Articles tagged: Windows 7 Tips

Tip of the Day: ALT+Space

Tip Of The Day: “Running” Documents in Command Prompt

Tip Of The Day: Move Versus Copy

Control Panel Network Adapters

Tip of the Day: Access Network Adapter Settings Quickly

Tip Of The Day: Three Useful Windows File Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

Tip Of The Day: Two Ways to Get Help in Command Prompt

Tip Of The Day: Windows File Explorer

Tip of the Day: Kill an App Using Task Manager

Tip Of The Day: Run CHKDSK Without Using Command Prompt

Pointer Trails Setting

Tip of the Day: Pointer Trails

Tip of the Day: Only Open Safe Email Attachments

Tip of the Day: The TREE Command

Tip of the Day: Close Programs from the Taskbar

Tip of the Day: Combining Files Using Command Prompt

Tip of the Day: What Is File Explorer, Anyway?

Tip of the Day: Free Up Space with Disk Cleanup

Tip of the Day: Stay Up to Date

Tip of the Day: Consider Compression if You’re Low on Space

Tip of the Day: Set a Desktop Background

Tip of the Day: Manage Your Desktop Icons

Tip of the Day: Build and Search a List of Every File on Your PC

Tip of the Day: The Three States of a Window

Tip of the Day: Set or Change Your Microsoft Account Picture

Tip of the Day: The Taskbar Program Keyboard Shortcut

Tip of the Day: PushD and PopD

Tip of the Day: View Update History

Tip of the Day: Get Rid of XPS

Tip of the Day: Show Running Services with Net Start

Tip of the Day: Quickly Maximize with Double-click

Tip of the Day: The Special Meaning of “.”

Tip of the Day: Move Quickly Through a List with the Keyboard

Tip of the Day: Pin Common Programs to the Taskbar

Tip of the Day: Customize the Command Prompt

If you spend any significant time in the Command Prompt, you may want to customize its appearance to be a little more to your liking.

Tip of the Day: Two Keystrokes I Use Constantly

I use two Windows Key combinations constantly, and I think you’ll find them useful as well.

Tip of the Day: mklink: Hard and Symbolic Links in Windows

File system links can make files and folders appear in more than one place. It can be quite useful.

Tip of the Day: Icons or Thumbnails?

Tip of the Day: The TREE Command

Tip of the Day: ALT+TAB

The ALT+TAB tab sequence is under-appreciated. Learn its power and flexibility to switch between running programs.

Tip of the Day: Searching Via the Command Prompt

Using the Command Prompt can often be quicker and clearer than Windows’ own built-in search function.

Tip of the Day: View Hidden Files

Tip of the Day: Save the Installation Media

Tip of the Day: Close Programs Before Shutting Down

Tip of the Day: Make the Taskbar Bigger

The taskbar can become crowded with icons for running programs and notification. One way to deal with it is to make the taskbar bigger — vertically.

Tip of the Day: the System File Checker

Tip of the Day: Tasklist

Tip of the Day: The Quick Way to Discover Your Windows Version

Tip of the Day: Disable Screen Effects for Speed

Tip of the Day: Add Another Clock

Tip of the Day: When In Doubt, Reboot

Tip of the Day: Redirection and Piping