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If you keep updating and publishing the table in “ Regularly updated problem-patch chart“, that will be really useful. Thanks.

It’s a small change, but I really like the “► What to do: ” summary line in each of the patch watch reviews.

Almost makes it crystal clear about how to treat each patch or update.

Thanks. Jak.

I used to use a VNC client on my Palm V and Vx, to remote login to an XP PC. I also ran VNC on HP-UX Unix workstations to connect to them from PC’s.

I still find VNC to be a useful free solution for remote PC access.

And I use SkyFex Free to view my mum’s PC, to help her out. She logs into SkyFex as a client through her IE browser, I login as an expert, and I can monitor her actions to help her out.

I just realised, based on @John’s comments above, that I also use some more shortcuts – keyboard macro’s.

I use a freeware called AutoHotKey.

AutoHotkey is a free, open-source utility for Windows. With it, you can:

[*]Automate almost anything by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks. You can write a mouse or keyboard macro by hand or use the macro recorder.
[*]Create hotkeys for keyboard, joystick, and mouse. Virtually any key, button, or combination can become a hotkey.

and a whole lot more that makes it really flexible.

My favourite shortcut is the one that minimizes the current window you are working on – Alt-Space-N.

This works in Vista, Win7, and most likely XP, as it is a pointer to the commands you get when you right click on a window frame.

The advantage of this shortcut is that it can be done with one hand if you stretch, or easily with two hands if you rest your fingers in the typists position.

My preference for shortcuts are for those that can be done with just one hand.

Or if it uses two hands, then they don’t have to stretch to the outer edges of the keyboard. Those that use Home, PgUp, PgDn and End are not really that useful to me.