Windows 7 features, tips and tutorials
Windows 7 will be released in several days. Maybe we should take this opportunity to list some of the things we'll forget to do before we wipe-out our Vista and XP installations. I'll start with the easy one and maybe others can post their suggestions. My tip: Backup the Users folder in...
I have been looking at netbooks, and I was wondering if windows 7 is to much for them, you can find the same netbooks with xp, win7 on the same netbook will cost $20 more. I'm not concerned about the money at all, I have never used win7 or even seen it, but I thought it needed way more memory and...
Is Windows 7 good for GAming?
First let me give you a run down of my hardware. I have 2 laptops and a PC. Laptop 1 is a Dell Inspiron 1521, Laptop 2 is a Compaq Pesario V6000 and the PC is a self built machine running on a socket 939 gigabyte board with a San Fransisco chip. All 3 have windows 7 Ultimate installed. I have not...
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/98/1/How-to-Add-Items-to-the-Send-To-Menu-in-Windows-Vista.html
Thanks to Greg Schultz for the tip.
How to make Vista's taskbar look and act like Win 7's. This does not include or add "Pin To Taskbar Function" which is not really needed due to the "Quick Launch Feature" 1. Open "Regedit" and navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop(Expand) and click on "Window Metrics" 2. Right...
Open the "Registry Editor" (Start (Orb), Run and type in regedit and click ok or press enter.) Navigate to and expand each the following: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers (This is where programs attach to the right click menu.) Now, you simply delete the keys you do...
Sorry this problem is miscategorized as a reply. Evidently my new Dell has a virus. After numerous BSOD's, Dell deduced the hard drive was bad and replaced it. Now when I attempt to boot from the CD drive and reload the OS--before any prompts but after the loading is complete--another BSOD...
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/add-copy-to-move-to-to-the-windows-explorer-right-click-menu/ This works with XP and Vista also.
No more three finger salute, no more trying to remember what keys to press and no more splash screen asking what you want to do. 1. Right click Task Bar 2. Click Task Manager It's open.
At the MSN Installation Wizard, I would continuously receive a pop-up (each time I ran the MSN Installer) stating that I was not connected to the internet (which I clearly was) and the Wizard could not continue, "Error 235" To start off, my ISP is Qwest w/MSN Premium, but prior to having Qwest...
The best of the best tips. Be sure to bookmark the page. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/5391/175-windows-7-tweaks-tips-and-how-to-articles/
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/01/03/stupid-windows-7-trick-unlock-the-secret-god-mode-folder/ Don't know why they named it "GODMode", but for those who would rather use this than "Windows 7 In A Box" and it's not really a download. * Create a new folder anywhere (I set mine up in...
http://i50.tinypic.com/fogebk.jpg File can be downloaded from; http://sourceforge.net/projects/classicshell/
Wind Key + # -- Quicklaunch Wind Key + Tab -- Aero Wind Key + F -- Search Wind Key + X -- Mobility Center Wind Key + P -- Projector Wind Key + S -- Launches the OneNote Screen Clipping Tool Wind Key + R -- Run (to use Run box) Wind Key + Left -- Tile Current Window to the Left Wind Key +...
Tired of a black background and white text, change the colors, spruce it up. 1. Click the Start (Orb) button. 2. Click run. 3. Type 'cmd' ( without the quotes ) or open from accessories in the "Start Menu" 4. Right click on the "Title Bar" and click "Properties" ...
In Windows 7 and Windows Vista Explorer, MS has hidden the "Menu Bar" by default. http://i47.tinypic.com/2ugjr7n.jpg As in XP and previous versions of Windows the "Menu Bar" contains; File, Edit, View, Favorites, Tools and Help drop down menus. http://i50.tinypic.com/dxxzx3.jpg To show the...
http://www.nirmaltv.com/2009/11/13/windows-7-in-a-box/
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-take-ownership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/ This works for XP, Vista and Win7, x86 and x64 versions.
I am getting a new Dell Laptop and it is going to have Windows 7 already installed. Now, I have grown to love my Vista, so what are the differences? What does 7 have that Vista does not and what am I going to loose with 7 that Vista has? I generally do not like to change OS until the newest has...
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