user preferences

If you are happy with Windows 7 on your personal laptop, but grumble every time Windows XP boots up on your work computer, it may be time to tap your company's IT pro on the shoulder and ask for Windows 7. You might be surprised at the response you get. More...

1. The sequence of items seems to be date/time of most recent post. Can it be changed to the date/time thread was started? (This is an option when searching.) 2. Can the sequence be oldest first? 3. Why is the date of thread or post given sometimes as "x days ago", and other times with the...

When a program wants to access Internet but there is currently no connection then it seems to trigger the Win7 WLAN/Wifi service to search and auto-connect if possible to perform afterwards the actual task. This auto-search+connect is comfortable for the most cases but sometimes I don't want...

Bill Detwiler shows you how you a quick and easy way to disable the Windows 7 Snap feature, which is either loved or hated. Link Removed

Whenever I click on a picture to download onto my Windows 7 machine while in MS Internet Explorer 8, the picture is automatically saved in a Windows 7 DEFAULT folder, usually in USERS something or other. I want to be able to change this DEFAULT to a folder of my choice so that these picture...

Right now my default font is Calibri and font size is 11 on Word 2010 and who the hell uses those when writing a paper? So I was wondering how do I change my default font to times roman and font size to 11 so I dont have to change it to that every time I want to make a word document?

I do not play games online, but it appears more games seem to require you log on before you can play. Since I really do not want this requirement, is there something that identifies such games I can see before I purchase them? For instance, I got Batman and the box said Windows Live. So when...

Not sure If I wrote the title of this discussion correctly. Let me try some other ways "What should my OS do for me?" "What do I expect from an OS?" "How involved with my everyday is my OS?" "My OS is trying to rule me" My basic argument (which may or may not be an argument) is that...

hej vil høre om det er muligt at indstallere flere sprog, som man kunne i XP og Vista? Savner muligheden for at kunne skifte fra dansk til thai.

Hello, Programs like MSN Live and AIM create icons on the task bar for simply running, even if they are not actively being used. I just switched from XP where programs like AIM and MSN Live would just stay in the system tray in the bottom right corner of the screen. I highly prefer this. If i...

Is there some way to set up default folder options (which items appear on the menu bar including file name, date modified, file type, etc) so that each new folder will be the same? I find it annoying that if windows senses that the folder contains music files it instead defaults to items like...

I've unchecked "Allow this device to wake the computer" for the Ethernet device. My bluetooth mouse and keyboard have both been checked to "Allow this device to wake the computer" which is right, yes? I do want to be able to wake my computer via mouse or keyboard. I'm running Avira Antivir...

I want to be able to see the size of a folder or file when I hover the mouse over it, but it doesn't seem to work. I have the option 'display folder size information in folder tips' selected... Is there something I'm missing? Ideally I'd like to display folder size in the column like you can...

I have been using Win7 RC1 on a spare computer for a couple of months - quite happy with it. Bought Win7 Ultimate last week and installed it on a second drive in my main computer as a dual-boot with XP Pro. On boot up I get the choice of "Old operating system" or "Windows 7", which is...

I tried to download live mail alone and ended up with that plus messenger and the entire live essentials suite. Messenger is a real pest-I hate it and it won't leave me alone. Cannot uninstall the crap I don't want without also uninstalling mail. Will this lose my email settings, contacts, and...

Want to get rid of Preview windows When I hover the mouse pointer over a program on the task bar, a small pop-up window opens that has the name of the program and an X (which allows me to close the program, though right-clicking is how I prefer to do it). I find these pop-up windows very...

Is there a way to change the default directory for storing program files in Win7. I would like to use a different partition from the OS partition.

i wonder while i was changing folder option where does it save ? i want to write a program with some optional changes with presets and other windows 7 tweaks but am not sure where all changes are reflected. registry ? files ? Can u guys point me to the right direction ? For example if folder is...

Windows 7 seems to come with some pretty cool sound schemes. Here is a chance to find out which one is the most popular. I personally am starting to like "Sonata", but I haven't tried them all. The quirky sounds of Sonata are interesting to my ears, and while I love the "United States" theme...

If you are contemplating a free antivirus and want some help deciding, here is a side by side comparison among several popular Free Anti-virus applications. While my personal preferences would place Microsoft Security Essentials at the top of this list and move each ot the top two down one...