What is one random thing you know about a computer that most people don’t?

• Searching a file format in Google:

Let's say you want only links associated with particular format. You can search them by adding

“filetype:file_format”

to your search term. You have to type in the file format you need.

Ex: If you want to find links that have pdf extension + the name google in it. You can find them by searching “google filetype:pdf”

• Open Uninstall wizard from run:

You can open uninstall wizard from run without going to Control panel by just typing

“appwiz.cpl”

in run and hit enter.

5. Using Alt Unicode shortcuts:

To quickly type the fractions such as 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 you can use unicode shortcuts such as

“Alt+0188″

“Alt+0189″

“Alt+0190″

respectively. .

• Change display direction

You can change direction of your display by simply pressing

Ctrl + Alt + Arrow

Ex: Typing “Ctrl+Alt+→” changes your display from landscape to portrait mode.

• Change video playback speed:

If you are using KM Player you can actually, increase/decrease your video playback speed by simply pressing

“Ctrl+ + ”

“Ctrl+ - ”

To change to normal speed again, press

“Ctrl+ * ”

Just try it anytime, it's so much fun...

• Shutdown Timer:

You can manually shutdown your computer within Run or DOS prompt by simply typing

“shutdown -s"

You can even add time condition like

“shutdown -s -t 600"

which shuts down the computer after 10 minutes (600 seconds)

Use “shutdown -a" to abort

• Open programs pinned to taskbar :

You can run programs pinned to taskbar by pressing their number with Windows key

Ex: In the taskbar like this

you can open chrome, by simply pressing

“ Windows Key + 4 ”

since Chrome is the 4th program/icon in the taskbar.

•  Some common shortcuts:

For Windows Explorer:

Ctrl+Shift+N → Create new folder

F2 → Rename

Shift+Del → Permanently delete a file/folder

Alt+Enter → View Properties

Ctrl+Shift+Esc → Open Task Manager

Windows+E → Open Explorer

Alt+Space+C → Close current window

Alt+F4 → Close current window

For Browser:

Alt+D → Address bar

Ctrl+N → New Window

Ctrl+Shift + N → New Incognito Window

Ctrl+T → Open New Tab

Ctrl+Tab → Toggle between Tabs

Ctrl+Number → Switch to the numbered tab (Ex: Ctrl+2 → Switch to 2nd tab)

Ctrl+F4 → Close current tab

Ctrl+Shift+T → Reopen recently closed tab

Ctrl+Left_Click → Open link in a New Tab

Ctrl+H → History

F11 → Full Screen Browsing

Ctrl+Enter → Adds “www." at start and “.com" at the end of the word you type in address bar

Ex: You can simply type “google" in address bar and hit “Ctrl+Enter” and bam! You'll see the address changing to “www.google.com”