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Windows 7
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How to make your Windows tablet look like Windows Phone 7
09 Dec 2011 by Kevin Ivanca / 1 Comment
I recently noticed that when I told people I bought an ASUS EP121 Eee Slate tablet PC with Windows 7, they usually asked me “What do you do for easy access to nifty apps and news and stuff?” And sadly, it was a question I could not easily answer without adding sarcasm or criticism (a very tough thing to do, mind you). In all fairness, I did agree that my overpowered, $1,200 multi-touch tablet ...
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Windows 8 Can Do A Cold Boot In 8 Seconds Flat
10 Oct 2011 by Andrew Kalinchuk
We said what everyone was thinking. A coat of paint on a sub-par system does not a successful operating system make. Okay, my colleague said it better than that, but the message is the same. Regardless, we’d still like to give credit where it’s due and highlight something that Microsoft has done really, really well so far: Start-up time. Praise be to whoever made this miracle happen, b...
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How to Restore Aero Effects if the Windows Desktop Window Manager Crashes
13 May 2011 by Evan Wondrasek / 2 Comments
“Aero” is the graphical user interface that Microsoft introduced with Windows Vista and Windows 7. It includes many productivity features for managing your windowed desktop environment, but one of the most noticeable features is the glass-like transparency effect that is typically present on the borders of windows. Aero window effects working properly At times, the Desktop Window Manag...
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How to Close Pidgin Chat Windows with the Escape Key
17 Dec 2010 by Evan Wondrasek
Pidgin (formerly known as Gaim) is a free, multi-protocol instant messaging application for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Pidgin is highly customizable and supports popular instant messaging networks like Google Talk, MSN/Windows Live Messenger, AIM, Yahoo! Chat, and can connect to services like Facebook Chat through plugins (or directly through the XMPP messaging protocol). In recent versions of Pid...
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Ask Techerator: How can I search by only File Name in Windows 7?
12 Nov 2010 by Bryant Sombke / 3 Comments
Techerator team: I’ve just switched from Windows XP/Office 2003 to Windows 7/Office 2010. Before, I could easily find files in Word & Excel by simply typing a word that I knew was in the filename…. Now with Windows7/Office 2010, by searching in the upper right corner search box, the directory instead lists all the files which have that word anywhere in the body or the title. I...
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Fix: “Print driver host for 32bit applications has stopped working” Error in Windows 7
14 Oct 2010 by Evan Wondrasek / 6 Comments
One problem I’ve experienced when using my Windows 7 64-bit computer with networked printers is that I intermittently get the error: Print driver host for 32bit applications has stopped working It appears that this problem occurs for most people when printing to network printers, but I was seeing it even when not printing (I would wake my computer from sleep and the message would already be on ...
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3 Easy Ways to Improve Search in Windows 7
16 Sep 2010 by Dustin Patterson / 1 Comment
One of my favorite features of Windows 7 is the improved search. Windows Search is quickly available in the Start menu or in any open Explorer window. To improve search performance, Windows 7 uses a background indexing feature. Indexing pre-searches specified locations on your computer and compiles the results into the search index. When you search, you’re computer is not having to sea...
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How to Enable Windows 7′s “Aero Snap” Feature in Earlier Versions of Windows
25 Aug 2010 by Evan Wondrasek / 1 Comment
One of my favorite features in Windows 7 is Aero Snap, which automatically resizes and snaps applications to the sides of your screen when you drag them near. If you’ve got several windows open on one screen, this is a great way to manage your space (and I’ve learned it’s even more useful when working on large screens). My favorite way to use Aero Snap is with the keyboard R...
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Window 7 Tip: Enable the Preview Pane for Quick File Viewing
11 Aug 2010 by Dustin Patterson / 2 Comments
Navigating through your personal files can sometimes be a nightmare, and it can often times be easier to open individual documents to find exactly what you’re looking for. After awhile, you can find yourself with multiple open documents, but none of them were the one you were looking for. By default, you documents will appear in a list or as icons in the Windows file explorer. The Preview Pa...
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How To Enable The Telnet Client In Windows 7
26 Jul 2010 by Dustin Patterson
As a system administrator, having all of your software utilities quickly accessible can make your job easier. One piece of software often used by admins is the Microsoft Telnet Client. Unlike previous versions of the Windows operating system, Windows 7 does not have the Microsoft Telnet client installed by default. System administrators can quickly see this when typing ‘telnet‘ on ...
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