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Here's a great question we recently received from a loyal Infopackets subscriber: "Dear Infopackets Team, I just purchased a brand new Windows 8 PC. I was really excited to try out the new operating system, but I've been having trouble getting used ... to all the small changes. For example, it's been difficult figuring out just how I'm supposed to shut my new laptop down! Is there a way to do this quickly and easily? Thanks, Merrill B." My Response: When Microsoft introduced Windows 8's new user interface, it changed a great many operating system features. One major change: the shutdown process. ... (view more)

FontViewOK 2.12 FontViewOK creates a quick visual overview of all installed fonts on your Windows PC. The deployment is simple and suitable for Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003/2005 as well as Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and even ... Windows 7. http://www.softwareok.com Bad Shortcut Killer 1.0 Clean your Windows Start Menu and desktop the quick and easy way, with Bad Shortcut Killer from WareSoft Software. Just simply click on the 'Find Bad Shortcuts' button and Bad Shortcut Killer quickly searches your entire start menu and your desktop for invalid shortcuts which no longer point to ... (view more)

Microsoft has faced the first major test of its policy to phase out support for some versions of Windows XP. A major security patch last week was only available to users who had upgraded to the third and final Service Pack (SP3). As previously ... reported, Microsoft issued an out-of-cycle update (known more casually as an emergency pack) to patch a Windows shortcut flaw. The issue was particularly serious because it meant machines could be hacked if a user opened a folder containing the infected shortcut file, even if they didn't click on the shortcut itself. The shortcut flaw was such a clear ... (view more)

Memory Viewer With Memory Viewer you can view your system memory configuration without having to open your PC or laptop! Not only does Memory Viewer show you the channel, size and speed, but it also shows you the type of memory: SDRAM, DDR, etc. ... http://www.rjlsoftware.com Shortcut Key Explorer Shortcut Key Explorer will help you manage the list of shortcut keys you have loaded on your computer. Simply run Shortcut Key Explorer and it will automatically load the existing shortcut keys and display them in an easy to read list. From this list you can double-click on any item and edit the ... (view more)

Create Shortcut There This is a simple-to-use program that helps users customize their shortcuts in just a click. How does it work? Right click a file, select the context menu item, and CreateShortcutThere to choose where to place the new shortcut. ... http://www.donationcoder.com Click To Desktop Click on the desktop to hide all windows quickly and easily. This first version of the program makes switching between different browsers, windows, and programs easier than ever before! The perfect solution for the web surfer extraordinaire. http://www.donationcoder.com Today's fresh software picks were ... (view more)

Rocket Dock RocketDock is a smoothly animated, alpha blended application launcher. It provides a nice clean interface to drop shortcuts on for easy access and organization. With each item completely customizable there is no end to what you can add ... and launch from the dock. http://www.punksoftware.com/rocketdock Shortcut Key Explorer Shortcut Key Explorer helps you manage the list of shortcut keys you have loaded on your computer. Simply run Shortcut Key Explorer and it will automatically load the existing shortcut keys and display them in an easy to read list. From this list you can double- ... (view more)

Create a keyboard shortcut and apply your most-wanted Word fonts wherever and whenever you want. You like to use the Courier New font in your Word publications, but you'd rather not navigate the long list of fonts in the Formatting toolbar every ... time you need to use it. Rather than clicking through the toolbars and menus to find your favorite font, you can create a keyboard shortcut -- and never have to search for the font again. Follow the steps below to create your shortcut: Go to Tools | Customize. On the Commands tab, click the Keyboard button. Under Categories, click Fonts. Under Fonts, ... (view more)

Infopackets Reader Cleo writes: " I have tried putting Microsoft Word in my Send To Menu a dozen times: it shows up in the send to folder in the C drive, but won't show up in the Send To Menu. Any ideas? " My response: It is possible that the Send ... To shortcuts were placed in the wrong SendTo folder. For Windows 9x and NT, the SendTo folder location is C:\Windows\SendTo. For Windows 2000 and XP, the whereabouts of the [current] SendTo folder depends on which user logged in to the machine. The Send To feature allows users to launch a file using a program which has not been previously ... (view more)