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| Pin Shortcuts to Windows 7’s Taskbar |
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Windows 7 allows you to “pin” your favorite or most used applications to the Taskbar so that you can easily and quickly access them.
1. Open the Start Menu and browse to the application you want to pin the the Start Menu.
2. Right-click the application in the Start Menu and then select Pin to Taskbar.
3. Now the application will be pinned to the Taskbar.
To unpin a shortcut from the Taskbar, right-click the pinned shortcut and then select Unpin this program from taskbar. |
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| Boot Up Windows 7 in Safe Mode |
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Safe Mode loads only the necessary services and drivers to run Windows. It’s used to remove malware and fix problems caused by faulty drivers or services.
How do I Start Windows 7 in Safe Mode?
1. Restart the computer.
2. As soon as the computer starts to boot up start pressing F8 repeatedly until you see the Advanced Boot Options menu.
3. Select Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking, or Safe Mode with Command Prompt.
What is the difference between Safe Modes?
- Safe Mode: Loads only the necessary services and drivers to start Windows.
- Safe Mode with Networking: Loads necessary services and drivers to start Windows including ones needed for networking capabilities such as Internet access.
- Safe Mode with Command Prompt: Loads necessary services and drivers to start Windows and the ability to run the command prompt for use with troubleshooting problems.
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| Find the Computer Name - Windows 7 |
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Learn how to find the computer’s name in Windows 7.
1. Click the Start Orb.
2. Right-click Computer in the Start Menu.
3. Select Properties from the menu.
4. The computer name will be under the Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings section of the System window next to Computer name. |
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Preveting MSN Messenger from running on a windows XP |
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January 30th 2002-Microsft has releases a knowledge base article(Q302089) on preveting MSN messenegr from running on a windows XP machine. This article describes how to prevent Windows Messenger from running. By default, Windows Messenger is installed by Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition, and the user interface does not provide a way to remove or to uninstall Windows Messenger. The information in this article applies to Microsoft Windows Messenger 4.0, Microsoft Windows Messenger 4.5, and Microsoft Windows Messenger 4.6 running on Windows XP Professional and Windows XP home edition based computers.
[ Click here ] for the article. |
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| Change Out Your Pointer Scheme |
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| Tired of seeing your pointer as an arrow or an hourglass all the time? Windows XP offers a number of alternative pointer schemes, such as Dinosaur, Ocean and Sports.
Open the Control Panel, double-click Mouse, and select the Pointers tab. (If you start in Category view, select Appearance and Themes, then click Mouse Pointers under "See Also.") Next to Schemes, click the down arrow and select a scheme to preview its pointers. Click OK to apply the scheme to your desktop. Simple as that. [ find out more ] |
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| Windows XP - Missing Administrator account |
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| Once you have created regular user accounts, the default Administrator account vanishes from the Welcome screen, which you see when the computer starts up. Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete twice at the Welcome screen to retrieve the standard logon dialog. You can log on as Administrator from here. To switch among accounts, just click the Log Off button on the Start menu. You'll then see the Log Off Windows dialog box. Click the Switch User button, and you'll be taken to the Welcome screen where you can select and log on to other accounts. [ find out more ] |
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| Damaged Registry Repair and Recovery in Windows XP |
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When a registry hive becomes damaged, your computer may become unbootable, and you may receive one of the following Stop error messages on a blue screen:
Unexpected Shutdown
Stop:0xc0000135
Registry damage often occurs when programs with access to the registry do not cleanly remove temporary items that they store in the registry. This problem may also be caused if a program is terminated or experiences a user-mode fault.
[ Click here ] for the article from Microsoft. |
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| Hardware: drivers, updates and service packs |
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| An updated list of the latest drivers. Downloads are sorted alphabetically by manufacturer/developer. [ find out more ] |
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| Tips for fixing common Windows problems |
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| Few tips that will allow you to fix some common Windows issues. [ find out more ] |
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