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Create a Shortcut for Locking Your Computer Screen in Windows 7 or Vista

The quickest way to lock your computer screen is to just use the Win+L keyboard shortcut. Some people prefer to use the mouse to lock the workstation, however, or would just like to have both options….

Lowell Heddings Apr 10th, 2007

Enable Military Time in Windows 7 or Vista

It’s really very simple to enable the system clock to show military time in Windows 7 or Vista, but the setting is not in an obvious place, so you might not have found it.

Lowell Heddings Mar 8th, 2007

Disable User Account Control(UAC) For Administrators Only

If you can’t stand the User Account Control prompts, but you’d still like to retain a little bit of security, you can disable it for Administrator accounts only. What we’ll be doing is actually changing Windows Vista to autom…

Lowell Heddings Feb 19th, 2007

Change the Windows 7 or Vista Power Buttons to Shut Down/Sleep/Hibernate

The default action for the Power button on the start menu in Windows 7 is shutdown, and in Vista is Sleep, which isn’t necessarily useful for everybody, so we’ll explain how to change it here.

Lowell Heddings Feb 19th, 2007

Hide Desktop Icon Text on Windows 7 or Vista

Some icons are just obvious enough that nobody should need text below them to tell them what the icon is for. A good example of this is the icon for Internet Explorer. We’re all really used to it by now, and the text just mak…

Lowell Heddings Feb 17th, 2007

Quickly Open Network Connections List in Windows 7 or Vista

One of the biggest annoyances for me in Windows 7 or Vista is that you can’t immediately open the Network Connections list to see the list of adapters like you could in XP.

Lowell Heddings Feb 8th, 2007

Enable Run Command on Windows 7 or Vista Start Menu

A number of people have asked me how to enable the old Run dialog that existed on every other version of Windows until Vista, and is still gone in Windows 7. One of the nice features of the old Run dialog was that it saved th…

Lowell Heddings Feb 4th, 2007

How to Delete a System File in Windows 7 or Vista

Warning: Do not delete system files. Bad things will probably ensue.

Lowell Heddings Jan 28th, 2007

Quick Tip: Change Monitor Timeout From Command Line

It drives me crazy when my monitors turn off while I’m watching a movie. If you want to quickly change the monitor timeout using the command line, it’s actually pretty simple.

Lowell Heddings Jan 25th, 2007

Make Windows 7, 8.x or Vista Log On Automatically

If you are just running a home computer for gaming or something unimportant, you might not want to have to log in every single time you reboot your computer. There’s an easy tweak that will let you autologin….

Lowell Heddings Jan 25th, 2007

Configure Disk Defragmenter Schedule in Windows 7 or Vista

Windows 7 or Vista automatically configures Disk Defrag to schedule defragment to run once a week, usually at 1am on Wednesday. I don’t know about you, but I’m usually awake at 1am on wednesday, and I’d rather schedule it for…

Lowell Heddings Jan 21st, 2007

Easily Set Default OS in a Windows 7 / Vista and XP Dual-boot Setup

If you are running a dual-boot setup with more than one Windows operating system, It’s pretty easy to configure the default boot operating system with the GUI interface. Note that if you are using Windows 7 or Vista as one …

Lowell Heddings Jan 21st, 2007

Disable Thumbnail Previews in Windows 7 or Vista Explorer

If you want to speed up browsing around in explorer, you might think about disabling thumbnail previews in folders.

Lowell Heddings Jan 13th, 2007

Change Start Menu to Use Small Icons in Windows 7 or Vista

Windows Vista uses large icons by default in the start menu, and it hides the setting for small icons pretty well. No matter, we’ve located it. (Thankfully Windows 7 is a bit easier)

Lowell Heddings Jan 13th, 2007

Make User Account Control (UAC) Stop Blacking Out the Screen in Windows 7 or Vista

In Windows 7 or Vista, the screen goes dark when the User Account Control window comes up, which is extremely annoying. They call it the “Secure Desktop”, but I think it’s obnoxious.

Lowell Heddings Jan 12th, 2007

Using Windows 7 or Vista Compatibility Mode

Windows Vista or Windows 7, will have problems running some older versions of applications, just because so much has changed under the hood from Windows XP days. Thankfully there is a compatibility mode that can be easily set…

Lowell Heddings Jan 9th, 2007

Add Home Directory Icon to the Desktop in Windows 7 or Vista

One of the new changes in Windows 7 and Vista is that each user has a “Home” directory that is actually accessible and meant to be used. In XP and 2k, you had a hidden home directory that you weren’t meant to muck around in….

Lowell Heddings Jan 2nd, 2007

Enable Additional Clocks in Windows 7 or Vista

Windows 7 and Vista include an enhancement to the system clock that lets you display 2 additional clocks when you hover your mouse over the system clock.

Lowell Heddings Jan 2nd, 2007

How to Install IIS on Windows 7 or Vista

If you are a developer using ASP.NET, one of the first things you’ll want to install on Windows 7 or Vista is IIS (internet information server). Keep in mind that your version of Windows may not come with IIS. I’m using Windo…

Lowell Heddings Dec 26th, 2006

Disable Power Management on Windows 7 or Vista

If you are using a desktop computer, chances are that you don’t want the computer to go to sleep automatically. This is even more the case if you are running Windows 7 or Vista in a virtual machine for testing purposes….

Lowell Heddings Oct 28th, 2006

How to Get a Windows 10-Style Start Menu in Windows 8.1

On January 21, Microsoft officially announced the new features that would be included in Windows 10. While you’ll have to wait for the release to enjoy most of the new features, you can take advantage of the new Windows 10…

Lori Kaufman Feb 4th, 2002

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