It’s a right-centric world, with everything from pencils to computer mice expecting you to be right-handed. Here’s how you can train your mouse and cursors in Windows 7 and Vista to respect your left-handedness. Using your Left Hand the Right Way It’s easy to switch your mouse to left-handed mode. Enter “mouse” in your Start [...]
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Make Your Mouse Pointers Left-hand Friendly
May 8th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Setup, Windows 7
Tags: left handed mouse pointer·left handed mouse pointer windows 7·windows 7 feature
How To Quickly Reboot Directly from Windows 7 to XP, Vista, or Ubuntu
May 8th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Setup, Linux, Tips & Techniques, Windows 7
One of the biggest annoyances with a dual-boot system is having to wait for your PC to reboot to select the operating system you want to switch to, but there’s a simple piece of software that can make this process easier.
How to Access a PC Running Windows 7 Without a Fixed IP
May 7th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Setup, Windows 7
This article will explain how to be able to access a PC running Windows 7 from anywhere on the Internet. Before we begin, you should know that most users have a dynamic IP address, one that changes sometimes every 24 hours, which seems not simple to access a computer from the Internet. Here is the [...]
Tags: get access to PC·IP address·remote access·remote PC access·static IP
Display a Text Message During Bootup of Windows 7
May 6th, 2010 · No Comments · How To, Windows 7
Sometimes you might want to leave a text message for a user before they log into a Windows 7 computer. Today we show you a neat trick that allows you to leave a message they can read before logging in. Add a Text Message To add a message, click on Start and enter regedit into [...]
Tags: windows 7·windows 7 boot up message·windows 7 features·windows 7 tricks
Start Your Computer More Quickly by Delaying the Startup of a Service in Vista
May 6th, 2010 · No Comments · How To, Windows Vista
If you are the type of person that restarts your computer all the time, you are probably really worried about speeding up your bootup time. Unless you get paid to watch the Windows boot screen. I wonder how well that would pay… Windows Vista provides a simple method to delay the startup of a service [...]
Tags: fast boot up·start vista faster·Vista·vista quicker boot up·windows vista
How To Use Backup and Restore in Windows 7
May 4th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Maintain, Maintain Windows, Windows 7
The backup utilities in previous versions of Windows have been less than spectacular resulting in a nice market for third party applications. Today we take a look at the Backup and Restore feature in Windows 7 that may be their best backup tool yet. Set the Backup To set up a backup in Windows 7 [...]
Tags: back up·data back-up·windows·windows 7·windows 7 back up and restore·windows 7 feature
PKI Enhancements in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Advanced Topics, How To, Maintain Windows, Operating Systems, Tips & Techniques, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008
It seems like just yesterday I was writing an article titled “PKI Enhancements in Windows.” That article, which ran in the August 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine, focused on some of the innovations that shipped in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. These innovations included such things as enrollment UI improvements and OCSP (Online Certificate [...]
Tags: PKI·PKI Enhancements·Server Consolidation·windows 7·Windows Server 2008·Windows Server 2008 R2·Windows Server R2
How can I quickly open a Command Prompt on a folder in Windows Vista?
April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · How To, Operating Systems, Q & A, Technology, Tips & Techniques, Windows Vista
Although most of the Windows operating system tasks can be performed through the graphical user interface (or GUI) you can still find many important tasks and operations that require a Command Prompt window. Running CMD.exe from the run command is quick, but you sometimes find that you are required to slowly change your folder path [...]
Tags: Open Command Prompt in Vista·Windows Explorer·windows vista