Blog, Tips, Tools and techniques, Windows, Windows 7
Windows 7 comes with some luscious eye candy for your desktop. The built-in themes feature striking photography. If you hanker for more wallpaper you can grab additional themes from Microsoft’s Personalisation Gallery. To change your theme, right-click an empty spot...Tools and techniques, Windows, Windows 7
The breadcrumb bar, originally introduced in Vista, has brought an entirely new way of navigating in Windows. It replaces the plodding, sub-folder-based, dig-down method of yore with shortcut jumps. The breadcrumb bar provides a visual indication of the path you’ve...Tips, Tools and techniques, Windows, Windows 7
If you’ve been computing for any length of time, you’ve probably experienced that frisson of panic when you realise your data is gone—perhaps you overwrite a file or maybe your hard drive dies. If your data is well and truly gone and no amount of tinkering or...Tools and techniques, Windows, Windows 7
It’s easier to change filenames in Vista and Windows 7 than in previous versions of Windows. All you do is: Click the file to select it, then click once more. Windows automatically selects the filename so that anything you type will replace the existing name....Blog, Tips, Windows, Windows 7
Windows 7 includes all sorts of small improvements that will make your computing life more enjoyable. These tips will help you make the most of your desktop working environment. Snap tricks Snap is one of Windows 7’s nifty new features: drag a window to the side of...Basic Computing, Windows, Windows 7
With Windows 7, Microsoft has made substantial changes to the way you view and manage files within folders, building upon the dramatic improvements introduced in Vista. Compared to Windows XP, Windows 7’s file management is more powerful, more flexible and far more...