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Windows 7 Utilities: Autoruns

About two months ago, I began booting my home PC running Windows 7 and not only did it take excessively long to start, but I also had an unusual window…

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Windows 7 Utilities: Stardock Fences

Windows 7 has included a lot of different features to help the user organize, rearrange and adjust their windows and Icons. Some users like things scattered and want many icons…

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Windows 7 Power Plan Assistant

The Power Plan Assistant for Windows 7 is a small application designed to help the user switch between any power plans available on the PC, including custom plans and all…

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Windows 7 in a box

Windows 7 is unusual as a Windows version as, out of the box, it needs less tweaking than any previous version.  However there’s still an awful lot you can tweak…

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Bring Your Desktop To Life With Desktop Icon Toy

Staring at the same desktop screen, day after day can become quite tedious over time. Sometimes your just looking for that little something, just to make your day that little bit…

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Synchronize Your Windows7 Files and Folders Using SyncToy

Microsoft has provided a new PowerToy application SyncToy 2.1. It is a free application that will synchronize your files and folders among several locations. What kind of synchronization? Typically this will include sharing operations, such as photos or documents, with other computers and creating backup copies of files and folders.

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Windows7 Makes African Language In-Roads

Microsoft, in an effort to reduce software piracy and increase computer literacy will make computer PC inroads with a commitment to add 10 African languages to its Windows7 repertoir. The…

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Autoruns – What is Running on Your Windows 7 PC

Autoruns, a Microsoft download, allows you to see what files automatically run on windows startup, and login. It allows you to track their locations, and access the registry setting if necessary. This useful tool goes much further than sysconfig.

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Windows 7 ReadyBoost: What is it, How to use it and Does it work?

What is ReadyBoost? A feature first introduced in Windows Vista, ReadyBoost is a way to use most kinds of flash memory (USB drive, SD Card, Compact Flash) to help speed up your…

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Windows 7 Theme For Windows Live Messenger

The Windows Messenger Plus! team have been busy and have created a Windows 7 Theme For Windows Live Messenger.  The skin is available in Italian and English versions: If you…

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Improve Windows 7 Media Center With My Movies 3

I’ve been a user of My Movies 2 for Windows Media Center for around 3 years.  On my Windows Vista Media Centers it was the best way to manage and…

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