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Saturday, June 06, 2009

PostHeaderIcon Windows 7 Tips And Tricks 2

image 1.  Put a “Pin Up” of the Folders You Use Most . Windows 7 allows you to “pin up” the folders you use most on your taskbar. Simply hold your mouse over the favourite folder, right click, and drag it onto the taskbar. Windows 7 automatically pins itself to the Explorer Jump List. To open the folder, right click on the Explorer icon and select the folder you want.

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2.  Double-Up Your Windows. When working within an application, sometimes you just want more of a good thing. To open another window of the same application (assuming the app can run more than one instance), simply hold Shift and click the taskbar icon. You can also middle-click your third mouse button for the same result.

3.  Clear, Crisp Display—It’s In Your Control. Windows 7 makes it easy for you to adjust your display settings, making text and images easier to view in all the various locations where you work on your computer. Your laptop display may look fine at work but a little dark at home. Adjust the text and image settings easily with two snappy applets: Clear Type Text Tuning and Display Colour Calibration. Run cttune.exe and dccw.exe, or look them up in the Control Panel.

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4.  Order and Reason for Your Taskbar. You can decide the order that
your icons show up in your taskbar by simply dragging them to the
order you desire. And for the first five icons, you can launch them with
a simple keystroke: Any of the first five icons can be opened by pressing
image+ 1,
image +2, etc.

5.  Taskbar Traversing. While we’re on the subject of taskbar shortcuts, use image +T to shift your attention to the taskbar. Your machine will make its active screen your taskbar menu, and you can use the arrow keys to select the application you’re interested in. Just hit Enter to launch it. Naturally, to exit this trick, press Esc.

6.  BitLocker To Go Protection. BitLocker has become a saving grace when it comes to increased laptop security. Windows 7 has taken security even farther with its BitLocker To Go feature, which allows you to encrypt removable USB devices and external disks. To enable BitLocker or BitLocker To Go, right click the drive in Windows Explorer and select “Turn on BitLocker…” This can also be managed centrally via Group Policy, so IT administrators can require the USB drive be encrypted before files can be written to it.

7.  Your Own Personal Help Desk: Windows Troubleshooting Platform.
We’ve all experienced minor issues like Windows Aero not displaying or sound controls not functioning. Don’t get stuck in the mud just because your computer seems to be. Windows 7 can save you from having to bite the bullet and call the help desk for every problem that comes up, thanks to the new Windows Troubleshooting Platform. It’s easily accessed by typing “fix” or “Troubleshoot” in the Start Menu. A list of Windows Troubleshooting Packs allows you to choose from what might be giving you trouble, and the trouble-shooter will faithfully attempt to clear up the problem.

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2 comments:

IT Services Melbourne said...

Sometimes our personal computer is driving us insane with problems, glitches, and so on. It has been everyone's experience at one time or another.

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