Windows 7

Seven Tips & Tricks For Windows 7

Tip 1: Put a “Pin Up” of the Folders You Use Most. Tip 2: Double-Up Your Windows. Tip 3: Clear, Crisp Display—It’s In Your Control. Tip 4: Order and Reason forYour Taskbar. Tip 5: Taskbar Traversing. Tip 6: BitLocker To Go Protection. Tip 7: Your Own Personal Help Desk: Windows Troubleshooting Platform.

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Put a “Pin Up” of the Folders You Use Most .Windows 7 allows you to “pin up” the folders you use most on your taskbar. Simply hold your mouse over the favorite folder, right click, and drag it onto the taskbar. Windows 7 automatically pins itselfto the Explorer Jump List. To open the folder, right click on the Explorer icon and select the folder you want.
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Double-Up Your Windows. When working withinan application, sometimes you just want more of a good thing. To open another window of the same application (assuming the app can run more than one instance), simply hold Shift and click the taskbaricon. You can also middle-click your third mouse button for the same result.

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Clear, Crisp Display—It’s In Your Control. Windows 7 makes it easy for you to adjust your displaysettings, making text and images easier to view in all the various locations where you work on your computer. Your laptop display may look fine at work but a little dark at home. Adjust the text andimage settings easily with two snappy applets: ClearType Text Tuning and Display Color Calibration. Run cttune.exe and dccw.exe, or look them up in the Control Panel.

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Order andReason for Your Taskbar. You can decide the order that your icons show up in your taskbar by simply dragging them to the order you desire. And for the first five icons, you can launch them with a simplekeystroke: Any of the first five icons can be opened by pressing ® +1, +2, etc.

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Taskbar Traversing. While we’re on the subject of taskbar shortcuts, use +T to shift your...