Posts Tagged ‘Windows 7’

Quickly open Network Connections

Thursday, October 15th, 2009
vista logo  Quickly open Network Connections

Are you tired of searching for an easy way to open Network Connections in order to view or change one of your adapter’s settings, because since Vista, Microsoft decided to place some of the things out of your reach? There are 2 easy ways to do this: (more…)

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Determine Windows 7 install date

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
 Determine Windows 7 install date

There are several cases in which you need to see the install date of your Windows 7 operating system. This can be accomplished quite easy as in the case of uptime. (more…)

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Determine Windows 7 uptime

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
 Determine Windows 7 uptime

Have you ever wondered how to determine uptime in Windows 7? This is your chance and it’s quite simple! For those of you that don’t know what uptime is, I’ll explain. The term uptime refers to the time spent since a computer system was started. Here’s how you can do it: (more…)

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Easily change Screen Resolution

Thursday, September 17th, 2009
 Easily change Screen Resolution

In Windows 7 you can change screen resolution easier than ever. Whereas in Windows Vista you had to right-click on the desktop and click on Personalize and after that click on Display Settings and then change the resolution from there, in Windows 7 you only have to do the following:  (more…)

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Log on as Administrator

Thursday, September 17th, 2009
 Log on as Administrator

There are several cases when you want to log on as Administrator but keep in mind that this is quite dangerous from the security point of view. Here’s how you can do it: (more…)

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Enable Run in Windows 7 Start menu

Thursday, September 17th, 2009
 Enable Run in Windows 7 Start menu

The ones of you used with the Run Command being located in the Start Menu may have noticed that in Windows 7 it is no longer there. If you want it displayed in the Start Menu use the following procedure. (more…)

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Disable the Windows 7 UAC

Thursday, September 17th, 2009
 Disable the Windows 7 UAC

First introduced in Windows Vista the User Account Control is a feature that limits the privileges of applications ran by users with administrator rights. The UAC from Windows 7 differs from the one in Windows Vista. Although it is less annoying than the one in Vista, because the notifications appear in lesser cases, there might be some of you who wish to disable the User Account Control embedded into Windows 7. (more…)

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