Basic idea. Share a little tech tip with the person before you, preferably something not completely obscure and more general or related to what we do around here. Even if it is somewhat obvious to you it might not be to others, many of us around here are self taught which can lead to some interesting gaps.


Notepad++ (the code it comes from is also used in Geany in linux and co). Arguably the premier open source windows text editor replacement (it is available as an option on https://ninite.com/ ).
The tip
Column select.
Hold alt and click and drag.
When combined with fixed width text it is so useful for a lot of things, especially ones where you have to do repeated actions, basic database ish work (trim columns from data, add things in the middle) and can not be bothered to fiddle with regular expressions.

 

[Taleweaver]

If you only have one account on your PC and really don't want the hassle of having to log on to windows every freaking time, type "control userpasswords2" in the command prompt to get a window where you can set it that windows automatically logs on with a given account.

 

[raystriker]

One can easily evade Windows passwords by using Linux live images booted from the pen-drive or DVD
Only way to prevent that is by encrypting your HDD

(And obviously, you already know the above, sorry!)

 

[vassildador]

We all know alt tab really helpfull ever try alt SHIT tab it goes backwards

That doesn't only work for alt-tab but also for ctrl-tab! Ctrl-tab makes you move to the next "tab", ctrl-shift-tab to the previous one. This works in almost all browsers, IDE's/text editors, ....

I imagine adding shift to any key-combo which "cycles" through a list will reverse it as well.

 

[Deleted User]

Simple one!
F11 in chrome to full-screen!

 

[Pacheko17]

Never try to use a 1440x900 monitor in 2560x1980... NEVER.

 

[Arras]

If you want to copy and paste text in Skype without having the sometimes annoying quote formatting around it, Ctrl + Shift + V. That actually works in many programs and pastes text without the formatting.

 

[xBleedingSoulx]

Turning it off and on again will usually fix most tech problems.

 

[pwsincd]

quickly open a command prompt :

hold shift and right click on your desktop , you now have a command prompt option.

also shift and right click will give you a shit load more send to... options...

 

[Deleted User]

Another easy one!
When a serial port doesn't work try to restart your PC.

 

[Duo8]

Some more:

1. With a bit of work you can turn almost anything into a homeserver
2. If you have python, run the http.server in the current directory to quickly setup a http server. Useful for sharing files.

python3 -m http.server

 

[Deleted User]

CTRL + ALT + E gets you é or É.

 

[Luglige]

Heres a nice one you can download a webpages source in Firefox by pushing Right Click and then push "Save page as..." Now you can preserve those IRC fights.

 

[SAIYAN48]

In Chrome, press ctrl+shift+j and use the JS console as a calculator.

 

[Shirako]

ctrl shift delete = task manager

 

[Duo8]

Heres a nice one you can download a webpages source in Firefox by pushing Right Click and then push "Save page as..." Now you can preserve those IRC fights.

Or use a real client and log them.

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

Tip some people don't know:
You can access the the Command prompt with a certain folder instead of using the CD command by Holding Shift while right clicking a folder, You should see an option called open in command prompt. Pressing that opens command prompt with the folder you selected as it's directory making it useful for some programs so you don't have to type the CD command every time.

 

[Luglige]

Tip some people don't know:
You can access the the Command prompt with a certain folder instead of using the CD command by Holding Shift while right clicking a folder, You should see an option called open in command prompt. Pressing that opens command prompt with the folder you selected as it's directory making it useful for some programs so you don't have to type the CD command every time.

Install Linux.

 

[hobbledehoy899]

Install Linux.

You can open your home folder by pressing Super/Win+E.

 

[m1guelpf]

You can open your home folder by pressing Super/Win+E.

To copy something from terminal, you've to press CTRL+SHIFT+V instead of CTRL+V

 

[EthanAddict]

Do not use x86-video-intel drivers in Linux, they are not properly maintained and have worse 3D performance than KMS