One of the strange changes that came with Windows 7, at least for those of us who previously used Windows XP, is that some of the operating system options don’t work the same way. Advanced Windows users often want to display all the hidden files and folders, including protected operating system files(which is a separate [...]
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What’s This Desktop (or Desktop.ini) File on my Windows 7 Desktop?
Filed Under: Computers, Operating Systems, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows 7 Tagged With: computing, desktop, desktop icon, desktop ini, desktops, features new to windows 7, graphical user interface, hidden files, ini, microsoft windows, operating system, start menu, windows 7, windows desktop, windows explorer, windows nt, windows shell, windows xp
Can’t Send Reduced Size File Attachments
Subscriber Richard Fuller wrote from New Zealand to ask about a problem he was having in emailing photos… Hullo Terry, Here’s a problem that’s new to me. When sending photographs by e-mail I always use the Send To > Mail Recipient feature of Windows Explorer to reduce the file size and make the pictures viewable [...]
Filed Under: Communications, Computers, Email, How To, Operating Systems, Software, Thunderbird, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows XP Tagged With: attachments, computing, e mail, email smaller images, email smaller photos, file attachment, file sizes, filing, microsoft windows, mozilla thunderbird, reduce, reduce file size, reduced size, richard fuller, send, shrink images, Thunderbird, window, windows 7, windows explorer, windows vista, windows xp
Preventing Windows Auto-Restarting on System Errors
Ever had a problem where Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 would have an internal problem, flash an error message at you, and immediately reboot while you were trying to figure out what happened? One of the default settings in Windows is responsible for that automatic reboot. Fortunately, it’s also one that’s easy to change. [...]
Filed Under: 64-bit, Computers, How To, Operating Systems, Repair, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows - Other, Windows 7, Windows Registry, Windows Vista, Windows XP Tagged With: auto-reboot, auto-restart, control panels, dialog box, error, microsoft windows, preventing, reboot, rebooting, restart, system, system errors, system reboot, windows, windows 7, windows update, windows vista, windows xp
Outlook Express 6 Prints Email Headers Only
Subscriber Marc Taylor asked for some help solving a problem with Outlook Express 6: Searched the site but found nothing re: this problem. Currently running OE 6 on a Toshiba laptop running XP SP3 and it quit printing the body of an e-mail. Just prints header info. Have tried different printers. Any ideas? Thanks, Marc [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Email, Operating Systems, Outlook Express, Repair, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Updates, Windows, Windows XP Tagged With: computing, e mail, email, express, ftp clients, headers, home theater, internet explorer, internet explorer 7, internet explorer 8, microsoft windows, mozilla thunderbird, OE, outlook express, outlook express 6, prints, rss aggregators, solve, toshiba laptops, windows 7
Displaying Hidden Directories and Files
Longtime subscriber Mike G. wrote to ask about a hidden directory on his computer. One of the cleaner utilities reported temporary files in a directory he could not find: Hi Terry, When using "cleanup software", such as CCleaner, The analysis frequently shows temporary files from the internet at "T:\temp\Temporary Internet Files\IE5….". However when I open [...]
Filed Under: Computers, File system, Operating Systems, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows - Other, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP Tagged With: attrib, computer file, computing, directories, directory, displaying, file managers, files, filing, hidden directories, hidden file and hidden directory, hidden files, hidden folders, microsoft outlook, microsoft windows, show hidden files, special folders, temporary files, temporary folder, temporary internet files, windows explorer
Where Are The Windows 7 Libraries?
Longtime subscriber Stephen wrote with a question since he had recently shifted from WinXP to Windows 7: Seasons greetings Terry I did have my data saved on a second drive on my old XP box and followed a good backup procedure Now I have a new computer running Win7 I was told to have this [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Hard Drives, Operating Systems, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows 7 Tagged With: backup drives, computer file, data storage, file managers, folders, hidden folders, library, my documents, special folders, user profiles, windows 7, windows explorer
HOWTO: Saving Files in Windows 7 Libraries
Windows 7 Libraries are convenient ways to access the contents of folders (directories) that may be scattered across multiple hard drives or may be buried deeply within hierarchies of Windows 7 folders. Using libraries to look at pictures, or to open a file for editing, works great. If you opened a file from a sub-directory [...]
Filed Under: Computers, File system, Operating Systems, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows 7 Tagged With: computer file, computer file management, directory, files, filing, folder, hard drives, howto, libraries, library, microsoft windows, my documents, subdirectory, virtual folder, window, windows 7, windows explorer, windows vista
More Positive Feedback on WinPatrol Plus
After my recent article about WinPatrol, long-time subscriber Al Soroka wrote about his experience with WinPatrol and WinPatrol Plus — and how they had helped protect his computer: I followed your recommendation last year and purchased & installed WinPatrol Plus. Earlier this year I purchased a new Kodak AIO printer and as part of their [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Free Software, Software, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows Tagged With: boot files, conime exe, feedback, kodak, social issues, trojan virus, winpatrol
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