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Windows 7 Tips And Tricks
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Quick Launch is missing: Right-click the taskbar, choose Toolbars / New Toolbar. In the folder selection dialog, enter the following string and hit OK: %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch Turn off the lock the taskbar setting, and right-click on the divider. Make sure that Show text and Show title are disabled and the view is set to small icons. Use the dividers to rearrange the toolbar ordering to choice, and then lock the taskbar again. |
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Vista looking Task Bar: Right-click on the taskbar and choose the properties dialog. Select the small icons checkbox and under the taskbar buttons setting, Choose combine when taskbar is full. |
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Windows 7 install from USB pen drive: Take a 4GB USB 2.0 thumbdrive, reformat it as FAT32, And simply copy the contents of the Windows 7 Beta ISO image to the memory stick using, xcopy e:\ f:\ /e /f (where e: was the DVD drive and f: was the removable drive location). |
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Add-ons: Add-ons can cause slow loading pages. Open IE8/Tools/Manage Add-ons/scroll right in the list view to see, Which add-on is taking the most time to load. |
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ImgBurn *Update* Windows 7 burns ISO images natively so this tool is mainly used for creating ISO images. Great CD/DVD burning and ISO creation utility. Here Is Link To Download. Code:
http://www.imgburn.com/ |
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Xvid Codec: *Update* Windows Media Player 12 (found in the Windows 7 beta) natively supports Xvid, Divx and MP4 codecs however if (like me) you have a couple of videos in your collection, That don't play correctly try installing the Xvid codec. For decoding Xvid, Divx and MP4 video files in Windows Media Player Code:
http://www.xvid.org/ |
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AC3 Filter: *Update* As above - you may not need this codec but if you find you're not getting any sound, When plating back a video file it might an AC3/DTS issue. Audio filter that enables Windows Media Player to playback movies with AC3 and DTS audio tracks. Code:
http://ac3filter.net/wiki/Projects/ac3filter |
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Easy CD-DA Extractor 30 Day Free Trial (US$37) *Update* I primarily use Easy CD-DA Extractor for converting from one file format to the other, e. lossless to MP3 and for the odd CD that WMP12 is unable to rip for some peoples. "The Swiss Army Knife of Digital Audio" pretty much sums up Easy CD-DA Extractor. One still buy physical CD's from real music stores, how crazy is that! Easy CD-DA Extractor allows one to back-up my discs, And convert to MP3 for storage on my Windows Home Server. Code:
http://www.poikosoft.com/ |
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Paint.NET *Update* The new Paint application in Windows 7 is a great update, But if you need to work with some basic layers or some more advanced features then Paint.NET is a great tool. Simple yet powerful free Photoshop alternative. Not quite as comprehensive as GIMP but does the basics and does them well. Code:
http://www.getpaint.net/ |
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