Remove Windows Components You Don't Need
The Windows operating system includes many built-in applications to provide extra features that you may, or may not need. When Windows starts, these applications are loaded into memory. If you don't use them, that's wasteful. More ...
How to Add and Remove Desktop Gadgets
Gadgets are little applications that you can place on your PC desktop. Some of them are gadgets that get information from your Internet connection, like stock quotes, news headlines, or whether information. Other gadgets get information from your computer, like the time, CPU utilization, or memory utilization. Many are just games. More ...
Uninstall Windows Live Messenger From Windows 7
Windows Live Messenger is part of Windows Live Essentials, which includes other Windows Live applications such as Photo Gallery and Movie Maker. Windows Live Essentials has an uninstaller which lets you remove individual components of Windows Live Essentials. More ...
Window 10 Power Management
Windows 10 has three power plans to choose from: Balanced, Power saver, and High performance. The difference between each plan is when the display turns off, and when the computer goes to sleep. You can configure each plan to your desires, and you can also create your own custom plans. More ...
Use ReadyBoost to Improve PC performance
ReadyBoost is a feature of Windows 7 that allows you to use a USB flash drive or a secure digital (SD) memory card as cache memory. When a removable memory device is inserted, Windows checks to see if it's fast enough to work with ReadyBoost. If so, you're asked if you want to use the device to speed up system performance. More ...
How to Disable Windows Explorer's Annoying Tooltips Popups
One of the most annoying things about Windows is the tooltips popup in Explorer. Generally, the reason I'm using explorer is to locate a file, but the annoying tooltips popup keeps covering up filenames. The popup itself doesn't display any useful information. More ...
Windows 10 File Explorer Ribbon
In previous versions of Windows, Windows Explorer had a toolbar at the top of the window. In Windows 10 File Explorer the toolbar has been replaced with the Ribbon. The purpose of the Ribbon is to make it easier for newbies to use Explorer commands. More ...
Add a Folder to the Windows 7 Taskbar
In Windows XP and Vista you could put a shortcut to a folder on the Taskbar by dragging the folder to the Quick Launch toolbar. By default, Windows 7 doesn't have a Quick Launch toolbar. However, you can still put a shortcut to a folder on the Taskbar. More ...
How to Determine if You have 32 bit or 64 bit Windows 7
Knowing whether you have a 32 bit or 64 bit operating system is important because 64 bit drivers will not work with a 32 bit operating system and if you have a 64 bit operating system, your computers performance will improve greatly if you use 64 bit applications and drivers. More ...
How to Configure Windows 7 Autoplay
In previous versions of Windows, you had only two choices: to autoplay or not to autoplay. Windows 7 lets you configure settings for each media type; whether to autoplay and which application to use to play. More ...
How to Connect Two Computers
For the home or the small office environment, connecting computers and resources like printers in a client-sever network configuration might be a little more hassle than you want to deal with. A "peer-to-peer", or "workgroup" configuration, might provide all the security and functionality you need with less expense and less expertise to administrator. More ...
Put a Shortcut to Windows 10 Calculator on Desktop
Window's calculator is a very powerful calculator. Through its menu you can choose the Standard calculator, the Scientific calculator, the Graphing Calculator, or the Programmer calculator. With a desktop shortcut Window's calculator can be very handy. More ...
Configure Recycle Bin to Immediately Delete Files
When you delete a file in Windows 7 it's not really deleted. By default it's moved to a special hidden system binary file at the top of each drive. But what if you're one of those people who, when they say "delete" they really mean delete? More ...
