Archive for the 'Windows' Category

Changing the unresponsive Vista Power button

If you’re on Vista, one of the annoyances is when you hit the Power button, but your system just won’t shutdown and keeps going to a sleep state. In fact, the default function of the Power button in Windows Vista is Sleep.
The task of changing the power button action is much easier in Windows 7. [...]

Relocating system files

After my last post about correcting a low disk space warning by moving and storing your user files on a secondary partition, I noticed that I did not mention the fact that is possible to relocate your XP created system files. This can be particularly useful when you are already familiar with saving everything to [...]

Registry backup – How to do one

The fault tolerance of all Windows operating systems is pretty well zero. If the registry becomes corrupt your computer cannot run, let alone start! Because of this extreme dependence on the registry, Windows implements an all or nothing guarantee in its registry. What this means is that if you are in the process of editing [...]

Windows Vista annoying pop ups

If you have worked with Windows Vista, it will occur to you just how annoying those notification pop up balloons are on the task bar. So Vista is on it’s way out soon, but this is for those of you with Vista.
You’ll see those balloons when your wireless connection is disconnected, when it’s in the [...]

Windows 7 taskbar

With the advent of Windows 7 there have been some really big changes introduced.  Some of the first things users will notice are the fact that the look and feel of the new Windows 7 OS has changed. It actually looks more like the Mac OS, familiar to Mac users.
PC users will immediately notice the [...]

Windows shell extensions

A common problem with Windows XP installations is process crashes. Some of the most common process or application crashes that you may experience are Windows Explorer crashes. Do not confuse Windows Explorer with Internet Explorer however. Windows Explorer is the built in Windows feature that allows you to look in your hard drive and system [...]