Rhonda Layfield for NCPA.CPL. Don’t you just hate how long it takes to get to the window where you can adjust your NIC properties in Windows Vista or Windows 7? It’s these little things that potentially turns IT pro’s against a product. Rhonda has a great shortcut: just run NCPA.CPL from “Start – Run” and you’re brought right there. Even create a shortcut if you need to get in there often enough.