Categoría: Tips for Windows | Lista de artículos e información

How to hide the Office 2010 splash screen

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Although is not that annoying, the splash screen, the one we see when launching any office product, can be very annoying when actually thinking of it. Good thing, there is a safe way to remove it, and it’s pretty easy … Continue reading

February 3, 2012 | Author: TatoSgr | Tips for Windows | | Add Comment.

How to export your services’ settings from your PC to another one

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Something that’s annoying to me is that every time I format my PC I have to redo all my services since there are many that I don’t need and some are just useless, so, if you’re a technician this can … Continue reading

October 24, 2011 | Author: TatoSgr | Tips for Windows | | Add Comment.

How to hide/show system items on the tray area

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You may not know this, but you can customize many items on the tray on Windows7, but beside the icons that are created by applications, you can also hid/show those created by the system itself. This is very easy actually, … Continue reading

October 18, 2011 | Author: TatoSgr | Tips for Windows | | Add Comment.

Improve your USB drive speed on Windows 7/Server 2008

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Microsoft recently released an update that will improve the read/write speed of USB devices on Windows 7/Server 2008. The way it works is increasing the default currently maximum transfer size, 64Kb. There are several steps to do this. First, head … Continue reading

October 18, 2011 | Author: TatoSgr | Tips for Windows | | Add Comment.

Change the the logon screen background image on Windows8

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Windows 8 Start Tweaker is another free software to customize Windows8. This one changes the background image of the logon screen, which is also part of the background of the start screen, but only the top and bottom of the … Continue reading

October 10, 2011 | Author: TatoSgr | Software, Tips for Windows | | Add Comment.

Customize the Tiles and Background color of the Start Page on Win8 with Metro UI Colors Changer

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Metro UI Colors Changer is a portable app developed by the guys at Door2Windows that allow to customize the color of the tiles and the background of the start page on Windows8. It’s very simple to use, you just need … Continue reading

October 10, 2011 | Author: TatoSgr | Software, Tips for Windows | | Add Comment.

How to use Windows as an alarm

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I recently started using Windows as an alarm since my phone was not working for me anymore. It actually works pretty good, with the only condition of keep the PC on. Here’s how to do it. Go to your Control … Continue reading

October 6, 2011 | Author: TatoSgr | Tips for Windows | | Add Comment.

Empty folders on the AppData folder with random names – What are those?

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In case you don’t know this, go check your AppData/Local folder. You’ll see something like this: These folders, located speciffically on “X:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\”, are empty and have random names, and if you don’t want to risk messing with the AppData folder, … Continue reading

October 3, 2011 | Author: TatoSgr | Software, Tips for Windows | | Add Comment.