When you right click on an file or folder in Windows Explorer the default Send To menu contains only a few locations:
Users have already started to change the look of the new Windows Media Center in Windows 7. Australian Media Center Community member Astrotoy7 created a sharp looking black theme for Media Center.
Read MoreMany users like to start explorer in drive view to directly access their data instead of the document folders. This tweak will show you how to modify the Windows Explorer shortcuts to launch directly in drive view.
Read MoreNew in Windows 7 is the ability to create a system repair CD that will help you recover your computer from serious errors preventing windows from starting up. The recovery disc is based on Windows PE and includes the standard recovery options that are found on any Windows 7 installation disc.
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BitLocker was Microsofts first move into full disk encryption with support included in Windows Vista. Since then BitLocker has evolved and improved into a great software based full disk encryption solution. New for Windows 7 is support for removable disks. Using BitLocker on a removable USB flash drive provides a great way to protect your data in the event the drive was...
Windows 7 includes the new Aero Snap feature that allows you to easily work with multiple windows at once by neatly sizing both windows automatically. For Windows Vista and XP users a cool utility called FreeSnap will provide much of the same functionality with a exhaustive list of keyboard shortcuts.
Read MoreMany Windows users have grown accustomed to using the quick launch bar to quickly start applications and access folders. The new taskbar is kind of like a quick launch bar on steroids but there are some things it can’t do. For example, a folder or a drive shortcut can’t be pinned directly on the new taskbar. Instead it places the shortcut into the Explorer folder organizer. For some that is fine...
Read MoreWindows 7and Windows 8 includes a new tool to help you calibrate the correct gamma, contrast, brightness and color settings for your specific display.
Read MoreEveryone has a different idea of good font smoothing. What is nice and smooth to you may be blurry to someone else. That is why Microsoft included the ClearType Text Tuner in Windows 7.
Start the ClearType Text Tuner by clicking on the Start Button and typing in cttune and then hit Enter.
Opening up another copy of an application that is already open with the new taskbar can be tricky. Normally when you click on a taskbar item it just switches to the open windows. The trick to opening a new copy of the application that is already open is to hold down Shift while you click on the icon.
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