How to Run a Power Efficiency Report in Windows 7
Posted on November 17, 2009 - Filed Under Windows 7 | 6 Comments
Windows 7 has some pretty cool new features and one of those is the energy efficiency report. What’s that you ask? It basically lets you find out what is eating up all your battery power and analyze the efficiency of your computer.
So how can you run this report? Well, first you need to make sure you run it when your computer is idle and you have exited all programs. Now start an elevated command prompt in Windows 7.
Windows 7 Cannot Connect to Internet
Posted on November 16, 2009 - Filed Under Windows 7 | Leave a Comment
Having problems connecting to the Internet on your new Windows 7 machine? Windows 7 is great and can automatically fix a lot of common problems related to connecting to the Internet, but not all!
The first thing you should try if you having Internet problems is to try and connect from both a wireless and wired connection. You first want to try and narrow down the problem to Windows 7, to your network setup, or to your Internet provider.
Windows 7 – How to burn CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs
Posted on November 13, 2009 - Filed Under Windows 7 | 2 Comments
Windows 7 comes with it’s own Explorer integrated CD/DVD burner. We have shown you before how to create DVD movies using Windows 7 movie maker, but this time we will look at it’s capability to burn generic files. Creating data discs in Windows 7 is very intuitive.
Pop-in a blank DVD or CD and it will automatically prompt you with the “burn a disc” window. The default disc title appears as the current date and you will have two options to choose from – like a USB flash drive or with a CD/DVD player.
Windows 7 – How to Troubleshoot Problems with Aero Peek and Aero Shake
Posted on November 12, 2009 - Filed Under Windows 7 | Leave a Comment
Windows 7 has some cool new features like Aero Shake and Aero Peek. Aero Peek is a quick way to see what’s on your desktop by simply moving your mouse to the right edge of the taskbar.
You can also quickly bring up another program to the front by moving your mouse over the thumbnail preview in the taskbar. Aero Shake is a nifty feature that lets you shake a window and automatically have all other open windows minimized. Shake it again and all the windows come back.
Windows 7 Color Calibrate – How to Calibrate your Monitor
Posted on November 11, 2009 - Filed Under Windows 7 | 1 Comment
Depending on what kind of monitor or screen you are using, you may have to calibrate your display to get the proper color settings. Calibrating is highly recommended even if you think everything looks wonderful.
You can calibrate your display in Windows 7 using the Display Color Calibration wizard. You can get to this by going to Control Panel, clicking on Appearance and Personalization and then clicking on the Display header. Then click Calibrate color in the left menu:
How to Mount a Virtual Hard Disk in Windows 7
Posted on November 10, 2009 - Filed Under Windows 7 | 1 Comment
With Windows 7, you now have some cool options for backing up and restoring your computer. I’ve previously written about backing up your computer using the built-in backup tool in Windows XP, but the new version is way better.
In Windows 7, when you perform a backup of your computer, the backup software will create a virtual hard disk file (VHD). If you have used Virtual PC 2007 before, you’ll know what I’m talking about.
