icon you wish to use.

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Files that are stored on a floppy disk drive, flash drives, other removable disk drive, or network drive or files that are deleted from the Windows command prompt (MS-DOS prompt) are not sent to the Windows Recycling Bin.

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Answer:
All users who are using Microsoft Windows can easily find what version of Windows they’re using by following the below steps.

Click Start
Click Run or if you see “Start Search” field click in it.
Type winver and press Enter.

Alternative methods

Below are some additional methods of determining the version of Windows.

1. Right-click on My Computer.
2. Click on Properties. In the System Properties window as shown below the Service Pack (if installed) will be seen.
or

1. Open a MS-DOS command prompt. Additional information about doing this can be found on document CHDOS.
2. Type ver and press Enter.

Note: Doing the above method may not always work, and is dependent on the version of Windows you’re running. In some cases it may display Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000] or something similar, which is the command prompt version. However, some versions of Windows (such as Windows XP) will display the Windows version.

Windows on mobile devices

If you’re running Windows CE on a mobile device such as a cell phone or PDA you can determine the version of Windows CE by following the below steps.

1. Click Start, Settings, and then Control Panel
2. Click the Systems Icon, within the System Properties you’ll see the version of Windows CE and the build.

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Microsoft Windows users can adjust the size of their icons quickly and easily by displaying large icons. To do this follow the below steps.

Microsoft Windows XP users

Open the Control Panel.
In the Control Panel double-click Display.
In Display click the Appearance tab.
In Appearance click the Effects button.
If Effects check the “Use large icons” option and click Ok.

Microsoft Windows 2000, NT ME, 98, 95 users

Open the Control Panel.
In the Control Panel double-click Display.
In Display click the Effects tab.
If Effects check the “Use large icons” option and click Ok.

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Microsoft Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP users can change their screensaver and adjust its properties by following the below steps.

1. Open the Control Panel.
2. In the Control Panel double-click the Display icon.
3. In Display click the Screen Saver tab.
4. Within the Screen Saver tab you can view the currently set screensaver as well as change the screensaver to another installed screensaver. Click the Settings button to make any addition changes to the properties of the screensaver. If you do not wish to have a screensaver select (None).
5. Finally, once you’ve changed your password if you wish to see how it will look click the Preview button.

Passwords

Some screensavers may have password settings and other security features through the Settings button. However, most screensavers rely on Windows to display the password prompt or Welcome screen when resuming from the Windows screensaver. For password protection check the box “On resume password protect” or “On resume, display Welcome screen” or a similar option.

Away messages

If you step away from your computer and want to let others know who may stop by your computer setting the screensaver as the Marquee is a fast and easy way to leave an away message. Marquee is a default Windows password and can be selected from the drop-down menu of available passwords. Once selected click the Settings button and change the text often defaulted to: “Your text goes here.” to the text you wish to scroll across your screen. For example, “I’m out to lunch, will be back at 1:00″.

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