Archive for the 'Windows 7' Category

Use Taskbar Meters to Monitor CPU, Memory, and Disk IO In Windows 7

Sunday, September 5th, 2010

Have you ever found an trick to monitor your resource usage(like CPU,memory and Disk IO) easily? Now I will show you how to achieve it by using Taskbar Meters.
Taskbar Meters
Absolutely, these handy monitors show up in your Taskbar and show the amount of resources being used. There are three meters for CPU utilization, Memory usage, [...]

Mute the System Volume by Creating a Shortcut or Hotkey in Windows

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Do you feel annoying of finding the your speakers switch or the pause button on your music playing application? Now I will tell you a trick to solve your problem…show you how to create a shortcut to mute system volume at once with the press of a key in Windows.
 
Create the Shortcut
We’ll use a [...]

Create a Shortcut or Hotkey to Open Task Manager with All Users View in Windows 7 or Vista

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

If you need to always open up Task Manager with the “All Users” view and you feel it is really troublesome to follow some steps, today I will show you a trick–create a shorcut or hotkey to open Task Manager with the “All Users” view in Windows 7 or Vista.
 
On the Processes tab in Task [...]

Improve the Pointing Accuracy of mouse in Windows

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Mouse accounted for a very important position in the computer operations, if the mouse is not accurate, it will take you a lot of trouble, and now I am going to tell you how to improve the accuracy of the mouse.
 
Use the Keyboard to Move the Mouse in XP
Go into Control Panel \ Accessibility and [...]

Change the Power Buttons to Shutdown or Sleep in Windows 7 or Vista

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

In Windows 7, when you click on power button in Start Menu, it doesn’t put your system in sleep mode, instead it shut down your system. In Windows Vista, when you click on power button in start menu, it doesnt shut down your system, instead it puts your system in sleep mode. Which is irritating [...]

ClassicShell get Classic Features back to Windows 7

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

If you have come from Windows XP then you will may take few days to get used to the new features. But you can also get back the old Window XP style features in Windows 7 by changing the following settings.
 
Download ClassicShell and install it. You can select to have just the Classic Start Menu, [...]

How to Create a Context Menu Item to Copy a List of Files to the Clipboard in Windows 7 or Vista or XP

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Have you ever needed to create a list of files in a directory? Here I will show you a trick–just need you right-click on or in any folder and copy a list of the files to the clipboard rather than use a command (really trouble) from the prompt to pipe the directory listing into a [...]

Restore the Real Internet Explorer Desktop Icon in Windows 7

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

When compared with the previous versions of Windows, the Internet Explorer icon is no longer always lay on the desktop and you can easily right-click it to quickly access the Internet Options screen in Windows 7. Actually it is entirely gone…Today I will show you how to restore it back.

 
 
An Easy Way to Bring Back [...]

Use Local Group Policy to Restrict Access to Drives in Your Computer In Windows

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Do your computer is shared with your friends or your family members? Have you ever worried your important data will be deleted by them without intention alought such situation hasn’t happened? Now I will show you how to use Local Group Policy to restrict someone access to drives in your computer in Windows.
Note: In this [...]

A legjobb asztali kiegészít?k a Windows 7-hez

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Hasonlóan a Vistához, a Windows 7-ben is használhatunk különféle mini alkalmazásokat, amelyekkel kéz közelbe helyezhetünk hasznos funkciókat. A részletes cikk itt olvasható: techline.hu