You have several basic yet important utilities on your Windows operating system and it is not always easy to find them. You have to navigate the Control Panel or perhaps delve into the myriad lists of the Start Menu, entering just the right search terms. You could create desktop icons for all of these utilities [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: None
Use My Computer Manager To Add Folders To My Computer
Your My Computer window may have lots of whitespace if you only have a few hard drives and optical drives connected to your PC. The idea to use this space to display links to favorite folders or programs is not new, but it has never been added natively by Microsoft. Third party programs like Computer [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 5
Display All Windows 7 Control Panel Tools At Once
I have configured the Windows 7 Control Panel to display small icons instead of the unpractical categories that hide most of the tools and items. The main reason is that it provides a better overview of the available options and that it saves me some clicks every day. But changing the display to icons is [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 2
Companel, Manage My Computer, Control Panel Items
Remember Computer Customizer, the free program to add system tool links to the Windows Explorer My Computer display? The developer has renamed the application to Companel. The new version, as the name would suggest, has been improved so that it is now possible to add items not only to My Computer but also the Control [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 3
How To Configure Windows Update
I have covered all the basics and then some in our Windows Update overview which I published a few days ago here at Ghacks. What I did not mention in the article in detail were the available configuration settings for Windows Update, and this article exemplifies the available options in the Windows 7 operating system. [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 1
Quick Launch Control Panel Items From The Windows 7 Taskbar
Maybe it is just me but I really do not like the nested structure of the Windows Control Panel. You often have to click multiple times to reach configuration items. While this can be fixed to display the Control Panel items in list form, it is still not as easy to navigate as it should [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Comments: 1
The Xfce “control panel”
Today we take another look at the Xfce desktop environment. If you are just now tuning in, you might have missed the previous two Xfce articles “Installing and using Xfce 4” and “Get to know Linux: Xfce 4“. Both of these articles were more introductory pieces. Now it’s time to start focusing on how Xfce [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Comments: 1
YaST: Yet Another Setup Tool
Continuing with our look into OpenSuSE, we examine YaST. One of the best things going for OpenSuSE (and SuSE as well) is their take on the tried and true “control panal” YaST. YaST is, quite literally, a one-stop-shop for configuring Linux. Among the cornucopia of Linux configuration tools, YaST might very well be the top of the [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 2
Display Control Panel And Recycle Bin In Windows Explorer [Windows 7]
The Windows Explorer in Windows 7 has been revamped a bit by Microsoft to display helpful shortcut links in a sidebar by default. The libraries are displayed there for instance as well as the user’s favorite folders and the drives that are connected to the PC. It is possible to customize that display either by [...]