Troubleshoot Power Management
Windows 7 can tell you how much power your system
uses or provide detailed information about the power usage and issues
caused
by each application and device. This way you can optimize the way
your battery is used, making It last longer. Press the Windows Key and
type “POWERCFG –ENERGY –OUTPUT <path\filename>”, and it will
create a
file called energy-report.html in the folder specified by you, after
observing your PC for 60 seconds.
| Shake your desktop free of clutter |
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If you frequently run multiple programs simultaneously, your
desktop can get extremely cluttered. This can get annoying if
you're working on one program and want to minimize all the other
windows -- in previous versions of Windows you had to minimize
them individually.
With Windows 7's "shake" feature, though, you can minimize every
window except the one in which you're currently working -- in a
single step. Click and hold the title bar of the window you want
to keep on the desktop; while still holding the title bar, shake
it quickly back and forth until all of the other windows
minimize to the taskbar. Then let go. To make them return, shake
the title bar again.
You can accomplish the same thing by pressing the Window
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Windows Vista taskbar in windows 7
Right-click on the taskbar and choose the properties
dialog. Select the "small icons" checkbox and under the "taskbar
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Use check boxes to select multiple files |
In order to select multiple files for an operation such as copying, moving or
deleting in Windows Explorer, you generally use the keyboard and the mouse,
Ctrl-clicking every file you want to select. there's a way to select
multiple files in Windows 7 using only your mouse, via check boxes. To do it:
1. In Windows Explorer, click Organize, and then select "Folder and search
options."
2. Click the View tab.
3. In Advanced Settings, scroll down and check the box next to "Use check boxes
to select items." Click OK.
4. From now on, when you hover your mouse over a file in Windows Explorer, a
check box will appear next to it; click it to select the file. Once a file is
selected, the checked box remains next to it; if you uncheck it, the box will
disappear when you move your mouse away
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AppLocker
If you are usually sharing your computer with someone
else, then you might want to restrict their access to your applications,
files or documents. Using the AppLocker tool, you have a few options to
do this by blocking other users to access Executables, Windows
Installers, Scripts, a specific publisher or path. You can simply do
this by pressing the Windows key then typing Gpedit.msc. Then go to
Computer Navigation -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings ->
Application Control Policies -> AppLocker. Right click on one of the
options ( Executables, Installers, or Script ) and create a new rule.
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1. Right-click on Desktop, select New and then Shortcut.
2. In the New Shortcut Wizard, type the below path as location:
RunDll32 DwmApi #105
3. Click next, assign name as Flip-3D.
4. Lastly, click on Finish button.
5. Once you click Finish, a new icon will appear on the Desktop.
6. You can stop here if you don’t like to change the look of the icon.
7. To get the default Flip-3D icon, right-click on the new Flip-3D icon
and select Properties.
8. Under the Shortcut tab, open Change Icon.
9. In the location box, type C:\windows\explorer.exe and click OK to get
new icons.
10. Select Flip-3D icon from the available icons and click OK and then
Apply.
11. Now you can right-click on the icon and select Pin to taskbar to
access the icon directly from the Superbar (Taskbar).
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