Most Windows 7 users like the new taskbar of the operating system. Especially the option to pin programs to the taskbar can speed up work throughout the day. It is a tad easier to launch applications from there than the desktop, even more so if a full screen window is displayed on the screen. But [...]

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When you perform an operation over and over again, you may be inclined eventually to find a way to optimize that process to save time and speed up the work flow. The following two tips have helped me personally speed up two operations in Windows 7 by cutting down on the steps required to execute [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

A friend of mine just called me the other day, telling me about a problem that he had with his Windows 7 system. He bought a new hard drive and connected it to the PC. The hard drive was detected just fine in the computer’s BIOS, but did not turn up in Windows Explorer after [...]

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The TRIM command has been designed to counter the performance drops of Solid State Drives over time. TRIM basically allows the operating system to notify the SSD about data blocks that are no longer in use so that they can be wiped. Before TRIM, SSDs degraded in performance over time due to the way they [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Microsoft has made slight changes to the icon set in Windows 7. While that looks fine in the default themes that are supplied with the operating system, it may not if users have installed custom themes. Replacing icons one by one is not really something that many users would like to, as it takes lots [...]

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Computers running Windows 7 are automatically making use of the Homegroup feature for easier networking between different PCs of a computer network. Single computer users, and users who do not make use of the homegroup feature may want to consider disabling it completely, to save some system resources in the process. Several steps need to [...]

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The Windows 7 Family Pack was a limited offer by Microsoft that basically offered three Windows 7 Home Premium licenses for the price of one. It had a few limitations, but was considered to offer the best bang for the buck for all customers except students, who were able to get a deal of their [...]

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Did you know that more than one user accounts is created during the installation of the Windows 7 operating system? This actually is something that Microsoft did in previous operating systems as well. In Windows 7, a guest and administrator account are created next to the account of the installing user. The following guide explains [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

Microsoft has released an update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that provides functionality and performance improvements for the graphics platform. Neither the Knowledge Base article, nor the Microsoft download pages reveal information about the improvements provided by the update. Softpedia’s Marius Oiaga suggested that the update improves key apis of DirectX 11. [...]

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