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  1. Revive Your Windows Experience with Start11's Vertical Taskbar

    If you're a Windows user who's felt a nostalgic twinge for vertical taskbars, you're in luck! While Microsoft has opted to keep this coveted feature off the table for Windows 11, a third-party application, Start11, is here to save the day. This latest beta version not only allows you to embrace...
  2. 8 Essential Windows 11 Alternatives to Default Apps for Enhanced Productivity

    When you think of Windows, you likely recall some of its longstanding basic applications—Notepad, Paint, and the ever-reliable File Explorer. However, as technology evolves, so do the possibilities for enhancing your user experience. If you're running Windows 11 and still clinging to those...
  3. Enhance Windows 11: Control Monitor Brightness with ClickMonitorDDC and Monitorian

    Introduction In a world where technology is continuously advancing, the lack of fundamental features often found in operating systems becomes a point of frustration for users. One such missing feature within Windows 11 is the ability to control the brightness and settings of external monitors...
  4. 5 Essential Third-Party Apps to Boost Your Windows 11 Experience

    In a world where Windows 11 continues to dominate the operating system landscape, users still encounter limitations with its built-in applications. While Microsoft has sought to enhance these tools, many find themselves gravitating toward third-party alternatives that offer significantly more...
  5. Windows 7 Shrinking the primary Windows partition

    I'm trying to shrink my primary Windows partition because I want to create a partition to install Linux Mint on. Well, when I go into the Windows Disk Manager and try to shrink the partition, it doesn't let me shrink it more than 32MB. I need quite a bit more space than that. After a little...
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    Microsoft warns of 64-bit Windows 7 hole

    Sorry this is from back on March 19, 2010, but I stumbled across it and thought it was worth posting. Microsoft is working on a patch to fix a hole in a 64-bit Windows 7 graphics display component that could be exploited to crash the system or potentially take control of the computer by...
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    Windows 7 How To Add Items To The "Send To" Menu in Windows 7 And Vista

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  8. Windows 7 default user account control worries experts

    Windows 7 default user account control worries experts. Corporate IT departments should be pleased with new security measures in Windows 7, but consumers are still at risk of getting hit by malware despite changes in the User Account Control (UAC) feature designed to help people be smarter when...