Did you know you can install Windows 7 from a flash drive? Putting the Windows 7 installation on a USB flash drive has a couple of big advantages: A flash drive is more portable than a DVD, and Windows 7 will install much faster from a flash drive than it will from a DVD because the data transfer… Read More »
Denise heard about Windows XP mode in Windows 7 I was an article that said Windows 7 has a Windows XP mode – so you can run Windows XP programs on it. If so, wouldn’t we be able to use Outlook Express in Windows 7 in XP mode? Love your newsletter. Our Answer You can run Windows XP… Read More »
One of our favorite features of Windows 7 is the way you can customize folder views almost any way you like. Some special folders like “Documents” have additional choices, but every folder on your Windows 7 computer is customizable in a number of different ways. Windows 7 puts special folders like Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos in a… Read More »
Back when we were using Windows 95, we used to figure on a format every six weeks. That’s because about every other month you’d get up and turn on your computer and Windows 95 would not boot. And when it wouldn’t boot, you were done. You got out your little Windows 95 start-up floppy, and boot into DOS… Read More »
Windows Key + Tab = Aero [press Tab to cycle between Windows] Windows Key + E = Windows Explorer is launched (works in earlier versions of Windows too). Windows Key + R = Run Command is launched. Windows Key + F = Search (works in previous Windows versions too) Windows Key + X = Mobility Center Windows Key… Read More »
If you are anything like us, you install a lot of software – and uninstall a lot too. Some programs add menu items to your shell context menu (your right-click menu). Many times, in fact most times, when you uninstall a program that has added items to your right-click menu, the items on the context menu remain. This… Read More »