Windows 7 Articles

One common question I get from friends and co-workers is how to take a regular audio CD and convert the tracks into MP3 files. The days of carrying around a […]

Don’t you hate it when need to adjust the volume on your computer only to find that the icon is missing from your taskbar? Here’s a quick tip that I […]

One of the USB ports on my desktop computer stopped working after I had plugged in a USB device and removed it without ejecting. I’ve done it a million times, […]

There are many ways to increase the performance of your PC and today’s article will talk about disabling visual effects and setting Processor Scheduling settings. These are fairly straight-forward and one […]

Need to hide a folder quickly on your Windows PC? Well, here’s a very simple way using only Windows and no third party software. This method of hiding files and folders […]

This is a guide on how to change the drive letter in Windows for an external USB device like a hard drive or USB stick. Here’s a common problem that I […]

If you recently purchased a laptop and want to fine tune your power settings for different states like plugged in or on battery, then I’ll explain all the different power […]

I don’t know about you, but I love using the Quick Launch toolbar to run all of my programs and to show the desktop without having to click on the […]

Don’t you hate it when you start up your computer and have to wait 10 minutes while all kinds of programs load up: Dropbox, antivirus, Chrome, Java, Apple, Adobe, graphics drivers, printer drivers, etc! I […]

In this article, we’re going to cover defragmenting hard drives in Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Defragging your hard drive every once in a while is very important […]

Have you ever run into the situation where you try to print something and nothing happens? You wait for it to print, but the job doesn’t go through? There are […]

If you’re still using Windows 7 because you hate Windows 8 and you use more than one monitor, you’ve probably run into the limitation of not being able to use […]

Even though Windows XP was released way back in 2001, it’s still a pretty great operating system. It’s stable, has a Start button and gets the job done. That’s why […]

I’m writing this post because I recently overheard a conversation between two friends where one recommended that the friend switch from Windows to Mac or Linux because the latter operating […]

Available in Windows 7 Professional, XP Mode allows you to integrate your physical computer’s resources with a Virtual Machine. Components you can share include drives, audio, printers, Clipboard, and smart […]

Windows 7, 8 and 10 user accounts that have administrative privileges operate differently than admin accounts in previous versions Windows. Rather than giving administrative accounts complete and unbridled access to […]

If you’re someone who happily created pixel art using Paint on Windows XP or Windows Vista, you’re probably going to hate the new Paint in Windows 7. Even though the […]