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Windows 7: Manage Portable Devices [How To]

Posted by Rich On January - 19 - 20092 COMMENTS

Windows 7 comes with a new interface to manage your portable devices and printers. This is a great way to manage all the gadgets we seem to have these days and in this guide, you’ll get a sneak peak at the interface and learn some of the things you can do through it.

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Block Drives, Folders, and Files from Other 7/Vista User Accounts [How To]

Posted by Rich On January - 18 - 20099 COMMENTS

You may not want other users of your computer having access to certain data on your machine. In this guide you’ll learn about permissions and how to apply them to drives, files, and folders in Windows 7 and Vista.

One of the readers of Windows Guides asked me how to protect an entire drive from access by other users, which is something you too may want to do. The procedure for this is very simple and very effective.

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Windows 7: Rate and Improve Your Computer’s Performance [How To]

Posted by Rich On January - 18 - 200975 COMMENTS

Like Windows Vista, Windows Seven comes with a performance rating tool, which rates your system and then gives you tips on improving it. In this guide, you’ll learn how to use Windows 7’s Performance Information Tools to rate your system.

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Install Custom Fonts in Windows [How To]

Posted by Rich On January - 18 - 200912 COMMENTS

There are many free fonts available online; to install a new font (note: if you’re an XP user, scroll down to the XP Method Section):

Download a font
If the font file is in a .zip archive, right click the file and click Extract
Right click on the font file and click Install

Install a New Font – Method 2

To install a font through the font manager, do the following:

Download a font
If the font file is in a .zip archive, right click the file and click Extract
Click the Start button, type font, and click on Fonts
Drag the font file into the Font manager

XP Method

For Windows XP users:

Download a font
If the font file is in a .zip archive, right click the file and click Extract
Open C:\Windows\Fonts
Drag the font file to the Fonts folder:

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Enjoy your new fonts.

Windows 7: Change Mouse Scroll Wheel Settings [How To]

Posted by Rich On January - 17 - 200927 COMMENTS

Like in Windows Vista, you can configure the behavior of the mouse wheel in Windows 7. I use a mouse with a wheel most of the time and I frequently utilize the mouse wheel. If you too use the wheel, you may find benefit in configuring the behavior of it.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to configure mouse wheel behavior in Windows 7. This guide also applies to Windows Vista.

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Windows 7: Sharpen Screen Text Fonts [How To]

Posted by Rich On January - 17 - 2009ADD COMMENTS

ClearType is a software technology developed by Microsoft. This technology improves text on LCD screens, which typically come with laptops, PDAs, and flat-panel monitors.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to use Windows 7’s ClearType Text Tuner, which will sharpen fonts and make writing look almost as good as it does on paper.

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