Windows FAQ
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Q. What do I do to select multiple items? (This is a general Windows program usage question that applies to Excel and any number of other software packages.)
A. To select a continuous block of items, click to highlight the first desired item, then hold down the Shift key while clicking on the last desired item. The first, last, and all items in between should be highlighted, at which point you can take whatever action you next see fit. To cherry-pick items, click to highlight the first desired item, then hold down the Ctrl key and click on all other desired items, not releasing the Ctrl key until everything you want is highlighted. If you accidentally click on something you don't want, keep the Ctrl key pressed and simply click it again. (Think of it this way: As long as the Ctrl key is down, you're toggling "yes or no" for every item you click.)
The neat part is that you can combine the two techniques. Use shift-click to select your range of items, then ctrl-click to remove the items you don't want. Nifty, isn't it?
Q. The preview display for XP's theme and background settings is blank, and the Desktop tab disappears when I click on it. What do I do?
A. See if these commands help. From Start/Run:
REGSVR32 /i SHELL32.DLL REGSVR32 /i MSHTML.DLL REGSVR32 /i SHIMGVW.DLL
Q. My desktop background tab in Display Properties is greyed out. How do I get it back?
A. Open Regedit and go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Find an entry for "Wallpaper" and delete it, if any.
Q. How does one get an XP machine to automatically login?
A. One can issue the command line, 'control userpasswords2', to get at the "old-style" (Win2K) user admin dialog, which lets you turn off "users must enter name and password."
Q. How can we make "Administrator" appear in the list of available XP Home logins?
A. Save the following as a .reg file and merge it:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList] "Administrator"=dword:00000001
