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Vance Hunt has provided home-user help desk style support for his consulting company for over 6 years. Making his home in beautiful Southern California, Vance provides general computer Q&A for users via his weekly column.

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Icon of Vance HuntFriday, December 05, 2008
By Vance Hunt
 
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Q: I was using the [XP] Windows Explorer.  When I clicked on the Windows folder, it showed me a message that said "These files are hidden.  This folder contains files that keep your system working properly.  You should not modify its contents".  Below that was a link "Show the contents of this folder".  I clicked it, but now I want to rehide it.  How do I do this?
 
A: It is surprisingly easy, once you know it.  That you did not immediately see how tells me that you have the Folders pane (on the left side of the explorer) visible.  The solution is to turn this off, easily done by pressing the Folders button located under and possibly to the right of the Help menu section.  When you press this, you will see this you will then see the left pane showing "System Tasks", "Other Places", and "Details".  Within the "System Tasks" section is a link that says "Hide the contents of this folder".  Click that and you're "reset".



Q: When using Remote Desktop [in XP / Vista / etc.], how do I send Ctrl+Alt+Del?  I keep forgetting to turn off the screensaver password and wind up having to disconnect then reconnect just to get back to work.
 
A: Here are the key combos:

Windows Local: Ctrl+Alt+Del
Terminal Services / Remote Desktop: Ctrl+Alt+End
Dameware Remote (into Windows): Use the CAD Button
VMWare Ctrl+Alt+Insert



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