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Create a shortcut to switch users

Posted by: rhutushridave on: June 18, 2009

Fast user switching has been a very useful feature of windows for multi-user computers.  Dating back to Windows XP, fast user switching allows multiple users to be logged into a computer at once.  This is very useful if a user is in the middle of work but another needs to use the computer shortly.  Fast user [...]

Kill Processes from Command Prompt

Posted by: rhutushridave on: June 18, 2009

I’m sure you are familiar with the traditional way to kill or end a process in Windows using Task Manager. This method is effective but not nearly as fun as killing a process in Command Prompt. Additionally, killing processes in Command Prompt provides much more control and the ability to end multiple processes [...]

Hide Desktop Icon Text

Posted by: rhutushridave on: June 10, 2009

Some icons are just obvious enough that nobody should need text below them to tell them what the icon is for. A good example of this is the icon for Internet Explorer. We’re all really used to it by now, and the text just makes it ugly.
Just right-click on the shortcut, and choose Rename. Now [...]