Microsoft recently provided customers with a hotfix to fix poor printing performance issues in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Microsoft confirmed that “on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, the printing performance may be poor compared to the performance on a computer that is running Windows Vista [...]

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The latest Microsoft Press book “Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out” will be available to buy within two weeks and it’s been written by one of the regular editor/contributors here at you’re favourite tech website, gHacks.net. You can still download a free sample chapter from the book HERE, in which you can find out about the core [...]

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Most PCs that ship with preinstalled versions of Windows 7 come with extra software installed. Many tech savvy users call those additional programs bloatware, as they often consist of trial versions and other software that is usually not needed or desired by the user. Some users remove those programs manually from the operating system, others [...]

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Windows 7 users can pin programs, files and folders to the taskbar for an easier way to interact with the items. Pinned items are always shown in the taskbar, regardless whether they are open or not on the operating system. Recently I noticed a strange behavior that I could not figure out at first. Some [...]

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My new book Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out from Microsoft Press goes on sale by the beginning of November and, yes, it’s been written by one of the staff writers here at gHacks.net! You can pre-order it here and from Amazon and it will be available from online retailers and all good bookshops.  Now as an exclusive I’m [...]

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Most configuration changes in the Windows operating system are written to the Registry. Practically all tweaking tools are doing the same, and the RT Windows 7 Registry Tweaker is no exception to the rule. Inexperienced users may be intimidated by the design of the application, as the developer has decided to lump all tweaks together [...]

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Windows 7, like any other Microsoft operating system, has lots of hidden settings and options that can be used to tweak the operating system to increase the performance or improve the functionality of it. Tweaking applications like Mz 7 Optimizer are the preferred way of many Windows users to apply those tweaks. While it is [...]

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In previous versions of Windows, it was possible to minimize the Windows taskbar to free up some additional space on the desktop for Windows. If you try that in Windows 7, you will notice that it is not working. There does not seem to be a way to minimize the taskbar in the operating system, [...]

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Microsoft are set to launch the final version of Windows Live Essentials  2011 later today according to NeoWin.  I suspected something was happening when I awoke this morning to see that Microsoft senior vice-president Steven Sinofsky had changed his profile picture on Facebook to the Windows Live Essentials 2011 logo, the story from NeoWin then [...]

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