Just bought a new Dell SK-8135 keyboard off of eBay.  I have one at work and like it a lot.

It has some buttons on it that are sort-of configurable — if you don’t mind poking around in the Windows Registry.

Start -> Run -> regedit

Browse to:  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AppKey

• 7 =  Browser home button – this will launch the default browser (which should be Firefox, BTW)
• 15 = Mail button  – this will launch the default mail app.
• 16 = Music note button – this will launch the application associated with the .cda extension.  I changed this one to .mp3, which is associated with iTunes.
• 17 = My Computer button
• 8 =  Calculator button

Make your changes, reboot and you’re good to go.

Spriglet #5: Have a print job in Windows that just won’t go away? Here’s how to fix it:

®= right-click, © = click, © © = double-click

1. ® on My Computer and choose “Manage”
2. © on “Services” in the left pane
3. © © on “Print Spooler” in the right pane
4. © the “Stop” button
5. Leave this window open and hit Windows-E to bring up an Explorer window
6. Drill down to c:\windows\system32\printers\spool
7. Highlight and delete all of the files in here
8. Back on the Print Spooler Properties window, © Start
9. © Start, © Settings, © Printers and Faxes, © © the printer with the stuck job
10. Hit F5 to refresh. All of the print jobs should now be gone.

UPDATE: Check out the shorter batch file method in the comments below. Thanks, White Panther.