Optimize Windows 7

June 9th, 2010
vista logo  Problem Steps Recorder How-To

Have you ever tried to solve a computer problem on the phone? If you have you surely got to a point where you didn’t get exactly what the other person was trying to say or where the problem manifests itself. A lot of people, even the ones with a lot of computer expertise don’t have the ability to visualize and troubleshoot a problem that they don’t see with their own eyes.  (more)..

April 8th, 2010
Complete Outlook 2007 backup and transfer guide Outlook 2007 logo  Complete Outlook 2007 backup and transfer guide

This guide can help you if you want to backup Outlook 2007 mail, contacts and others for safety purposes in case something happens to your computer. It can also be used if you want to transfer Outlook 2007 mail from one computer to another. (more)..

April 3rd, 2010
 Import Outlook 2007 mail and addresses Outlook 2007 logo  Import Outlook 2007 mail and addresses

This guide will cover a way to import Outlook 2007 mail and addresses and it is useful if you are planning to transfer them to another computer or if you just want to reinstall Windows and you don’t want to lose any of your emails. (more)..

January 30th, 2010
 Tweak Windows 7

Microsoft Windows 7 is fast in a lot of ways. It seems to be optimized for performance right out of the box. Despite these facts there are some things that you can do in order to improve your user experience and have fast program loading times and a snappy interface. I will describe a few of ways to tweak Windows 7 performance now. (more)..

November 17th, 2009
Show Control Panel in My computer xplogo  Show Control Panel in My computer

Control Panel is the place where all the tweaking goes on. By default Windows XP does not show the Control Panel in My Computer. This tutorial will show you how to do this. (more)..

November 15th, 2009
 Vista write caching

Write caching is a technology that helps speed up Windows Vista. Write caching is also present in other operating systems. This guide assumes that you are using a SATA hard drive. If you don’t know what that is you probably have one as long as you are running Vista. (more)..

November 11th, 2009
Install Microsoft Security Essentials microsoft security essentials  Install Microsoft Security Essentials

Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) is a basic security protection package made by Microsoft. This article will cover its installation. (more)..

November 11th, 2009
 Windows 7 Preview Pane

The Preview Pane is a nifty feature of Windows 7 that lets you visualize the file that is currently selected directly in the explorer window. Although previous versions of Windows had some kind of possibility to preview files, Microsoft seems to have done it right with Windows 7. (more)..

November 10th, 2009
 Windows 7 Action Center

The Windows 7 Action Center, formerly known as Windows Security Center (in Windows Vista and Windows XP starting sp2), has evolved so that now it contains security as well as computer maintenance. This guide will show you how to tweak its settings. (more)..

November 6th, 2009
Import Outlook 2007 AutoComplete Outlook 2007 logo  Import Outlook 2007 AutoComplete

This guide shows how to transfer (import) AutoComplete information from another computer. It assumes that you have completed the steps described here (exporting them) so that you have an .nk2 file containing the addresses. (more)..