Create a Shortcut Key for any application

You can create your own custom key combination in keyboard to launch any application.
In order to do that:

1. Right click on the application shortcut/icon, go to properties.

2. Note where it says “Shortcut Key”. Enter your combination here.
     For example:

     “Ctrl+Alt+U”
   
     The choice is purely up to you.

3. Click OK. Your shortcut is now effective! Just hit that key combination and your application will be
     launched.


You can also shutdown the computer by pressing your own keys but you will have to create a Shutdown shortcut first. To learn that go to:
Create Shutdown Icon

After creating the Shutdown icon you may shutdown the system using keyboard by giving your own custom key combination to the shortcut as mentioned above.


Happy Tweaking!

Boost Your System Performance By Selective Startup

There are a lot of Startup items in your Windows OS which are loaded automatically. Most of them won't be needed for you. So when they are loaded, it decreases your system performance. You can manually disable them and increase the speed of your computer to a great extent.
You may start doing this by taking:


StartRun
Type "msconfig" in the box as shown in fig:

When you press OK, a box appears and in that box choose the Selective Startup option as shown in fig:

Then choose startup from the Upper Tab and it will show the list of all startup items.
Now you  may select only the startup items which you need and exclude the rest as shown in fig:

After selecting, u gotta Click OK and restart your system for the changes to get effective.
This is a simple thing which most people already know. 
I've just posted to help Beginners.

This will increase your system performance to a great extent.