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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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If you spend time in more than one time zone, have family around the world, or a really too lazy to work out what time it is in Japan, this guide is for you. Learn, in this tutorial, how to add multiple clocks in Windows 7.

This tip also works for Windows Vista, but the screenshots come from Windows 7.

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dishant has written a quick how-to guide on speeding up taskbar thumbnails in Windows 7 over at the forums.

Speed Up Taskbar Thumbnails in Windows 7

This guide is included as part of the Windows Guides security and administration series. In this guide, you will learn what the Windows Registry is, how to access and configure it, and how to backup and restore it.

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This guide is included as part of the Windows Guides security and administration series. In this guide, you will learn what the Group Policy Editor is and how to access and configure it.

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With screen resolutions always increasing, it can be harder to read the small writing on the screen. To increase accessibility for Windows 7, you can increase the size of screen fonts to make things easier to read.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to increase the font size in Windows 7.

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