Archive: Posts Tagged ‘Windows’

How-to: Open file or folder properties without context menu

Windows November 11th, 2011

Normally you would access the properties of a file or folder by right-clicking it, then selecting Properties from the appearing context menu. Did you know that you can open these properties without using your mouse?

For a more beautiful web: IE9 Final has been released

Browsers March 15th, 2011

Microsoft has finished version 9 of the popular Windows Internet Explorer web browser. Starting from today, the new browser version is offered for free download on the Web.

How-to: Reduce hard disk access in Windows 7

Windows 7 February 3rd, 2011

Once per minute, Windows 7 writes a timestamp to disk. This enables diagnostic tools to check whether and when Windows has been shut down unexpectedly. For home usage, you can safely disable the timestamp. This reduces write access to your hard disk.

How-to: Increase your Internet Speed

Windows 7 February 3rd, 2011

In this tutorial I’m going to show you a quick way to eliminate bandwidth restrictions. Windows OS come to us with a lot of unknown restrictions and limitations.

Rumor: Windows 8 to release in January 2013

Windows 8 January 23rd, 2011

Microsoft is perhaps going to release the Windows 7 successor later than expected. This is what rumors about Microsoft’s possible development roadmap might reveal.

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is done

Windows 7 January 15th, 2011

Microsoft has finished the development of the first major update to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Service Pack 1 does not have any visible changes to the system, but bundles all previously published security and stability updates for Windows 7.

How-to: Disable Windows Live Messenger

Messenger January 11th, 2011

Even if you don’t use it for chatting with friends, Windows Live Messenger keeps starting up every time you start your computer. The solution: disable Messenger’s auto-start.

32 or 64 Bit: What Makes the Difference?

Windows December 5th, 2010

In recent times, the 64 bit architecture gets more and more important. What is common for 32 and 64 bit, what do you have to pay attention to?

Start Task Manager faster with your mouse

Windows December 5th, 2010

There are many ways to open the Task Manager. You like using the mouse? Opening Task Manager without your keyboard is possible too.

Windows 8 in about 2 years, says MS NL

Windows 8 October 25th, 2010

Dutch Microsoft managers have talked about the Windows 8 roadmap. They also mentioned details about the release of Windows 7 Service Pack 1.