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Windows 7: How to Reset the Recycle Bin

Contributed by shamanstears on June 28, 2009 under Windows

Sometimes the Recycle Bin can become corrupted and prevent you from deleting files from it (or emptying it). By following a few simple steps, you can give full functionality to your Recycle Bin.

Windows 7: Change Recycle Bin Space Allocation

Contributed by shamanstears on June 22, 2009 under Windows

The default settings for allocating space for deleted files that go to the Recycle Bin may be set to high (especially if you use large capacity drives). You can customize the space set aside on each drive or turn the feature off for any or all drives. To change the amount of space allocated, follow these steps.

Windows 7: Make Aero Perform Faster

Contributed by shamanstears on June 18, 2009 under Windows

If your video card is having a hard time with the Aero interface and you’d like to continue to enjoy Aero’s features (such as Flip 3D and the taskbar thumbnails) follow these instructions to speed up Aero…

Windows 7: How to Reset the Thumbnail Cache

Contributed by shamanstears on June 10, 2009 under Windows

If the thumbnail pictures are not displaying correctly, resetting the thumbnail cache will fix this (most of the time). Resetting the cache will clear it and force the automatic creation of the thumbnails as needed.

Windows 7: Place Windows Live Messenger in the System Tray

Contributed by shamanstears on June 1, 2009 under Windows

By default, Windows 7 keeps the Windows Live Messenger icon on the Taskbar instead of moving to the system tray. If you want it off of your Taskbar so that it behaves like it did before, you can easily place it on the system tray, giving you more room on your Taskbar for other applications and files.

Windows 7: Pin the Control Panel to the Taskbar for Easy Access

Contributed by shamanstears on May 27, 2009 under Windows

By pinning the Control Panel to the Taskbar, you can use its Jump List to easily access the various control options such as Administrative Tools, Devices and Printers, System, etc. By eliminating the necessity to open the Control Panel to get to these, you save precious time.

Windows 7: My System Won’t Stop Restarting (Looping on System Failure)

Contributed by shamanstears on May 26, 2009 under Windows

If you a bad driver installed on your system and have Windows 7 set to automatically restart upon system failure, your computer can become stuck in a loop of restarting. You can easily get out of this loop and work on fixing your system’s error.

Windows 7: How to Format Sticky Note Text

Contributed by shamanstears on May 22, 2009 under Windows

While the Sticky Notes found in Windows 7 can be useful, they also look rather bland. To make them more functional, you can format the text by making it bold or underlined, larger or smaller in size, and even use various types of lists such as bullets or numbers.