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Windows Search has gradually improved with each successive version of the operating system. In Windows 7, search is central to how the file system works and you’ll find search boxes in the Start Menu and every folder window. Although search in Windows 7 is pretty...Blog, Featured, Pre-7 Windows, Tips, Tools and techniques, Windows, Windows 7, Windows XP
Open any Windows application and take a look at its Open and Save As dialog boxes. Notice how they look pretty much like the dialog boxes in any other application? That’s because Microsoft provides programmers with a set of common dialog boxes. Any programmer may use...Basic Computing, Blog, Mac, Tips, Tools and techniques, Windows
I was sitting around a fire with a bunch of friends on the weekend and one of them was doing some work on her notebook. All of a sudden she cried out – her battery had died and she hadn’t saved her work. “Don’t you hit Ctrl-S all the...Tips, Tools and techniques, Windows, Windows 7
In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, you can search for a file directly from the Start menu. To do so, click the Start button, type part of the file’s name in the search box at the bottom of the Start menu, and then click the most promising looking match in the...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...