Windows 7 tips and tricks
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated drivers Two Microsoft employees have posted helpful Windows 7 tips, tricks and secrets this week.
Tim Sneath has posted 30 secrets/tips on his blog. Some of the highlights include the following:
Get Quick Launch toolbar back
1. Right-click the taskbar, choose Toolbars / New Toolbar
2. In the folder selection dialog, enter the following string and hit OK:
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
3. Turn off the "lock the taskbar" setting, and right-click on the divider. Make sure that "Show text" and "Show title" are disabled and the view is set to "small icons".
4. Use the dividers to rearrange the toolbar ordering to choice, and then lock the taskbar again.
Windows Vista taskbar
Right-click on the taskbar and choose the properties dialog. Select the "small icons" checkbox and under the "taskbar buttons" setting, choose "combine when taskbar is full".
Starting explorer from "My Computer"
To do this, navigate to Windows Explorer in the Start Menu (it's in the Accessories folder). Then edit the properties and change the target to read:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /root,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
Old behaviour for Windows Live Messenger
Navigate to C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\ and set the properties of msnmsgr.exe to Vista compatibility mode. This will place the Messenger icon back in your system tray and remove the 2 annoying tabs on the taskbar.
If you're wondering about the fish in the Windows 7 fish then it's a Betta Fish and also has 7 bubbles to signify Windows 7.
Brandon Paddock has posted a full list of the Winkey combinations for Windows 7 on his blog too.
source:
neowin.net
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Comments(11)
windows 7 is really be a big leap for microsoft.
by the way... astig means
cool in english.
:-)
pinoy ikaw. hahahaha
proud to be! :-)
pinoy ba may ari nitong site?
the best tlaga tong windows 7... ang bilis, i cant w8 sa final release..
astig
talaga pinoy!!!
di mo magamit ang system restore pag dalawa ang os mo, (windows 7 at xp). walang backup
ang internet connection at windows settings.
i don't know who's the owner of this site. one thing i know for sure, the server of
this site is not located in the philippines judging by the time it uses.
to
kalokohan: system restore is working for me 100% on a single os. i haven't tried your
concern, but lets wait for the final release. or instead of doing a dual boot, use a
virtual pc. anyway, i believe windows 7 is supposed to replace windows xp, right?
to spider: it does not either work on a computer with virtual. it is a bug since vista,
it is very important you have two operating system, hope you know what i mean.
i got your point. well for me, system restore seems to work fine even with a virtual pc.
actually i'm using vmware for my other os. i haven't tried doing a dual boot and then
doing system restore. lets just hope microsoft does something about your issue. :-)
che cosa fai? un coppola di stecchio..
and double bollocks
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By Spider on 15.01.2009 - 02:01