By default, Window 7’s Onscreen Keyboard has the numeric key pad disabled. If you use numbers a lot, you will want to enable the key pad to make it easier to input numbers.
If you use Firefox’s Find (Ctrl+F) to find a term or name on a web page, you might try using case sensitive searches to make things easier. This is disabled by default but can easily be changed by taking the following steps.
If you are running Media Center in full screen mode, the Print Screen key’s output will only be a black screen. To enable print screen functionality while in the Full Screen Mode in Media Center, follow these steps.
By default, Ctrl+Tab will switch between open tabs in Firefox. But if you are running Windows 7, you should enable Visual Previews for a sexier way of navigating your open tabs.
If you are running the 64-bit version of Windows 7 (or Vista), you will find that your PDF files do not preview in Windows Explorer as they do in the 32-bit versions. Instead, all you see is a message stating that This file can’t be previewed. To enable this functionality on your 64-bit operating system, follow these steps.
When you normally Empty Trash, the files deleted aren’t actually removed from the computer, their space is just available for other files to occupy. This means that data recovery tools can give someone access to these files. Using Secure Empty Trash will overwrite the deleted files, making sure that the file is gone for good.
What if you’re no longer friends with one of your Google Talk contacts, how do you block them so that you don’t have to keep your status as Invisible? By following these steps, you can take away their option to chat with you without having to keep hiding.
