Odd /annoying "PC habbits" you have?

LeJosh · 11 Feb 2009 at 15:00

Right clicking the task bar and selecting task manager is even easier .

loltim · 11 Feb 2009 at 15:02

A.N.Other said:
If you just want the TaskMan, Ctrl-Shift-Esc is easier

Not that easy with one hand unless you have long fingers.

The Dread Pirate · 11 Feb 2009 at 15:03

LeJosh said:
Right clicking the task bar and selecting task manager is even easier .

What if your mouse got eaten by a cat what would you do then?

rpstewart · 11 Feb 2009 at 15:03

A.N.Other said:
If you just want the TaskMan, Ctrl-Shift-Esc is easier

LeJosh said:
Right clicking the task bar and selecting task manager is even easier .

Who said anything about task manager? Some of us used PCs when Ctrl+Alt+Del did something! When you've got a whole manufacturing hall full of PCs to reboot doing it one handed is far easier.

LeJosh · 11 Feb 2009 at 15:05

Capn' $qu!ff said:
What if your mouse got eaten by a cat what would you do then?

Laugh.

Edit, I was just replying to A.N.Other. Rpstewart.

megakid · 11 Feb 2009 at 15:07

Malt_Vinegar said:
Highlighting text as i read it, section by section.

No idea why!

I do this. Win!

A.N.Other · 11 Feb 2009 at 15:09

Tim said:
Not that easy with one hand unless you have long fingers.

What you're telling me you can't hold down ctrl and shift with your thumb and reach esc at the same time with your second finger?

rpstewart said:
Who said anything about task manager? Some of us used PCs when Ctrl+Alt+Del did something! When you've got a whole manufacturing hall full of PCs to reboot doing it one handed is far easier.

That's why I said 'if you just want TaskMan'. Obviously, ctrl-atl-del has it's uses.

loltim · 11 Feb 2009 at 15:12

A.N.Other said:
What you're telling me you can't hold down ctrl and shift with your thumb and reach esc at the same time with your second finger?

No. It's not as hard as I first thought

I do find altgr + ctrl + del easier though :/

Cosimo · 11 Feb 2009 at 15:13

Capn' $qu!ff said:
What if your mouse got eaten by a cat what would you do then?

Shoot the cat

Kearney_1988 · 11 Feb 2009 at 15:19

going through google for pretty much every web site i go on

pingwing · 11 Feb 2009 at 15:19

bledd. said:
i always close apps by double clicking the top left (from windows 3.11)

i get weird looks from my boss when i do this

I forgot about that one, trained my self out of it after a strange look from my year5 class (back when my school first got win 95 or 98 and i was already pro at windows)

I do the classic games one too much too (broken sword 1/2, half life and discworld mainly) and the anal file organisation.

I dont like to use my mouse for the internet (so im furiously pressing tab to get anywhere, and shouting "humm maybe ill order a tab")

Still dont winkey + tab (alt tab will never die) and same for ctrl tab for firefox

icey_haj · 11 Feb 2009 at 15:19

p4radox said:
I refuse to drag the scrollbar to navigate. I'll either use the mouswheel, middle click and drag, or hit pg up, pg down, home or end.

I also never click the Back and Forward buttons in explorer or Firefox, I only use the sidebuttons on my mouse.

I'm exactly the same.

Things change I've changed · 11 Feb 2009 at 15:23

I always double click the top left hand corner of a window to close it rather than single click the right, not sure why, just habit I guess.

Maccy · 11 Feb 2009 at 15:28

csmager said:
You'll like Windows 7 then: Drag to left or right edge - window size is changed to fill exactly half the screen.

(Also, drag to top to maximise. Shortcuts for all of these are Windows Button + Left Arrow/Right Arrow/Up Arrow).

I don't use Windows

David91 · 11 Feb 2009 at 16:05

I always have to put Xfire and MSN in their exact position at the very edges of my screen, and i get annoyed if it moves or someone moves it, i also cannot run msn maxamized.

I Highlight Text as i read it which is worrying, and i dont have any desktop icons due to pure fustration at not being able to see my wonderful desktop background.

Gaz1988 · 11 Feb 2009 at 16:09

resting fingers on the space, ctrl, a, w and d keys all the time.

jas72 · 11 Feb 2009 at 16:09

MiNxYyY said:
When i turn my pc on and windows hasnt even loaded yet,i open paintshop,media player,msn bitcomet and anything else i want. . . only to be waiting even longer

my wife does that.... then moans about the PC being slow.

Munky1080 · 11 Feb 2009 at 16:12

I always type in "http://" when entering a web address....been on the "net" since about 1990, and you always had to use the protocol back then....(what ever happened to gopher, archie & veronica?)

Hxc · 11 Feb 2009 at 16:14

I have to have the taskbar on auto hide, and any little bars at the bottom of web browsers disabled

GravyMonster · 11 Feb 2009 at 16:18

I set up keyboard shortcuts in windows for everything, and make sure i learn the shortcuts for the programs i use.

ALTGR+1 = Windows Explorer, opening work folder
ALTGR+2 = Windows Explorer, opening downloads folder
ALTGR+3 = Windows Explorer, opening music folder
ALTGR+W = Word
ALTGR+E = Windows Explorer, default
ALTGR+R = Internet Explorer
ALTGR+T = Calculator
ALTGR+U = uTorrent
ALTGR+I = Firefox
ALTGR+O = Outlook
ALTGR+P = Photoshop
ALTGR+A = Access
ALTGR+S = SQL Server
ALTGR+X = Excel
ALTGR+Z = Visual Studio 6
ALTGR+C = Visual Studio 2005
ALTGR+V = Visual Studio 2008
ALTGR+N = Notepad++

And in FF, i set up my bookmarks in folders so that I can use keyboard shortcuts, so ALT+B, P, Q = OcUK forums