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 [...]
HOWTO: Saving Files in Windows 7 Libraries
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
Windows 7 System File Checker SFC Finds Corrupt Files But Couldn’t Fix Them
Longtime subscriber Robert Herzog wrote to ask about a problem that he was having with his Windows 7 installation: Hi Terry, I have a windows 7/64 SP1 home premium system and run SFC (the Windows "System File Checker" — Terry) once a month. All was well until last week when I ran SFC and got [...]
Filed Under: 64-bit, Computers, Hard Drives, Operating Systems, Repair, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows - Other, Windows 7, Windows Registry, Windows Vista, Windows XP Tagged With: corrupt files, corrupted files, filing, finds, fix, microsoft windows, sfc, system file checker, window, windows 7, windows system, windows vista
Changing Windows Power Options – Sleep Options
How can you stop your computer from going to sleep? That’s the question that subscriber Helen Provencal wrote recently to ask: Hi terry I have a new computer. It has Windows Vista, it is only 4years old. The problem I am having is it closes when I am not using it. Why does it do [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Operating Systems, Software, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows - Other, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP Tagged With: change, change window, computers, computing, microsoft windows, new computers, options, power options, sleep, sleeping, window, window vista, windows, windows nt, windows vista
Windows 7 Web Browser Hesitation
New subscriber Big Daddy wrote with a question about a hesitation problem he is having when using his web browser: The problem I am having is, am thinking I didn’t have this problem when I was using "Windows XP", I am running "Windows 7", whenever I click on a link I see no affirmation from [...]
Filed Under: Communications, Computers, Internet Explorer, Operating Systems, Software, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Web Browsing, Windows, Windows 7 Tagged With: browser windows, computing, hesitate, hesitation, hypertext, internet explorer, menu bar, microsoft windows, run windows, system software, web browser, win7, windows, windows 7, windows nt, windows update, windows xp, winxp
Problems Searching With Windows 7
Subscriber Charles Slavens wrote: I think have to find another search function for Win7. I have a three-drawer blackplate which houses SATA drives that I swap in and out. Also I have an external 2tb stripe drive and others drives that I occasionally plug in when needed. I can’t figure out how to search these [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Hard Drives, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows 7
How to Start Windows 7 – Without Putting In Your Password
Occasionally, I hear a question from a Windows 7 user who would like to automatically log-in to Windows 7 when they boot, without stopping to pick the user ID and password. You can do this, but the steps are not particularly intuitive. First, if you have created multiple users on the computer, only one user [...]
Filed Under: Computers, How To, Operating Systems, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows 7 Tagged With: automatically log, automatically login, automatically logon, computing, control alt delete, graphical identification and authentication, how to start, microsoft windows, password, shutdown, start, start button, start windows, switch user, user id, users, window, windows 7, windows logo, windows vista
Getting Control of Auto-Starting Programs
In my article Speeding Up the Slow Computer, I wrote about several ways that a slow computer could be speeded up. Only one of those options involved changing any hardware, and that was adding more memory. I mentioned the problem of all the helper programs that get installed by the computer manufacturers and by other [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Software, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Upgrading from an XP Desktop to a Win7 Notebook
Subscriber Cosby Chaney wrote to ask about upgrading his computer: Terry, I’m thinking of replacing my aging desktop. Do you think I would do just as well to purchase a large screen laptop rather than another desktop? And if so, please give me a recommendation. Also, I wonder if I’ll be able to transfer everything [...]
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