Windows Enhancements Tip and Tricks

The Best Free Windows Enhancements That You Should Know About (part 2)29. Miso: temporarily disable your screensaver and power-saving optionsThere are times when you do not want your screensaver or power saving options to kick in (i.e. PC going to sleep, display switching off, etc). For example, you might be giving a presentation, watching a video, engaged in screen sharing with other PC(s), etc.This tiny app lives in the system tray and allows...

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Best Free Windows Enhancements

The Best Free Windows Enhancements That You Should Know About 1. Listary: advanced file filtering in explorer at the press of a buttonThis program changes something that everyone does without even thinking about it; pressing a key in, say, a folder that has many items in it, in order to jump to the first letter of the file or folder being sought (e.g. pressing “d” to jump to “dashboard.xls”.)With Listary, you could go ahead typing a second...

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How To Restore Windows 7 or Vista using system retore

Using Windows 7 or Vista System RestoreWindows 7 and Vista has a feature called System Restore that automatically backs up registry and system files whenever you install new software or drivers. This feature is useful when you install evil software that makes your computer run really slow. But don’t worry, System Restore won’t remove Windows Vista.Using System Restore in WindowsThere are two places that you can use the system restore feature...

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Six Free Tools for Removing Malicious Software

Malicious software (be it viruses, rootkits, Trojans, worms, or malware) is so prevalent, it seems one of the primary jobs for IT is to protect, clean, and remove it. Yet no matter how hard you try, or how much you pay for the software you use to protect your desktops, it always seems like a losing battle. Fighting a losing battle really hurts when you're spending a good deal of your IT budget (if you even have an IT budget) on software to protect...

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Archive old email in your Gmail inbox the easy way

Quick Tip: Archive old email in your Gmail inbox the easy way Takeaway: No matter how hard you try, your Gmail is going to get bloated with old messages. Take advantage of Google’s archive system to manage the clutter.It is inevitable. Your inbox, whether it is Gmail, Outlook, or any other client, is going to fill up with old email. If you are like me, and I suspect that many of you are, you don’t really archive email as you go....

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Tweaking Windows 7 for Faster Online Connections

Tweaking Windows 7 for Faster Online Connections Getting the most out of an Internet connection is important with any operating system, and Windows 7 is no exception. There are several ways that you can tweak Windows 7 for faster online connections, helping you to get the most out of the time that you spend online. Tweaking Windows 7The Windows 7 operating system was designed to be user friendly, but that doesn't mean that it's optimized for...

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How to Multi Boot Windows 7

How to Multi Boot Windows 7Windows 7 takes over the primary partition as soon as you install it. So, how do you multi boot Windows 7? This article explains setting up a Windows 7 multi boot process so that you can use two or more operating systems. Multi Boot Windows 7 – Why is it Complex?The main thing to keep in mind while preparing to multi boot Windows 7 is that there is no boot.ini in Windows 7. Unlike XP and other Windows operating systems,...

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Computer keeps freezing up in Windows FIX

Computer keeps freezing up in Windows.Try this first.Boot in Safe mode by pressing F8 key on boot.Run on Safe mode to see if system freezes.Change memorydo a defrag on your hard drive and a Check system on hard drive.if the freezing still happens do a fresh install of the OS.You need to take the system down to the basics. Remove any device you do not need for testing. If that doesn't work, start in Safe Mode and run there for a while, or get...

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