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Many of us, who like to futz around with our PC's, not just appliance operators, like to get into our Control Panels every once in a while. But Win-8 doesn't make that as easy as it was in XP. However there is a way to get to the control panel in Win-8. Here's one way: From the Metro screen, ...

Let's say W7 & W8. Let's say there's a Sys drive & a Data drive & maybe others, too. When > Computer in the W7, see all the drives. AND... when in W8 > Computer AND still see & can access ALL the same drives... nice bonus to dual-boot, can get @ & use everything you already have from BOTH OSs...

No Start Orb on Win 8 CP. OK, then put a shortcut to all applications on your Desktop Right Click the Desktop and choose New Shortcut, paste the following: %windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1} on the next screen name it something like All Apps then Finish...

Let's say W7 & W8. Let's say there's a Sys drive & a Data drive & maybe others, too. When > Computer in the W7, see all the drives. AND... when in W8 > Computer AND still see & can access ALL the same drives... nice bonus to dual-boot, can get @ & use everything you already have from BOTH...

Hi everyone! Well it's bothered me for a long time that when I want to load a file into some program for an ongoing project I have to navigate through, Desktop\Computer\Drive D:\Parent Folder\job folder\category folder and finely to the file I want, even though I've been using the same folder...

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...

Ik ben nieuw op het forum. Ik heb windows 7 En ik krijg bij het openen de volgende melding. Kan plaknotities niet starten. er is een probleem met toegang tot het bestand. (sluiten) Wat kan ik daar tegen doen. Moet ik intel Express installer opnieuw laten draaien? Of ?????? Wie heeft tips...

How do you save a custom color, I make the color OK but when I close paint and reopen its gone?. Thank You

I have been scanning documents from my printer, HP deskjet F4480, it scans okay but does not save to a scanned docment file but to my pictures!! It shows up as a 'flower' instead of the document, what gives here? Also when I download pictures feom my camera, they also show up as "flowers"...

In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz shows you how you can Tag your files in Windows 7 using tools built into Windows Explorer. Link Removed

If Microsoft's hotfix didn't solve your problem, one reader's unconventional approach might. Hint: there's a USB hub involved Link Removed - Invalid URL

If Microsoft's hotfix didn't solve your lockup program, one reader's unconventional approach just might. Hint: there's a USB hub involved. Link Removed

It's time to clean off Windows 7 and install it again. I do this periodically, and I've now settled on the software that will be installed... so it's time to get it done. I'm not in a rush to do this, so I'm trying to do it right :) I'm going to be doing a reinstall of |Firefox - I've been...

Tips: How to transfer contacts from windows mobile to windows phone 7 Many windows mobile phone users don't know how to contacts from windows mobile to windows phone 7 when they get the new winodws phone 7 device. This full guide will shows you how to transfer contacts from windows mobile to...

Link Removed due to 404 Error Windows 7 needs far less of the sleeves-up shuffling about that its predecessors demanded for smooth operation. It works, and it works well. But that doesn't mean you can't use the Registry to add nifty features or change the settings to your liking. Here are...

It’s pretty easy to simply drag a file into Gmail to attach it . If you’re attaching a few files regularly, it’s even easier to load them into one of Windows 7 Link Removed

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Windows: If you’ve put off tweaking the size of your desktop icons because you assumed it would be a pain, it’s time to enjoy some hassle-free resizing without digging in menus or replacing icon packs. (more…) Link Removed

Hi I don't know if this is true for everyone but I found that when searching for files by the extension i.e. ".avi" I wasn't getting any results even though I knew I had a lot of .avi files. The problem was that I was typing the dot before the extension in the search window. It's the way...

Hi, Anyone knows how to lock window media player 12 in full screen . I saw people do but i dont know how . Any ideas ?