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IT-related acronyms and such

PCMCIA: People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

ISDN: It Still Does Nothing

SCSI: System Can't See It

MIPS: Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed

DOS: Defunct Operating System

WINDOWS: Will Install Needless Data On Whole System

OS/2: Obsolete Soon, Too

PnP: Plug and Pray

APPLE: Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity

IBM: I Blame Microsoft

DEC: Do Expert Cuts

MICROSOFT: Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools Teenagers

CA: Constant Acquisitions

COBOL: Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language

LISP: Lots of Insipid and Stupid Paretheses

MACINTOSH: Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs

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How to Create a Custom Windows Shortcut Key

Create a shortcut

Open the folder or directory that contains the program you want for a shortcut.

Right-click on the program and click Create Shortcut.

This will create a shortcut named "Shortcut to <your program>" in the directory you are in. If you want to rename this shortcut, right-click the file and click rename.

Once the above steps have been completed, you can copy or cut this shortcut and paste it anywhere.

Assign shortcut key to that Windows shortcut

Once the shortcut has been created to assign a shortcut key to that Windows shortcut follow the steps below.

Right-click the shortcut and click Properties.

Click the Shortcut tab.

Click in the Shortcut key box and press a letter. For example, if you press "p" the shortcut key will automatically be made Ctrl + Alt + P. Which means after this has been saved pressing Ctrl, Alt, and "P" all at the same time runs the shortcut.