NetworkJew » keyboard http://networkjew.com Network tips, news and technology. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:40:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Windows Key in Windows XP http://networkjew.com/2010/04/23/the-windows-key-in-windows-xp/ http://networkjew.com/2010/04/23/the-windows-key-in-windows-xp/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:11:25 +0000 Network Jew http://networkjew.com/?p=353 ]]> Many people often wonder what that funny looking key is on their keyboard with a little flag on it. It’s referred to as the  “Windows Key”, or “Windows Logo Key” or “Start Key” and you can use it to perform many shortcuts to help improve your productivity.

Pressing the Windows key by itself, brings up the start menu, and from there you can navigate up and down the start menu with your keyboard arrow keys, and press enter on the program you want to launch.  No more mousing around!

There are several other Windows key combinations you can perform as well, by holding down the Windows Key and pressing another key:

  • Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
  • Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
  • Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
  • Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)
  • Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
  • Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
  • CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
  • Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
  • Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)
  • Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
]]> http://networkjew.com/2010/04/23/the-windows-key-in-windows-xp/feed/ 0 How to Enable Vanity Dialing in Windows Mobile 6.1 BackJack II http://networkjew.com/2009/02/18/enable-vanity-dialing-backjack-ii/ http://networkjew.com/2009/02/18/enable-vanity-dialing-backjack-ii/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:38:36 +0000 Network Jew http://networkjew.com/?p=132 phone]]> phone How to Enable Vanity Dialing in Windows Mobile 6.1 BackJack IIOne of the annoyances with “smart” phones these days is the inability to dial “Vanity” numbers – these are numbers like 1-800-FLOWERS. On a traditional phone, ABC map to the 2 key, DEF map to the 3 key…
Modern smartphones with QWERTY keyboards lke Blaackberries, Blackjacks, etc., typipcally don’t have a dedicated dialing pad with these mappings. On my BlackJack II, for instance, E is under the 1 key, R is under the 2 key and T is under the 3 key.

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To dial 1-800-FLOWERS you need to be able to remember what all the crazy mappings are or have one in front of you to cheat. Now in Windows Mobile 6.1 Microsoft has added “Vanity Dialing” Turn it on, and you can dial with actual letters from your QWERTY keyboard. Here’s how to enable it:

From your Home screen press Start > Then Settings.
Make your way to the Key Settings sub menu
Choose Vanity Dialing
Turn Vanity Dialing On and Press Done.
You’ll see a message about Rebooting your phone. Press OK and Go ahead and do it. Press the Power Button and choose Power off.
Power the phone on again.

Now press the Dial Key.
You should see 123# in the top right corner of your screen to let you know that Vanity Dialing is enabled.

To dial 1800-FLOWERS , press 1-800 as you normally would, then press the SHIFT key once. You should see the 123# change to ABC. Now type FLOWERS. Then press the dial button. The numbers should automagically be translated to the traditional letter mappings. If you need to switch back to numeric dialing, you can press SHIFT again to disable the feature.

Good luck, and happy dialing.

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