You may be able to run Windows 7 on your current PC. Here’s how to find out. Download and run the Upgrade Advisor In general, if your PC can run Windows Vista, it can run Windows 7. But if you’re not running Windows Vista, or are just not sure if your system is ready to […]
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Open IE’s Private Browsing Mode the Easy Way
July 16th, 2009 
Kapuwa Internet Explorer’s “private browsing” mode is an excellent way to hide what you’re looking at from prying eyes, but it’s normally hidden under a menu… but we can make it easier to access. The Normal Way To open an InPrivate Browsing window, you can either use the Ctrl+Shift+P shortcut key, or just use the Safety […]
Work Faster with new Windows 7 Short cuts keys
July 14th, 2009 Kapuwa Windows 7 beta 1 includes some handy new shortcut key combinations that allow you to navigate and manage the Windows workspace more efficiently. Here are 10 new Windows 7 shortcuts that will help you speed up your workflow (“Win” means the Windows Key): Win+Home: Clear all but the active window Win+Space: All windows become transparent […]
Windows 7 System Maintenance Tool
July 10th, 2009 Kapuwa With Windows 7 Microsoft introduces a system maintenance tool. You are curious what it is doing, right? It checks for: – Broken shortcuts – Unused desktop icons Update: – Troubleshooting history / Error reports taking up disk space – System Timecorrection – Disk Volume errors And also collects system information: Random Info: I […]
BitLocker To Go Encrypts Portable Flash Drives in Windows 7
July 8th, 2009 Kapuwa The BitLocker feature was introduced in Windows Vista and allowed you to encrypt the content of your hard drive. Now in Windows 7 they offer BitLocker To Go which allows you to encrypt portable USB flash drives. First open up My Computer and Right-click on the flash drive you want to encrypt and select Turn […]
Disable Aero Shake in Windows 7
July 5th, 2009 Kapuwa One of the interesting new features in Windows 7 is the way you can grab a window by the title bar and “shake” it back and forth to minimize everything else. It’s a fun feature, but just in case you want to disable it we’ve got the solution for you. Disable Aero Shake Manual Registry […]
Wheres High Performance power plan in Windows 7 RC1?
July 4th, 2009 Kapuwa Yeh you cant see it once you click on battery icon on task bar. click on battery icon and select “more power options” click on Down arrow next to category “Show Additional Plans” there you will get the “High Performance” power plan
After upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 missing All Programs and Start menu icons
July 4th, 2009 Kapuwa Looks like there is a 70 menu items limit in windows 7 Rc1 move programs from C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs to a another subfolder& keep less than 70 programs @ root level.
