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Recently I wanted to do some actions in Windows Vista command line prompt but with elevated access as an Administrator. You may need this access to do actions like creating symbolic links etc.

So, how to run as administrator in Vista command line?

The easiest way is to use the type cmd in the Vista Start Run box and use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + Enter instead of just pressing Enter. This will open the Command Prompt in Administrator mode.

You can also right click cmd.exe and click Run as Administrator. 

Command Prompt with Administrator access in Windows Vista.

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 In Windows Vista, when you connect to a wireless network for the first time, you can save those credentials so that it can connect to the same network automatically if available. But sometimes, if you have access to multiple wireless networks, you may want to change the priority in which it connects to different wireless networks.

So, lets see how to change the wireless network priority?

First to see the current list of Wireless Network that Vista has already stored,

Click the Network Status icon in the taskbar tray and click Network and Sharing Center.

Note: If you are not able to see the Network Status Icon in the taskbar tray, go to Start –> Control Panel –> Network and Internet –> Network and Sharing Center.

On the left side Tasks lists of the Network and Sharing Center, click Manage Wireless Networks.

Now under Manage Wireless Networks, all the Wireless Networks that has been accessed so far will be listed. The new network that is connected last will be listed on the top.

To change the priority of the Wireless Network, click the network name and use Move Up or Move Down button to change the order of the Wireless Networks.

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By default, Firefox does not have any keyboard shortcut assigned to it in Windows Vista like Internet Explorer. We saw how to assign a keyboard shortcut to open Internet Explorer in the last post. In this post, we will create a keyboard shortcut for Firefox. We have seen so many posts on the usefulness of keyboard shortcut for various applications and this idea is based on creating custom keyboard shortcut to open any application in Windows Vista.

So, how to create a keyboard shortcut to open Firefox?

Step 1: Create a desktop shortcut of Firefox in the desktop or under Documents if its already not there.

Step 2: Right click the shortcut and click Properties.

Step 3: Click the shortcut key section and press the key that you would like to assign as the keyboard shortcut for opening Firefox. In this case, I have assigned Ctrl + Alt + F to open Firefox.

Step 4: Click Ok and now you can use this keyboard shortcut to open any instance of Firefox.

Note: For more step by step detail of this procedure, read How to create custom keyboard shortcut to open any application in Vista

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By default, Internet Explorer does not have any keyboard shortcut assigned to it in Windows Vista. Be it IE7 or IE8, we can assign a keyboard shortcut to open Internet Explorer. We have seen so many posts on the usefulness of keyboard shortcut for various applications and this idea is based on creating custom keyboard shortcut to open any application in Windows Vista.

So, how to create a keyboard shortcut to open Internet Explorer?

Step 1: Create a desktop shortcut of Internet Explorer in the desktop or under Documents if its already not there.

Step 2: Right click the shortcut and click Properties.

Step 3: Click the shortcut key section and press the key that you would like to assign as the keyboard shortcut for opening Internet Explorer. In this case, I have assigned Ctrl + Alt + I to open IE.

Step 4: Click Ok and now you can use this keyboard shortcut to open any instance of Internet Explorer.

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Update: Keyboard Shortcut to Open Firefox in Windows Vista

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Excel has lot of functions and most of the functions doesn’t have any keyboard shortcuts as they are used in only very specific conditions and cases. But for some cases, you may be required to do those tasks quite often and you may like if you have a keyboard shortcut.

Let me give an example, we have covered earlier how to convert rows to columns or columns to rows in Excel and while using formulas. Its just the transpose feature in the special copy feature. But if you are required to use this task quite often, you may create your own keyboard shortcut to do the transpose paste like Ctrl + T.

So how to create custom keyboard shortcuts in Excel 2007?

Before we proceed on the section of how to do create custom keyboard shortcuts, this method is done using the macros in Excel. For some Macros may not be enabled (you may not be able to see Developer tab), please refer to our previous post on How to Enable Macro Features and Settings in Excel from Office 2007? 

To create a custom keyboard shortcut, go to the Developer tab and press Record Macro.

Give the details of the macro, the keyboard shortcut, store macro in and description.

 Side Note: If you have not saved any macros before in Personal Macro Workbook (Personal.xlsb), you may get the message like this. “Do you want to save the changes made to Personal Macro Workbook? If you click Yes, It will be available next time you start Microsoft Office Excel”. Click here to know more about Working with Personal Macro Workbook in Excel

Next, perform the function that you want to be repeated by a keyboard shortcut (Make sure you have done whatever function that usually precedes the function that is being recorded, like copying some cells in this case) . In our example, right click in the place where you wanted to paste special with transpose. Select Paste Special -> Transpose –>Ok. Stop recording the macro.

Now you can use the keyboard shortcut you have mentioned to perform this custom function.

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