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Setting up a new computer is sometimes fun. But installing tons of applications takes a while, so sometimes you set that aside and forget to install them, just to find you've got to read a PDF but you don't have a PDF reader. Or maybe you need to see a website, but you forgot to install...

Heres a useful little shortcut you can create for your taskbar that closes all open programs pinned to your taskbar. Link Removed Works good. LifeHacker >>

I was running Vista Home I believe, and I just recently upgraded to the Windows 7 Home Premium (Student Version) via download. The download went smoothly (I left on overnight), but I have a few questions. It seems through the upgrade some of Vista came along with it, most visibly the Dell Dock...

If you've been using Link Removed a long time, you can remember the days when you needed the keyboard for everything. Some of us have never given up the habit, and still use Link Removed with great regularity. Depending on what you're doing, they can really speed you up. So if you've either...

I know it's possible to navigate to parent folder by pressing Alt+ArrowUp in Win7. However, that's hard to press, I need two hands for that. AltGr+ArrowUp doesn't work. How to make another, easier keyboard shortcut for Alt+ArrowUp? Also, how to make a shortcut for Open parent folder in a new...

I HIGHLY recommend this CPU. They are rated in the top 10 fastest processors on the market. I'm running a I7 920 system from Tiger Direct for $699 and have never seen any system run as fast and as solid - with so much power left over. It is a refurbished system with 3 gigs ram, dvd writer...

What's the fastest way to close an application currently on the taskbar? In XP I used to do: right click an item (running application button on the taskbar) and then immediately press c. That would immediately close the application. In Windows 7, if I do the same, first I have to wait for the...

Hallo, I often use Firefox, a great browser, and sometimes go to Tools - Options - Security - saved password to read and erase the passwords for the sites that I visit. Do you know if there is a way to shorten this path, maybe insert something in the toolbar to speed up this task? Thank you...

It's only a prototype at the moment, but the pressure-sensitive keyboard Microsoft has cooking up promises to make your typing far more efficientFor example, font size could be changed based on how much pressure you apply to a key and typos could be reduced by gauging the pressure applied to...

In a previous post I mentioned Link Removed It's File Finder feature leaves Windows Search in the dust. You can search using wild cards, including multiple wild cards, such as lf*12*.dll. this will locate all occurrences of Lead Tools graphic viewers that require version 12. My initial...

I would like to see windows 7 actually be all that it can be because it's been many years since ms actually put a product out that I consider to be good enough to grace my machine, I'm just saying, take off some of the stuff that aren't necessary and make it downloadable but not have it be...

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Heres a nice review on disk drives compared on Windows Vista and Windows 7 As you can see, Windows 7 is much more efficient when it comes to making use of a solid state drive's speed. While under Windows Vista, our X25-M SSD averaged between 171 MB/s to 206 MB's, whereas under Windows 7...

MS SmallBasic might be great, if they only add some more commands to it. Now it is just misses some of the most important tools for for example string handling. Basic is great language, when you want to make something simple fast. I have allways wondered, why MS didn't make Basic the command...

In windows XP you could create a new toolbar in the taskbar and then drag it to the side or top of the screen , in Vista you could create a new folder on your desktop and drag it to the side of the screen creating a side toolbar . In windows 7 it seems there's no option for creating a desktop...

If your wondering how much power your system actually uses then read this excellent article by Toms Hardware.... How Much Power Does Your Graphics Card Need? : 3D Performance Requires The Most Electricity - Review Tom's Hardware

In a way, I like the pinning feature, it eliminates the quicklaunch bar, but the way it groups application windows bugs me. When I have a chat program with multiple windows, I have to go to the icon, wait for the previews to load then select the window I want. They add two extra steps to...

Introduction andLinux is a complete Ubuntu Linux system running seamlessly in Windows 2000 based systems (2000, XP, 2003, Vista; 32-bit versions only). This project was started for Dynamism for the GP2X community, but its userbase far exceeds its original design. andLinux is free and will...

Well, let me think... I would say, more security. Very important. A new interface would be nice, the "Start" philosophy is starting to get old. I have heard that there will be "pie" menus in Vista, so looks like this will be in Vienna. More efficient memory usage. IMO, Windows Vista uses...