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  1. How to safely detach the keyboard from Surface Book

    In the first of a weeklong series of Surface tips, we show how to seamlessly transition your Surface Book from laptop to clipboard or creative canvas. As we’ve noted before, the Link Removed has many uses: a high-performance laptop for superior productivity, a creative canvas to complement...
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  2. How To: Quickly Open Microsoft Edge Pages in Internet Explorer in Windows 10

    While Microsoft Edge takes the top Internet browser role in Windows 10, there may be cases where Internet Explorer is still useful. read more Continue reading...
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    • browser browser tips how to internet explorer microsoft edge open pages tech guide user guide windows 10 windows tips
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  3. Windows 7 Migrating Boot from Old OS in a Dual-Boot Setup: A Step-by-Step Guide

    FYI: This is due to folks asking about changing things in a duel-boot scenario. An OS was installed then, another, hence the dual-boot... we'll call them 1 & 2. NOW, they want OS2 to exist and boot w/out OS1 The following is a way to do it: I had a dual-boot, Windows 7 x86 & x64. x86 was the...
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    • bcdboot boot options boot process command line configuration disk management dual boot free partition msconfig operating system os installation os migration partition tech guide troubleshooting user experience windows 7 windows 8 x64 x86
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  4. How to add processors to a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Window

    How to add processors to a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition More...
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    • 64-bit hardware installation processor support tech guide windows 7 windows server windows vista windows xp
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    • Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)

  5. Windows 7 Move Delete in the Context Menu.

    Going back to my days on XP, I lost count of the number of times I went to rename a file only for it to disappear because I'd clicked Delete in the Context Menu instead. This set me on a mission to find out how to change the order of the context menu entries, eventually stumbling across the...
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    • 32-bit 64-bit context menu context menu order developer tools dll file management file renaming menu customization modification ownership registry reshack shell32 system files tech guide user experience user tips windows 7 windows xp
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    • Forum: Desktop Customization
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    Windows 2008 Server Help

    Hi, I am from the IT process re-enginneering/development side and the company I work for has just decided to build a server for around 15 users. Mainly file sharing. As previous experiences I have left that to our networking guys so really no experience whatsoever. What I'm looking for is if...
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    • broadband client computer file server file sharing it development it infrastructure it support network network settings network sharing router server configuration server installation system administration tech guide tutorial user management user rights windows 2008
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    • Forum: Windows Server Forums

  7. Windows 7 Mark Russinovich and Aaron Margosis: Introducing Windows Sysinternals Administrator's Reference

    Many of you use Sysinternals tools to help you manage computing responsibilities ranging from monitoring/understanding process activity with Process Explorer to debugging Win32 code with DebugView. With over 70 utilities to choose from, Sysinternals tools cover a wide swath of computing, from...
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  8. Windows 7 How to rebuild the Icon Cache in Windows 7 or Vista

    How to rebuild the Icon Cache in Windows 7 or Vista Manually: 1. Folder Options -> Views -> show Hidden/System files 2. C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local folder and delete the hidden IconCache.db file ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Using cmd: 1. Ctr Alt Del -> Task Manager ->...
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    • cache rebuild command prompt file deletion hidden files icon cache process explorer task manager tech guide windows 7 windows vista
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    • Forum: Windows Tutorials

  9. Windows 7 Case fan voltage mod. Slow those noisy fans!

    Let's say you've just fitted a new 120mm fan to the front of your pc. The wire isn't long enough to reach a motherboard fan header nor is there any way to modulate the fan speed. You've fitted it but it's going like the clappers and sounds way too loud... One answer would be to employ the fan...
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    • 120mm fan 7v mod case fans cooling cooling solutions cpu fan diy tech fan control fan modifications fan speed fan voltage hardware modding noise reduction overclocking pc build performance tuning power supply tech guide voltage mod
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    • Forum: Windows Hardware

  10. Windows 7 Windows 7 Product Guide available

    Dunno if someone else posted on this but heres a free 140 page guide from MS themselves Link Removed due to 404 Error
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    Windows 7 How to Change/Fake Windows Experience Index on Windows 7

    1. Open up Windows Explorer & Browse to C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore. 2.Click on the most recently created XML file there(its something like this....2009-07-05 01.12.28.985 Formal.Assessment (Recent).WinSAT) & take ownership of the file 3.Open Wordpad from Start>All Program>...

  12. Windows 7 Definitive Answer -- Upgrading RC to RTM

    Check out http://windows7news.com/2009/04/27/upgrading-from-windows-7-rc-to-final/ for a fairly logical and believable answer to the question of upgrading from RC to RTM. The pertinent text is shown below: The only official indicator that upgrading from Windows 7 release candidate to Windows 7...
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    Windows Vista Can i use a windows 2000 logon screen?

    I've made a hidden account using the steps below, Therefore, you cannot see the hidden account from the welcome menu. Now, in the Windows XP, all you had to do was press: Ctrl+Alt+Delete+Delete; however, windows vista does not have this option, so i was wondering if there is any way to enable...
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    • control panel home premium logon operating system privacy registry special accounts tech guide troubleshooting uac user list windows 2000 windows vista winlogon
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support