2011 is gone, and this means it’s time to turn that old bucket of bolts near your desk into a new, pleasant computer. But how do you do this without installing new hardware and spending a ton of money? That’s easy! Install some new, juicy applications that give your computer a change of pace. I now present you with the 10 juiciest applications for Windows 7 you probably never knew about.
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10 Juicy Applications For Windows 7
By | January 16, 2012 | 5 Comments
Get Notified Of Weather Change With AeroWeather For Windows 7
By | January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Have you ever stepped outside of your office at the end of the day and realized how the weather outside was different than you expected? Here’s a fun feature to add a little pizzazz to your desktop and give you an idea of what the weather really is. AeroWeather displays and changes a color on your UI to indicate the weather conditions or temperature outside. This free and fun gadget livens up your desktop and keeps you up to date with the weather conditions outside your door. It’s super fast and easy to install and starts working instantly!
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How To Setup, Connect, and Accept Remote Desktop Connections In Windows 7
By | December 31, 2011 | 3 Comments
Microsoft Remote Desktop Manager for Windows 7 allows you to connect to any computers in your network. This allows access to files, documents and Network resources on each PC as though you were sitting directly in front of it, regardless of the location.
Begin by allowing access to the workstation. If your OS doesn’t have it already installed, the Standard Edition is free and can be downloaded quickly. It has all the main features most people would need to connect to a remote computer. If you need something more heavy-duty, there is a paid Enterprise version for connection needs such as VPN. Here is a walk through of how to setup the free Standard Edition of Remote Desktop.
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4 Great Windows 7 Tips That You Never Know Existed
By | November 5, 2011 | 4 Comments
For a normal Windows 7 users, most of the time, you will just accept the default setting of the operating system and not change too much of its internal settings so as to reduce the chances of breaking the system. However, there are some of us who love to tweak the settings to make our workflow more productive and effective. Below are 4 great Windows 7 tips that are seldom covered and should get your productivity up.
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How to Free Up Drive Space By Removing Shadow Copies [Windows]
By | October 22, 2011 | 1 Comment
Have you ever noticed that something other than your files seems to be eating away at your drive space? If you’re an uber-nerd like myself, you may have indeed selected all your folders in explorer, viewed their properties and wondered why the total is lower than the total space in use on the drive. Time to demystify!
When you install new software, run patch updates or setup new devices, Windows may automatically create a system snapshot before making changes to the system. Should something stop working, you then have the option to roll back the changes to one of these snapshots using system restore. Depending on your settings, Windows may also keep copies of files like your documents or pictures, which you can roll back to earlier versions.
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VMware Fusion: Run Windows Seamlessly On Your Mac
By | August 16, 2011 | 1 Comment
Following Apple’s switch from PowerPC to Intel processors as the engines to power their computers, the horizons of Mac users were thus widened to enable booting into a fully native copy of Windows, with all respective drivers and settings taken care of via Boot Camp. All of a sudden the potential market share for Apple’s computers skyrocketed and Macs became much more flexible for gaming and the workplace.
Mac users are not limited to Boot Camp to run Windows on their Macs however, with applications such as VMware Fusion allowing the user to run Windows within OS X; as long as your Mac is powered by an Intel processor and has enough RAM to do so (4GB recommended, though less is possible), you can now seamlessly move between each OS’s flagship programs and enjoy the increase in productivity which this brings.
Read on to see how this process works…
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How to Increase the Memory Limit for 32-bit Applications in Windows 64-bit OS
By | August 13, 2011 | 6 Comments
Most of us are now probably using a 64-bit Microsoft Operating System like Windows 7 x64 or Windows Vista x64, which allows the computer to address more than 3GB of RAM. Did you know, however, that any 32-bit applications you run are still limited to making use of only 2GB of RAM? This includes many games and probably the version of Microsoft Office you have installed, unless you specifically opted to install the 64-bit version.
You might wonder why this is a problem. Well, obviously if your system has more than 2GB of RAM, it’d be great to allow your applications or games to make use of it. Furthermore, some applications actually crash when they hit this limit, or start popping up boxes with out of memory errors. If you work on large excel files (500,000 rows+) then you’ll know what I’m talking about.
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What Is File Streams And How to Make Good Use of Them? [Explanation]
By | February 12, 2011 |
When Microsoft designed Windows, instead of using a normal attribute to store information of a file (for example, the date the file was created), it decides to store this information in a hidden place. This hidden place is known as the file streams.
In this tutorial, you will learn about file streams and how you can put them to good use.
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How To Fix Network Problems Using Command Line Tools In Windows 7
By | February 8, 2011 |
Solving a network problem can be hard and frustrating. While you can check your internet connection using the Windows Network Diagnostic tool, it is hardly enough to solve most problems. Sometime, you might have to troubleshoot via the hard way – the command line way.
There are several advantages to using th command line instead of the visual interface:
- We can check on individual item, and isolate those that are causing the problems.
- Command line tend to have more options so we can test the system deeply.
- We can use scripts to automate the process.
In this article, we will show you how to diagnose and fix network problems using the command line.
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How To Limit Disk Space Usage By Users In Windows 7
By | February 5, 2011 |
You just bought a 2TB hard disk and weeks later, you find that you are running out of hard disk space again. Sound familiar? No matter how big your hard disks are, sooner or later they are going to run out of space. The rate your storage space diminishes will be even faster if your computer is shared by several users, unless you place a cap on your users disk space usage.
In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to limit the disk space usage of your users in Windows 7.
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