How to remove shortcut arrows in Vista?

Windows Vista Ultimate has an amazing graphical interface like you’ve never seen before. Wonder why?An arrow appears on every shortcut that is placed on the desktop or anywhere on the computer. But this can be very annoying and you may want to remove them some point of time. But you feel it difficult? All you need to do is edit the registry.Follow the steps listed below to do so. But do this carefully and if you want, take a back up before:

1. Click ‘Start’ and type ‘regedit’
2. Expand on folder named the ‘HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT’.
3. Click the ‘Inkfi le’ folder.Type ‘AriochIsShortcut’ instead of ‘IsShortcut’
4. Once close regedit and reboot.
5. The arrows no longer appear on the shortcut icons.To reverse the process, replace ‘IsShortcut’ with ‘AriochIsShortcut’ and reboot the system.

Ref: Chip

Quick Keyboard shortcuts - Googletalk

Here are some quick keyboard shortcuts that you can use while chatting with your online contacts using Google Talk. These are especially useful if your mouse stops functioning and you are left with just your keyboard to work on.
Below are the Shortcut key combinations and its function:

[TAB]: Is used to give focus to each of the windows opened by Google Talk.
[CTRL] + [I]: The same function as tab.
[SHIFT] + [TAB]: The reverse of what Tab does.
[CTRL] + [TAB]: The same as Shift + Tab
[CTRL] + [SHIFT] + [L]: Switch between points, numbers, letters, capital letters, roman numbers and capital roman numbers
[CTRL] + [1 (KEYPAD)]: Creates a normal space between the lines.
[CTRL] + [2 (KEYPAD)]: It creates a double space between the lines.
[CTRL] + [5 (KEYPAD)]: A space of 1.5 is created between the lines.
[CTRL] + [END]: Moves cursor to the end of the current line.
[CTRL] + [7 (NUMPAD)]: Moves cursor to the beginning of the current line.
[CTRL] + [F4]: Closes the current window.
[ALT] + [F4]: Closes the current window.
[ALT] + [ESC]: Minimizes all windows.
[F9]: Opens the Gmail page in your browser to send an email to the current contact.
[WINDOWS] + [ESC]: Opens Google Talk (if it’s minimized, or in the tray).
[F11]: It initiates a voice call with your friend.
[F12]: Cancels a voice call.
[ESC]: Closes the current window.
[CTRL] + [R]: Justifi es the selected text, or the current line to the right.
[CTRL] + [E]: It centralizes the selected text or the current line.
[CTRL] + [L]: Justifi es the selected text, or the current line to the left.

Other shortcut keys that can be used for minimizing and maximizing windows and switching between different windows adhere to Microsoft Windows standards.

Courtesy: Chip