The Microsoft® Windows™ Operating System (OS) is currently the most popular OS in use in the world (except servers). It has been through many incarnations and the logos for some of them are shown above. Since many of our members still use some of the older versions, you will find information about these legacy systems here, as well as the current version.
Are you interested in tech tips for Microsoft products?
Susan Harkins has publish a list of 10 such tips that she collected over the last year for Office, Word, Excel, and Outlook. It’s a little esoteric, but power users will love it. You can click on each tip for more information.
Are you fortunate enough to have two or more monitors on your system?
DisplayFusion, from Binary Fortress Software is a great utility for expanding the capabilities already in Windows 7 for multiple monitors. You can have a task bar on each monitor that shows only the tasks visible on that monitor. Greg Shultz has a great article on the subject. As usual, there's a free version and a $25 version. You can get a 30-day free trial of the pay version.
There is an easy way to reinstall Windows 7, if your copy is corrupted, without reformatting the hard disc. This article describes the procedure that has not been revealed by Microsoft for some reason. You need your Windows 7 installation DVD, your unique product key, and a good backup before you begin. Thanks to Ed Reames for pointing this one out.
Here’s another way to move from XP to Windows 7.
Laplink has a $39 solution to the problem of moving all your software and settings, as well as your data, to a Windows 7 installation. This article is a decent review of it. I know that we have some other solutions for this problem, too, so you might want to ask about it in the meeting first.
Have you heard of the System Diagnostics Report in Windows 7?
Sometimes Windows 7 can be annoying by trying to fix things that I don’t consider broken, but a new tool that I like is a report that lists everything that went wrong in a 30 second period. It’s a useful tool when you are having something quirky going on. Check it out.
This one is actually for Vista and XP. A Special Report from Windows Accelerator gives you hints and tips about how to speed up your Windows machine. The pdf is 1.8 Mb, so be patient; it will take a minute to download.
Chuck Jennings wrote this great series of articles about Windows XP:
Would you like to learn how to write a Word macro? This article shows you how to write a macro that Highlights & Lists Misspelled Words.
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