Categoría: Tips for Windows | Lista de artículos e información

Fixing Windows7 opening each folder in a new window

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When I first tried W7, I immediately go to the IE folder and removed it, by force. There were no problems with it, except that every time I opened a folder, it would open in a new window. I went … Continue reading

March 21, 2012 | Author: TatoSgr | Tips for Windows, Windows 7 | | 1 Comment. Add Comment.

How to re-enable the task manager once is has been disabled

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This is the main issue when facing viruses, the task manager is always disabled because you can kill the process and maybe be able to fix the problem. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, you just need to try for … Continue reading

March 19, 2012 | Author: TatoSgr | Tips for Windows | | Add Comment.

How to enable Folder and Search Options again once it has been disabled by a virus

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This is a very common problem, specially for computers using WinXP, where the viruses tend to look for this option immediately after infecting your PC. Many people don’t know what to do once this happened, so I’m going to tell … Continue reading

March 17, 2012 | Author: TatoSgr | Tips for Windows, Windows 7 | | Add Comment.

Customize My Computer’s context menu and add a ton of useful system tools

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Something that was bothering me a while ago is the fact that while using nLite to do a unattended XP installation, the software allow us to add a “Device Manager” option to My Computer’s context menu. After searching for a … Continue reading

February 5, 2012 | Author: TatoSgr | Tips for Windows, Windows 7 | | Add Comment.

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.