You want what you want when you want it -- and usually, you want it immediately. That's what being a power user is all about, right? Here are 12 handy shortcuts you can type into your XP run menu to get the utilities you want and need. (Note: Some of these only work in XP Pro.)

control	Opens your control panel
clipbrd	Opens your clipboard viewer
wordpad	Opens a handy text editor
compmgmt.msc	Computer management
devmgmt.msc	Device manager
diskmgmt.msc	Disk management
dfrg.msc	Disk defrag
eventvwr.msc	Event viewer
fsmgmt.msc	Shared folders
gpedit.msc	Group policies
lusrmgr.msc	Local users and groups
perfmon.msc	Performance monitor
rsop.msc	Resultant set of policies
secpol.msc	Local security settings
services.msc	Services

Let me know which shortcuts are you favorites in the Talkback section below.