On the odd but very rare occasion you may have to turn off System Restore. System Restore is a component on Microsoft Windows operating systems which allows for the rolling back of system files, registry keys, installed programs, etc., to a previous state in the event of malfunctioning or failure. This tutorial will show you [...]
Last week we wrote a tutorial for the new Image Resizer for Windows 7 and Vista…and now it’s time to review it! The software has been developed by CodePlex and is free to download!
As a whole we’re very impressed with the program and think it’s got a lot of potential. The software itself is very [...]
Just over 1 1/2 years ago we wrote a post titled ‘Quick Tip – Resize Multiple Images Quickly‘. One of the programs we mentioned in the blog only worked for machines running XP. However, a company called CodePlex have adapted the software so it can be used for Windows 7 and Vista machines! Here is [...]
People are forever asking us ‘What’s new about Windows 7 Professional?’ Here’s a few of our favourite Windows 7 Professional features!
Windows XP Mode
Run many older Windows XP productivity applications in Windows XP Mode
Domain Join and Group Policy
Easily and more securely add windows 7-based PC’s to a domain network. With Group Policy customers can [...]
Windows 7 Professional is easier to use, more reliable, more secure and faster than Windows XP. Windows XP is nearly a decade old, with limited support for new hardware and software. On the other hand, Windows 7 Professional has been specifically designed to meet the growing demands of modern technology users with more sophisticated networking, [...]
We came across a problem today that we have come across before, but each time forget the solution, so…time to document it!
Scenario – new machine to add to the WHS network. Shoved the connector disc in and follow it through, but after entering the password we get the message “Can’t find the windows home server” [...]
My first impressions then of Windows 7 are very good. It is much like Vista but it almost seems like a more intelligent operating system, if there can be such a thing. Things that we have always wondered why we can’t make them more easy have been made easy.
There are a lot of graphic and [...]
Today we have a few simple but very nice features of Windows 7, starting with the show desktop…where is it…it is no longer part of the QuickLaunch that people are used to but now instead it is on the far right of the taskbar where there is a small rectangle…click this and it takes you [...]
It is almost unbelievable that Microsoft are bringing out a new version of Windows when Vista was only released two years ago…but I suppose it is only in Beta. But we have it here to test and have been playing with it for some time.
First impressions are that it is very Vista-like! But we are [...]
Normally when we want to select multiple items we have to use the old ‘hold ctrl or shift and select’ trick. However, we’ve now discovered a far easier way…check boxes.
To enable check boxes do the following…
Click on the start orb and type ‘folder options’ into the search box. Then click enter.
A new window should then [...]
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