Windows 7 Tips and Tricks


1.Windows 7: System Requirements
2.Get Quick Launch toolbar back
3.Windows Vista taskbar
4.5 Great New Features Of Windows 7
5.Windows 7 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts or Hotkeys List
6.General Keyboard Shortcuts, and Other Old and Useful Key Combinations
7.How to Make Windows 7 Password Recovery Disk

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Windows Vista taskbar

Right-click on the taskbar and choose the properties dialog. Select the "small icons" checkbox and under the "taskbar buttons" setting, choose "combine when taskbar is full".

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Get Quick Launch toolbar back

1. Right-click the taskbar, choose Toolbars / New Toolbar

2. In the folder selection dialog, enter the following string and hit OK:

%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

3. Turn off the "lock the taskbar" setting, and right-click on the divider. Make sure that "Show text" and "Show title" are disabled and the view is set to "small icons".

4. Use the dividers to rearrange the toolbar ordering to choice, and then lock the taskbar again.

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Windows 7: System Requirements

To run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it takes:

* 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

* 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)

* 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

* DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

Additional requirements to use certain features:

* Internet access (fees may apply)

* Depending on resolution, video playback may require additional memory and advanced graphics hardware

* For some Windows Media Center functionality a TV tuner and additional hardware may be required

* Windows Touch and Tablet PCs require specific hardware

* HomeGroup requires a network and PCs running Windows 7

* DVD/CD authoring requires a compatible optical drive

* BitLocker requires Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2

* BitLocker To Go requires a USB flash drive

* Windows XP Mode requires an additional 1 GB of RAM, an
additional 15 GB of available hard disk space, and a processor
capable of hardware virtualization with Intel VT or AMD-V turned on

* Music and sound require audio output

Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require advanced or additional hardware.

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5 Great New Features Of Windows 7

1. Opening multiple Instances of the same program

2. Problem Steps Recorder

3. Pin Favorite Folders

4. Moving Windows and such

5. Shortcuts to start pinned taskbar items


1. Opening multiple Instances of the same program

Want to open multiple instances of the same program? Maybe a second command prompt or another application that can be opened in multiple instances? Instead of opening the program again the usual way you can simply press the SHIFT key and left-click on the first instance in the Windows Taskbar to open a second one.

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5 Great New Features Of Windows 7

2. Problem Steps Recorder

If you ever had to do phone support you know how hard it can be to understand what the user on the other end of the phone did and wants. The Problem Steps Recorder is a sweet little tool in Windows 7 that can be used by the user to record his steps.

psr.exe

All that the user needs to do is start the recorder by entering psr in the Start Menu box and click on Start Record in the program interface. Screenshots will be taken from user actions. It is possible to add comments at any time if the user feels so. The whole recording will be saved as a zip file containing a slideshow of the actions.

3. Pin Favorite Folders

Want to add a favorite folders to Windows Explorer to be able to access them faster? Just drag and drop the folder to the favorites menu. It will remain there until you delete it with the delete key again.

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5 Great New Features Of Windows 7

4. Moving Windows and such

Windows 7 introduces several new keyboard shortcuts for window management. Some useful ones are:

* [Windows Shift Left Arrow] or [Windows Shift Right Arrow] to move windows from one computer monitor to another.
* [Windows Left Arrow] or [Windows Right Arrow] to dock windows to the left or right side
* [Windows Up Arrow] to maximize a window
* [Windows Down Arrow] to restore or minimize windows
* [Windows Home] to minimize all windows but the active one

5. Shortcuts to start pinned taskbar items

Pressing [Win Number] will start a new instance of a pinned taskbar item. You should also note that the items can be dragged and dropped into different positions easily.

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Windows 7 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts or Hotkeys List

Win+Left / Win+Right Arrow: Dock or Maximize the Window to the Left/Right side of the screen



Win+Up: Maximize the active window

Win+Down: Minimize the current Window and restore the previous state, if the Window state is maximized.

Win+Home: Minimize all except for the current window

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Windows 7 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts or Hotkeys List

Win+T: Cycle or scroll through Programs (thumbnails) on the Taskbar.


SHIFT+Click or Middle Click a Taskbar item: Starts a new instance of the particular program

Win+TaskBar Position e.g. Win+1, Win+2, Win+6: This feature is included in Vista but it will launch the program in Quick launch bar. Now It will open any program located in the New Taskbar.

Note: Unlike in Vista, the first position is number 1.

Ctrl+Click: Switch and open the group of programs in the Taskbar one by one.

Win + Right Arrow + Enter: Shutdown your Windows 7 easily

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General Keyboard Shortcuts, and Other Old and Useful Key Combinations


Win+R: Open the Run Window

Alt+Tab: Switch between open items



Windows 7 Tip: Use the arrow keys afterwards

Win+Tab: Cycle or scroll through Programs using Aero Flip3D


Start Search and press CTRL+Shift+Enter Key: Open the program in Administrator priviledge

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