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Create Administrator Mode Shortcuts in Windows 7
One of the most talked about annoyances in Windows Vista are the UAC prompts that constantly pop up when you are trying to make system changes. It’s especially irritating when you often need to run a…..

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Access Hidden Themes in Windows 7
Windows 7 offers you location specific Aero themes based on the language and location you pick during installation.  Here we will take a look at accessing other hidden themes from different countries....

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Change Homegroup Sharing
First type homegroup into the search box in the Start menu. This opens up the Change homegroup settings window where you just need to uncheck what libraries or printers that you don’t want shared.....

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Change Your Computer Name in Windows 7
Changing this in XP was extremely simple, but in Windows 7 or Vista it’s buried behind a few more menus. Here are three routes you can take to open up System Properties:…..

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Disable the Annoying "This page has an unspecified potential security risk"
Have you ever right-clicked on a file from a mapped share and gotten this really irritating popup message from Windows? Even more annoying, when you try and drag and drop files from a network share, you get another popup asking…..

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Easily Backup & Import Your Wireless Network Settings in Windows 7
One of the biggest annoyances when setting up wireless networks is remembering the security key and typing it correctly so that you can connect all laptops and netbooks to it. Windows 7 makes it easy to…..

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Quickly Open Network Connections List in Windows 7
One of the biggest annoyances for me in Windows 7 or Vista is that you can’t immediately open the Network Connections list to see the list of adapters like you could in XP.....

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Always Start an Application in Administrator Mode
on Windows 7

Many utilities need to be run as administrator in order to function properly, especially older utilities that haven’t been updated to support Windows 7 or Vista yet…..

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Change Your Forgotten Windows Password with the Linux System Rescue CD
If you are an Ubuntu user and forgot your password, we’ve covered how to do that as well, either the easy way with the grub menu or alternately with the live CD….

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Delete Flash Cookies to Stop Web Sites from
Secretly Tracking You

If you like to keep your browsing private, you probably already clear your history and cookies after a session, but your tracks are not completely gone….

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Toolbar Quick Launch
A popular feature in previous versions of Windows was the ability to dock a toolbar to the side of the desktop. Most people used this for an auto-hiding quick launch or address toolbar....