Windows Tools, Help & Guides

Personally, I don’t see the point in upgrading your hardware if your computer does everything you need it to. However, sometimes it’s nice to improve what you already have. In this guide we will learn how to make the most out of the hardware you have and make Windows 7 run faster. (Here’s a similar list for Windows XP and for Windows Vista.)

I highly recommend you create a system restore point before starting.

Note: There is a lot of crossover with this guide and the guide to extend laptop battery life as some of the procedures, listed below, will help save power.

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If you are one of the unlucky … ahem.. few, who don’t have the space or wifes approval to buy a second (or third) monitor for your desktop computer, then this is definitively for you.

OR, let’s say that you have connected your computer to your projector or TV and the TV-Driver doesn’t support your 1900×1280 (or similar) screen resolution, but a mere 800×600. What do you do ? Switch resolution each and every time you mirror your desktop ?

OR, Maybe, maybe you just want to have different desktop settings for individual programs and  tasks …

DEXPOT, will let you do all this and much more on 20 virtual Desktops at once!

Windows Guides’ Rating	Compatible with
5 out of 5

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Windows 7 has come to us as a revolution: and not just for the common user. Every change is never easy–and this is a big one–especially for people coming from Windows XP. We can be overwhelmed by the many features Windows 7 has.  But what happens if you want to do more than just use it this new operating system? Continue reading and you will see how to know more about this impressive operating system.

1. Windows Guides

One good way to start is reading the book “Windows 7 The Pocket Guide”:

Instructions to Get Free Books

If you prefer to read articles online:

• Use Check Boxes & Single-Click in Windows Explorer [Quick Tip]
• Listen to your devices on Windows 7 [How To]
• Create a Bootable Windows 7 System Repair USB Drive [Netbooks]
• Set an Automatic Wallpaper Slideshow in Windows 7

The list is very impressive and I can only suggest you read every article you find in this section:

Windows Guides – Windows 7

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If you have cats or other pets (and kids) running loose around your house, you might have experienced that when you go away for a few minutes, you return to a document where they have “typed” their own indecipherable language. Might be a fun read, at first. But if this get to be an annoying situation, what do you do ?

Lock your Computer ?

Well, yes, you can do that. It’s just that, it too gets quite annoying over time. It takes too much time to “recover” from the Locked State. Even using the Windows-Key + L combination. If only you could type the Windows-Key + L combination to Unlock as well (Microsoft; if you’re reading this, it’s a free tip for you).

Lock Only your Keyboard and/or Mouse

I have come across a small freeware that let you not only lock your keyboard and Mouse, but also lets you decide HOW locked down they should be, while keeping the rest of your computer Un-Locked.

Windows Guides’ Rating	Compatible with
5 out of 5

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In this article, I share five of the best free media players for Windows. If you have suggestions for other media players, let us know in the comments.

I chose these media players with the following requirements in mind:

• The media player should play most file types out of the box.
• The media player should be free and not include adware, spyware etc.
• The media players should work on all recent versions of Windows (XP, Vista, and 7.)

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Before, I made a review on CompanionLink Professional. Very kindly, CompanionLink have given us three licenses of CompanionLink Professional (worth $99.95), as well as their RunStart installation service (worth $39).

To enter, all you have to do is visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BXKW2D6 by Friday the 21st of May 2010 (11:59PM BST), and answer the questions. We’ll then enter you into our competition, and you could win.

The contest has ended, but you can download a 14-day free trial over at the CompanionLink website, by clicking here.