How to Create Macros in Windows XP

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How to Create Macros in Windows XP | eHow More
Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago by Shirin Butler | permalink
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Macros allow you to run routine tasks with the click of a mouse. The task is performed much quicker through a macro and prevents errors. Windows XP allows you to schedule tasks, but not record macros. With the addition of the freeware AutoHotKey, you can create macros and then schedule them to run with the task-scheduling feature in Windows XP if...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_5077109_create-macros-windows-xp.html ^[1]

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Saving time by automating Windows | Ask Jack More
Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago by Associate Gary Justine La Clair | permalink
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Martin Lea complains that his washing machine is more automated than his PC, but there are some simple ways to improve that situation…
Tags: Windows,Software,Microsoft,Technology

For further reading: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2011/mar/24/automating-windows ^[2]

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keyboard macro More
Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago by Lieve Nijs | permalink
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keyboard macro free download for Windows XP - MacroMaker 2.0.0.4: Create all sorts of macros to automate repetitive tasks, and much more programs.
Tags: keyboard macro for Windows XP, keyboard macro for Windows XP free, programs for keyboard macro for Windows XP free, programs for keyboard macro for Windows XP,

For further reading: http://en.softonic.com/s/keyboard-macro/windows-xp ^[3]

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Best Free Hotkey or Macro Recorder Utility More
Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago by Diane Welch | permalink
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Introduction Do you find yourself doing the same thing over and over again? Do you open the same program, then start another utility to help with that program, time after time, day after day? Are you visiting the same websites, or checking your email so many times a day that you lose count? Do you type the same text information so often that you could do it in your sleep?
For further reading: http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-hotkey-macro-recorder-utility.htm ^[4]

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Category: Fun | 9 years, 4 month(s) ago

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1. http://www.ehow.com/how_5077109_create-macros-windows-xp.html

2. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2011/mar/24/automating-windows

3. http://en.softonic.com/s/keyboard-macro/windows-xp

4. http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-hotkey-macro-recorder-utility.htm