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Windows Live Mail: Automatically Spell Check All Email Before Sending

Contributed by shamanstears on November 12, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

You can make Windows Live Mail automatically spell check all outgoing e-mails before sending. The following option will force this to occur before you send out composed messages and help avoid embarrassing spelling mistakes.

WMP 12: How to Listen to Internet Radio

Contributed by shamanstears on November 10, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

You don’t have to just rely on ripped music files or CD’s to listen to some good music. If you’ve got a good internet connection, you can use Windows Media Player to listen to internet radio and enjoy all kinds of music anytime you wish to.

WMP 12: How to Change the Default Location for Storing Ripped Music Files

Contributed by shamanstears on November 9, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

By default, Windows Media Player 12 stores the music you rip from CDs to your Music folder. You may want to store these in another folder on a larger drive. To change the default location, follow these steps.

Windows 7: How To Remove the My Bluetooth Places Icon from the Desktop

Contributed by shamanstears on under Microsoft Windows 7

If you are tired of having to deal with the My Bluetooth Places icon resting on your otherwise perfect desktop, you can get rid of it by following these steps.

Windows 7: How To Change a Library Icon

Contributed by shamanstears on November 8, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

Windows 7 allows you to create your own Libraries, but changing the icon is not a straight forward process. The GUI doesn’t allow for changing the icon and the desktop.ini file isn’t used. To change the icon, you just need to have the desired icon and a little help from our friend, Notepad.

Windows 7: How To Enable the Numeric Key Pad on the Onscreen Keyboard

Contributed by shamanstears on November 7, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

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.

Windows 7: Enable Print Screen for Media Center’s Full Screen Mode

Contributed by shamanstears on November 2, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

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.

How to Enable the Preview of PDF Files in 64-bit Windows 7

Contributed by shamanstears on under Microsoft Windows 7

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.

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