Monitor Dead - Keyboard shortcuts to Share Files

Hello,
I'm a new member to the forums, but I have had my Ibook for almost 4 years now. 3 days ago the screen began flickering and finally is completely dead. I tried using an external monitor but that doesn't work either. I have a small network at home and I'd like to get my files off of the Ibook before taking it in for repairs but I didn't have the "Window Sharing" option turned on in System Prefferences. Does anyone know if there are keyboard shortcuts I could enter (since I can't see the screen) to get to system prefferences, select "sharing" and turn on the Windows file sharing or the remote login options?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Aside:
I knew for a while that older Ibooks had these problems but mine performed well for the longest time. I guess it's just it's time to die, although 4 years seems awefully short to me. I only took it on trips, outside of the office very infrequently. (My old compaq laptop from 1996 still works well!)

If you have access to another Mac with FireWire, you may be able to get the iBook to remain responsive in FireWire Target Disk Mode long enough to retrieve your data by this method:
If the iBook is on, shut it down and wait 30 seconds (or longer). Pick it up in your left palm to the left of the trackpad and squeeze the case there between your palm and left thumb as you push the power button and key combination to start up in FireWire Target Disk Mode. Do not let up the pressure on the case. Continue applying this pressure as you save your data to the other Mac. If you let up and the iBook dies or freezes, you will have to start over, allowing it to rest several hours or overnight before beginning again.
It took me three days of starts and stops to get my backup before sending my iBook in for its first logic board replacement.
Good luck!
(Did you ever think that maybe the Compaq still works because you haven't used it as much as the iBook? I know I don't use a Windows computer as often as a Mac. I have my son's hand-me-down Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop, and I've only turned it on about twice in nearly a year. In my opinion, NO Windows laptop "works well," no matter how "good" it is.)

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