Kicking Defiance to the Curb
Imagine – you want to end a conversation with someone, but the other person refuses to go away. Whether you want to end the conversation because it’s become heated, you have some place to be, or you didn’t want to be in the conversation to begin with – the reason is not important, the fact that you want the conversation over is. Sound familiar, right? It would be amazing if there was someone, or something, that had the power to override that person and end the conversation for good, or at least until you wanted to pick up conversation again. What if it were as easy as hitting a few quick buttons, would that sound appealing?
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In real-life things are not so easy, but in the virtual life of a computer, hitting a few quick buttons can end a conversation, or in computer language, end an application (program). Many people who use the computer today are familiar with the Task Manager on a Windows PC. The Task Manager has a lot of uses, but the most common and simplistic use is to close out of an application – usually the applications that are being defiant and won’t close on their own.
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The way you access the Task Manager has changed some throughout the years, but today (using Windows 7), it is as easy as holding down CTRL + ALT + DELETE, and then selecting Task Manager when the new window pops up. This is a fairly simple and quick process, but when time management and efficiency are concerned, knowing how to do something quicker helps.
The easier way to access the Task Manager is as simple as holding down CTRL + SHIFT + ESC. Once you hit these three buttons the Task Manager pops up and you are ready to begin closing out applications (programs), or if you know enough about computers, you can close out of processes too. Of course, there are additional things that you can do with your Task Manager, but that is for another article.
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You may be asking, “Why change my old habits when all I am saving is a couple of keystrokes and a couple of seconds?” I would then counter with asking you to think about all of the other shortcuts you use regularly and how much time they have saved you. Many of the most common shortcut keys include the ability to quickly save (CTRL +S), print (CTRL + P), copy (CTRL + C), paste (CTRL + V), and select all (CTRL + A). How much time have you saved over the years using these shortcuts – or how much time will you save now that you know of them?
Ultimately the keystrokes are all up to you – but then again, so is how much time you waste doing things the long way. How quickly will you kick those defiant applications to the curb?
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References:
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449
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http://www.joker-6.ru/post205158682/
http://cuveecorner.blogspot.com/2011/08/fermented-thoughts-kicking-pinot-noir.html