Windows Tools, Help & Guides

There were a number of surprise benefits I found upon making the conversion to Windows Media Center.

They don’t hype this much in the Microsoft literature on WMC, but I find the switch from 6 remote controls to just 1 a huge benefit. No more flailing around to set the TV to the right input, and the DVR to the right mode, and Sky box to the right channel etc. etc. It’s all right there on my new remote best friend.

The “Before” and “After” shots are below.

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Passwords are getting more and more a part of our daily life. With many services relying more and more on their users going online, you can get many passwords to keep in mind. Remembering them all can be a daunting task. And if your work make you change your passwords every other week, you’re in really big trouble.

Here in Norway we have become very Internet dependent in our every day tasks. We pay our bills online, we register our income tax report online, we make doctors appointments over the Internet, we are highly represented in Facebook and its equals . If we get unemployed, we have to register and fill in every personal information in secure websites. We even apply for loan, jobs etc via the net.

So the question is, how do you keep track of all the passwords? How creative are you ?

How easy (or hard) is it to guess your passwords ?

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There are times where you need to find out specific information about your processor.  Weather you need to check if it’s x86 or x64, AMD or Intel or its Revision number.

This Quick Tip is going to show you how to find out this very basic information instantly using only Windows Explorer and your browser.

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Yesterday Rich let you know about our new sub-forum, Windows 7 Tutorials.

Today i want to share with you some of the great content that resides here.

A big thanks go to our forum members that have contributed, keep it up!

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If you’d like to customize your drive icons like in the image above, you can do it with AdSevenDriveIconChanger.

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Yesterday, Rich let you know about our new sub-forum; Windows 7 Customization.

Today i want to share with you some of the great content that resides here.

A big thanks go to our forum members that have contributed….keep it up!

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